Nine Years After 9/11, US Court Concedes that International Laws of War Restrict President’s Wartime Powers

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 8 September, 2010 Under President George W. Bush, a small group of advisors tied closely to Vice President Dick Cheney argued that neither Congress nor the judiciary should attempt to prevent the President from doing whatever he felt was appropriate as the Commander-in-Chief of a “War on [...]

Naked Insecurity, Part II by Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page September 8, 2010 September 7, 2010 Members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator, We are writing to urge you and your colleagues on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to convene a public hearing [...]

Time for Helicopter Ben to Drop Some Money on Main Street by Dr. Ellen Brown

by Dr. Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com Sept. 8, 2010 The Federal Reserve is proposing another round of “quantitative easing,” although the first round failed to reverse deflation. It failed because the money went to banks, which failed to lend it on. To reverse deflation, the money needs to be funneled directly to state [...]

The Imperial Anatomy of al-Qaeda: Empire, Energy and Al-Qaeda: The Anglo-American Terror Network, Part II

by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad September 8, 2010 This is Part 2 of the series, “The Imperial Anatomy of Al-Qaeda.” Part 1: The Imperial Anatomy of Al-Qaeda: The CIA’s Drug-Running Terrorists and the “Arc of Crisis” Part I by Andrew Gavin Marshall The End of the Cold War and Strategy for the New [...]

L’Shana Tova – Happy New Year!

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ L’Shana Tova Umetuka Tikatevu May you be inscribed in the book of a Good and Sweet Year.