Gaza flotilla show down + Radio contact with Cyprus Police + FreeGaza Update

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ RussiaToday — May 28, 2010 — Gaza could be set for its latest humanitarian, and possibly military, confrontation. An international flotilla carrying aid is heading there, in defiance of a blockade imposed by Israel. Tel Aviv is preparing to block the effort at all costs.

Michel Chossudovsky: The Homeland Security State and the Economical Crisis

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Updated: June 3, 2010 Added the extended interview without breaks Bonnie Faulkner Guns and Butter KPFA May 26, 2010 The Global Economic Crisis: The Great Depression of the Twenty-First Century” with economist and author, Michel Chossudovsky.

Smart Pig: BP’s OTHER Spill this Week by Greg Palast

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1099808 by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com for Buzzflash.com 28 May, 2010 With the Gulf Coast dying of oil poisoning, there’s no space in the press for British Petroleum’s latest spill, just this week: over 100,000 gallons, at its Alaska pipeline operation.  A hundred thousand used to be a lot.  Still is. On [...]

Mr. President: Any Moneyback Refunds – on Cash or Hope? By Robert S. Becker

by Robert S. Becker Featured Writer Dandelion Salad rbecker@cal.net May 28, 2010 I’m all in favor of knowingly jousting at windmills, so good luck to Cenk Uygur for arm-twisting Goldman Sachs to repay (only) $12.9 billion via loans guaranteed by our “reform” government.  Problem is, where’s the public leverage – corporate largesse forced by street [...]

“Government Doesn’t Have The Resources To Stop It” by Dave Johnson

Crossposted from Campaign for America’s Future with permission from the author; thanks, Dave. by Dave Johnson Dandelion Salad Campaign for America’s Future May 27, 2010 People want the President to exert leadership to turn things around. The oil leak. Unemployment. Credit card scams. Foreclosures. Predatory corporations. Environmental destruction. Global warming. Roads and bridges crumbling. Incomes [...]