Stop Feeding the Vultures by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com 30 March, 2010 For In These Times I get the idea that Eric Hermann doesn’t want to talk to me. When I came to his office suite, his hedge fund’s name plaque had been unbolted from the building’s wall, the suite number removed and all the employees [...]

Naomi Wolf Thinks the Tea Parties Help Fight Fascism — Is She Onto Something or in Fantasy Land?

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Justine Sharrock AlterNet March 30, 2010 Naomi Wolf, author of ‘End of America,’ talks about why she has become an improbable Tea Party darling, and if progressives can learn from the conservative activists In her bestselling End of America, Naomi Wolf outlines the 10 warning signs that America is headed toward a fascist [...]

Financing Fascism, Part II by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com Mar. 30, 2010 As I noted at the beginning of my Commentary No. 135 that appeared on BuzzFlash last week, fascism may be briefly defined as: “A politico-economic system in which there is: total executive branch control of both the legislative and administrative [...]

The Eikenberry Cables

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Note: to view images larger, click the picture, then click “All Sizes” to view largest (original) size. You may need to zoom in as well. ~ DS Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 The now-famous Eikenberry Cables of November 2009 outline the opposition of Karl Eikenberry, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, to sending more troops to that [...]

Once again, a CSIS report designates Turkey as the optimum route for a possible Israeli attack on Iran

Propaganda Alert compiled by Cem Ertür Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 30 March 2010