Europe’s Fiscal Dystopia: The “New Austerity” Road to Financial Serfdom by Prof. Michael Hudson

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, June 25, 2010 Europe is committing fiscal suicide – and will have little trouble finding allies at this weekend’s G-20 meetings in Toronto. Despite the deepening Great Recession threatening to bring on outright depression, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet and prime ministers from Britain’s David Cameron [...]

Fortress Toronto: Massive Security Clampdown for G8/G20 Meetings + Welcome to KKKanada

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Democracy Now! June 25, 2010 Fortress Toronto: Massive Security Clampdown for G8/G20 Meetings Most Expensive in Canadian History World leaders have started arriving for the G8 and G20 meetings amidst a massive security crackdown that will mark the most expensive three days in Canadian history. Large swaths of Toronto’s downtown core have the appearance [...]

Day 65 – Heart in hands – Issues at hand by Roxanne Amico

by Roxanne Amico Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Spirit Morph Studio June 25, 2010 It’s been 65 days since the assault on the Gulf of Mexico started showing signs of a fatal wound a la BP and BP’s alliance with the US Gov’t… Over and over again, it’s the same old story: BP, like all colonizers, [...]

Kucinich Amendment Protects Democracy from the Stain of Big Oil

http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1107892 http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Jun 24, 2010 The House of Representatives today unanimously passed an amendment by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) to HR 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. The amendment will prevent companies that receive federal leases that allow them to drill in the Outer [...]

Welcome to ‘Gasland’: it could kill you! By Jerry Mazza

By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.jerrymazza.com June 25, 2010 No, Gasland is not an unsafe theme park. It’s the title of a jolting new documentary by filmmaker Josh Fox, which premiered on HBO a few nights ago. It left me with a sickening feeling about the industry that drills for natural gas. It [...]