Egypt: US-Backed Repression is Insight for American Public by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 29 January, 2011 As thousands more Egyptian citizens take to the streets in anti-government protests, the country is in danger of witnessing a bloodbath – at the behest of Washington. Defying a ban on public demonstrations by the government of President Hosni Mubarak, tens of thousands of Egyptians have [...]

NASA’s Culture Kept Safety from Forefront by Richard C. Cook

by Richard C. Cook Featured Writer Dandelion Salad richardccook.com crossposted at OrlandoSentinel.com January 29, 2011 A little more than a minute after Challenger was launched at the Kennedy Space Center on a frigid winter morning 25 years ago, the shuttle broke to pieces when an o-ring joint in one of the solid rocket boosters failed, [...]

The Democratic Party’s “Far Left” Used to be Considered Just Common Sense by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH

by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com January 29, 2011 Political commentators ranging from those of the Propaganda Channel (otherwise known as the Fox”News”Channel) to Chris Matthews are enamored of referring to the “Far Left” of the Democratic Party. It is also known among that ilk as the “Pelosi Wing” of the [...]

Washington Intensifies Push Into Central Asia by Rick Rozoff

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism January 29, 2011 A recent editorial on the website of Voice of America reflected on last year being one in which the United States solidified relations with the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. One [...]

Egyptian Uprising and the Middle East + Egyptian police hold fire during prayer

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ TheRealNews | January 28, 2011 Egyptian People Shaking Foundations of US Policy in the Middle East