Uncovering the Lies That Are Sinking the Oil by Dahr Jamail + Kindra Arnesen on Seafood Safety

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld t r u t h o u t Monday 16 August 2010 The rampant use of toxic dispersants, out-of-state private contractors being brought in to spray them and US Coast Guard complicity are common stories now in the four states most affected by BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil [...]

Formalizing Israel’s Land Grab by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig August 16, 2010 Editor’s Note: Chris Hedges’ next column will run September 6th. Time is running out for Israel. And the Israeli government knows it. The Jewish Diaspora, especially the young, has a waning emotional and ideological investment in Israel. The demographic boom means that Palestinians in Israel [...]

Transcript of Interview With Ethan McCord of Wikileaks’ Collateral Murder Video by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox August 16, 2010 Cindy Sheehan: Welcome back to Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox. I’m your host, Cindy Sheehan. Today as we tape, it’s the five-year anniversary of when I camped out in Crawford, Texas, asking for a meeting with George Bush so I [...]

Battle for Kandahar is on

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ www.therealnews.com Junaid: US troops may be able to control Kandahar for a time, but cannot control the countryside Muhammad Junaid is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute on Management Studies, University of Peshawar in Pakistan. He holds a Masters degree in Business and IT and contributes regularly to blogs. He is currently doing [...]

“All the News That’s Fit to Print” by Ed Dunphy

by Ed Dunphy Guest Writer Dandelion Salad August 15, 2010 On October 25, 1896 The New York Times slogan: “All the News That’s Fit to Print” made its first appearance on the editorial page.  The long reigning well known slogan of the New York Times, is now a figment of our imagination.  What do you think Arthur [...]