Stop sleepwalking into the future By Gunther Ostermann

By Gunther Ostermann Dandelion Salad Kelowna, BC. Canada previously published as a letter/op-ed 1.29.09 Slightly revised edition: January 27, 2010 Recently, the prominent scientist Stephen Hawking warned humanity that “We’re acting with reckless indifference to our future on planet earth. It will be difficult to avoid disaster in the next hundred years, let alone the [...]

Marcy Kaptur grilling Geithner + Entire Hearing

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ VoiceofAmericans2008 January 27, 2010 January 27, 2010 Geithner Recuse himself NY Fed Dan Jester, the man hand-picked by Paulson to be Treasury’s point person on AIG, also worked at Goldman Sachs. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio grilling Geithner more about “Kaptur: Geithner more beholden to ban…“, posted with vodpod *** [For your entertainment:] Entire hearing on [...]

Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq illegal

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://therealnews.com Two most senior law officials state that Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq was illegal more about “Britain’s decision to go to war in Ir…“, posted with vodpod see Norman Finkelstein: Main Architects of the Iraq War were Cheney and Rumsfeld, not the Israel Lobby The Chilcot ‘Inquiry’: a theatre of the [...]

Rogue State: Israeli Violations of U.N. Security Council Resolutions by Jeremy R. Hammond

by Jeremy R. Hammond Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Foreign Policy Journal 27 January, 2010 Following is a list of United Nations Security Council resolutions directly critical of Israel for violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism, or other violations of international law. Res. 57 (Sep. 18, 1948) – [...]

Zelaya to Leave Honduras As Coup Leaders Cleared

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! January 27, 2010 Zelaya to Leave Honduras As Coup Leaders Cleared Honduras, ousted president Manuel Zelaya is due to leave the country today after president-elect Porfirio Lobo is sworn into office. Zelaya has taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa since returning to Honduras in September. On Tuesday, the Honduran Supreme [...]