What Does It Take To Get Out Of Obama’s Guantánamo? by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 14 December 2009 On August 21, District Court Judge Gladys Kessler granted the habeas corpus petition of Mohammed al-Adahi, a Yemeni prisoner in Guantánamo who was 39 years old when he was seized on a bus in Pakistan. I described the broad outline of al-Adahi’s story in [...]

Climate Deniers Love the 70s! — The Remix

Dandelion Salad greenman3610 December 14, 2009 Everyone has a favorite decade, and for Climate deniers, that decade has got to be, the 70s. Yes, the decade of disco, kung fu, and watergate Because in the 70′s, Deniers will tell you, All climate scientists believed an ice age was coming. Those crazy climate scientists! Why can’t [...]

U.S. Occupation and the Corrupt, Mafia-state of Hamid Karzai By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney ICH December 14, 2009 It’s too bad Barack Obama didn’t consult with Malalai Joya before giving his Nobel acceptance speech on Thursday. The ex-Afghan Parliamentarian could have helped the president to see that the ongoing US occupation is damaging to both American and Afghan interests. Afghanistan is not the “just [...]

2010: “The Year of Severe Economic Contraction” By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney ICH December 14, 2009 Upbeat reports in the financial media, belie the effects of the ongoing credit contraction. Massive injections of central bank liquidity have prevented the collapse of financial markets, but have done nothing to ease the deleveraging of households or stimulate activity the broader economy. The crisis has [...]

Using Controversial Law, Danish Police Preemptively Arrest Over 1,000 Protesters and more on Democracy Now! from Copenhagen

Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! Dec. 14, 2009 Indigenous Leaders at the Front Line of Climate Change, at the Front of the Historic Climate March in Copenhagen On Saturday, over 100,000 people marched in Copenhagen calling on world leaders to agree to a just climate policy. Leading the march was a delegation of indigenous leaders from [...]