Journalism of Appeasement. Corruption, Smoke and Mirrors by David DeGraw

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by David DeGraw www.globalresearch.ca, December 27, 2010 AmpedStatus – December 21, 2010 Here’s a brief summation of my recent reporting: If we continue to let our politicians and wealthy members of society live in comfort, free from the consequences of their actions, we are complicit in our own demise. Our country is so overrun [...]

December 27, 2008: Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s brutal offensive against the Gaza Strip

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Julie Webb-Pullman Global Research, December 25, 2010 Today, December 27, marks the second anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s brutal offensive against the Gaza Strip. In 22 days of relentless air and land attacks, more than 1400 Gazans, mostly civilians, were killed in what the United Nations ‘Goldstone Report’ described as war crimes, [...]

Afghanistan – The People’s December Review

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ photo by Dandelion Salad Sent to DS from Hakim in Afghanistan. http://ourjourneytosmile.com December 27, 2010 In the first person voice of Abdulai, a fifteen year old Afghan boy whose father was killed by the Taliban: “The place where I live is the worst place on earth in which to be born[1]. Good thing my [...]

Pharmaceutical Industry Fraud By Ralph Nader

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Ralph Nader The Nader Page December 27. 2010 The corporate defrauding of taxpayers (eg. Medicaid and Medicare) and prescription drugs with skyrocketing prices was the subject of a report by Public Citizen’s Dr. Sidney Wolfe and his associates (see Citizen.Org). Dr. Wolfe’s team compiled a total of 165 federal and state settlements since [...]

Brave New World (1980)

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Note: replaced video Aug. 13, 2011 mysticdave666 on Feb 15, 2011 In a future society based on pleasure without moral worries, love is prohibited but casual sex, now called ‘engaging’, is strongly encouraged. Everyone is kept happy with a legal drug, soma. People are hatched and cloned on conveyor belts to meet the requirements of five [...]