Why not join us, your natural allies? by Jason Miller

by Jason Miller Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Thomas Paine’s Corner March 25, 2010 “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” —Sun Tzu Most of the so-called “progressives” (like the impotent keyboard warriors at Daily Kos and the myriad other smug and self-satisfied “liberal” blogs littering the Internet landscape) don’t even [...]

Tamil Forum calls for boycott of Sri Lanka by Suren Surendiran

by Suren Surendiran Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.tamilsforum.com 25 March, 2010 crossposted on http://blogs.reuters.com Suren Surendiran is a senior member of the British Tamils Forum and the official spokesperson for the Global Tamil Forum. The opinions expressed are his own. “Some governments try to dodge criticism by claiming that human rights are ‘western values’. But [...]

Have a Nice World War, Folks By John Pilger

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By John Pilger Information Clearing House www.johnpilger.com March 25, 2010 Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war front from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and now the Horn of Africa. In preparation for an attack on Iran, American missiles [...]

Bernie Sanders’ Floor Speech on Health Care

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ SenatorSanders March 25, 2010 Sen. Bernie Sanders went to the Senate floor to discuss the health care bill signed into law earlier in the week and to discuss the budget reconciliation package to which the body was proceeding next. That package made improvements to the health care law and established major savings in the [...]

UN rights body condemns Israel

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ UN rights body condemns Israel PressTV March 24, 2010 The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed three resolutions in condemnation of Israel’s “grave human rights violations” in the occupied Palestinian territories. The United States, however, voted against the resolutions, which condemned Israel over its policies related to Palestinian and Syrian territories, Haaretz reported. [...]