An Army Of Marley’s Ghosts by Philip A. Farruggio + The Christmas Carol (1949)

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 23, 2010 [To properly understand this fable, one must know the Dickens's story of Scrooge. Either read the novel, or watch the fine film"A Christmas Carol". ] It was Christmas season once again. If one is really still and perfectly quiet, looking up into the sky [...]

The Media is the Message By William Bowles

Updated: Dec. 24, 2010; see Addendum at the very end. By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 23 December, 2010 “By working primarily with media organizations from NATO countries, Wikileaks has chosen to submit its leaks to one single ‘worldview’, that of the West.” — Who’s Who at Wikileaks? By Julie Lévesque Cyber-warfare – [...]

Pentagon’s Christmas Present: Largest Military Budget Since World War II by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism December 23, 2010 On December 22 both houses of the U.S. Congress unanimously passed a bill authorizing $725 billion for next year’s Defense Department budget. The bill, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, was approved by all 100 senators [...]

James Babb: We Won’t Fly, interviewed by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds

by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 23 December, 2010 James Babb recounts the creation of the grassroots effort We Won’t Fly, and how he and cofounder George Donnelly, two regular dads, founded the group to oppose the full-body airport “porno”-scanners on grounds of privacy, ineffectiveness [...]

Austerity Fails in Euroland: Time for Some “Deficit Easing?” by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com December 23, 2010 “Doubtful it stood, as two spent swimmers that do cling together, and choke their art.” –Shakespeare, “Macbeth” The Greek bailout was supposed to be an isolated case, a test of the EU’s ability to quarantine an infected member, preventing it from spreading “debt contagion.” But that [...]