Still voting for these hypocrites and liars. Why? by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad February 21, 2011 Remember the 2000 presidential election? Many progressives like yours truly supported Ralph Nader and other Green Party candidates. Here in Florida, we were vilified by the Democrats for not supporting Gore- they railed that we enabled Bush to win. Well, history and extensive investigations [...]

Hillary Clinton: Beware of the Mini Pharaoh in our own backyard by Sibel Edmonds

by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post February 21, 2011 “Speaking Fee” is the New Name for Political Donation Laundering-Rechanneling (PDLR) Political donation laundering-rechanneling (PDLR) is a business in its own right, whether it is for pre-election donations or post-election maintenance contributions.  In most cases, PDLR requires savvy strategists [...]

Huffington’s Plunder by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig February 21, 2011 I was in New York City on Thursday night at the Brecht Forum to discuss with the photographer Eugene Richards his powerful new book “War Is Personal” when I was approached for an interview by a blogger for The Huffington Post. I had just [...]

“Non-stop” gunfire in Libya’s capital + Protests, “riots” and shooting in Tripoli

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Warning Some of these videos may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. AlJazeeraEnglish | February 20, 2011 Shortly after Seif Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s longtime leader, warned in a Sunday-night speech that the country would descend into “civil war” if protests [...]

White flags with the word ‘peace’ fluttered in Pearl Square + Uneasy calm settles on Bahrain’s capital after week of unrest by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted from Irish Times February 20, 2011 photo by Mahmood Al-Yousif CC license AttributionNoncommercialNo Derivative Works Some rights reserved Manama, Bahrain There was a sea of jubilant faces as up to 50,000 Bahraini citizens retook the Pearl Monument in the capital, Manama, on Saturday afternoon in defiance of [...]