South Atlantic: Britain May Provoke New Conflict With Argentina by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO -Opposition to global militarism February 23, 2010 On February 22 two major developments occurred in the Americas south of the Rio Grande. The two-day Rio Group summit opened in Mexico and Great Britain started drilling for oil 60 miles north of the Falklands Islands, [...]

Torture Whitewash: How “Professional Misconduct” Became “Poor Judgment” in the OPR Report

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 23 February, 2010 The long-awaited report by the OPR (the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility) into the conduct of the lawyers in the OLC (Office of Legal Counsel), regarding their role in approving the use of torture, has finally been published (PDF). The report largely focuses [...]

Dennis Kucinich Challenges Sec. Gates on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Feb 23, 2010 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a vocal critic of the war in Afghanistan, yesterday wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates demanding information on the decision-making process and the underlying intelligence that led to a NATO attack on a civilian convoy. Media reports indicate that 27 civilians were [...]

Pharmaceutical Pillage by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org February 23, 2010 Business ethics has become an oxymoron.  Wall Street bonuses were up 17 percent to over $20 billion in 2009, the year taxpayers bailed out the financial sector after its meltdown.  So, everyone has many reasons to hate the banking and financial sectors that [...]

The Drive to Eliminate Social Security in America by Shamus Cooke

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Shamus Cooke Global Research, February 23, 2010 In Washington each new day brings a fresh call to “reform entitlement programs” — Social Security, Medicare, etc., (in Congress, the word “reform” now means to eliminate, or drastically reduce).  Tackling Social Security has been on the to-do list of the corporate elite for years, and they’re not [...]