Pennsylvania Legislators Shoot Down Pigeons—Again by Walter Brasch

by Walter Brasch Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.walterbrasch.com December 17, 2011 If the first year gross anatomy class at the Penn State Hershey medical school needs spare body parts to study, they can visit the cloak room of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. That’s where most of the legislators left their spines. The House voted 124–69, [...]

Christopher Hitchens, Once Vidal’s Dauphin, Now Cosmic Stardust! by Sean Fenley

by Sean Fenley Guest Writer Dandelion Salad The Anything and Everything December 17, 2011 Good ole Hitch is gone, once one of the most prescient and incisive critics of American imperialism — he cheerled for it — during the abominable administration of George W. Bush. Still a record as impressive as his should not be eviscerated, [...]

On the Dark Side in Al Doura – A Soldier in the Shadows (graphic)

Dandelion Salad Warning This video may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. by Pulse TV & Maverick Media http://vimeo.com/33755968 WARNING: Graphic and disturbing photos between 38:47 and 40:00. U.S. Army Ranger John Needham, who was awarded two purple hearts and three medals for [...]

Euro Crisis: Britain’s Financial Arsonist Returns to the Scene of the Crime by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 14 December 2011 The incendiary finance capitalism unleashed by Britain 25 years ago is at the heart of Europe’s raging debt woes You either have to admire British Prime Minister David Cameron’s brass neck, or wince at his arrogant stupidity. The smart money is probably on the [...]

Return to Sorman – Anatomy of a NATO war crime by Franklin Lamb

by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Sorman, Libya December 18, 2011 It was a warm early Monday morning along the Libyan coast on June 20, 2011. At approximately 0200 GMT the next day in NATO Headquarters in Brussels and 30 minutes later in its media center in Naples, staffers finished tabulating NATO’s 92nd day of [...]