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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page
February 1, 2012
Looking at millions of individual bills that makeup the 2.7 trillion dollars of annual health care costs opens a gigantic window on the massive waste, redundancy, profiteering, fraud and sometimes criminal over-billing.
Here is a partial example of what I mean, in the words of Philip M. Boffey, the estimable science writer for the New York Times:
by Finian Cunningham
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
East Africa
4 February 2012
Just as Bahrainis are being poisoned in their homes from indiscriminate firing of massive teargas by regime forces, Washington is showing its approval by going ahead with an arms sales deal to the Persian Gulf kingdom.
The number of civilian deaths has also risen dramatically since the appointment of two American and British police chiefs in December who were assigned – officially – to improve the human rights record of the Bahraini forces.
scart69net on Feb 6, 2012
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http://www.facebook.com/themolotovLow quality recording (straight to air, no EQ/Mixing) @ our Gold Coast “MANIFESTO” Launch @ The Wallaby, 12th Nov. Early version of Rising Tide, one of our many newer tunes. cheers to Kip Kincaid for video. This is for those that asked where can they hear the tune again. Will be on the next Album.
by Joel S. Hirschhorn
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.foavc.org
Jan. 31, 2012
Why am I so sick of all the media attention to the Republican presidential primaries and all the blabbering about President Obama’s advantages and disadvantages for the coming election? I just cannot get excited. My answer may also be yours: No matter who wins, our nation loses.
By Shepherd Bliss
Guest Writer
Dandelion Salad
http://www.vowvop.org
Feb. 3, 2012
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The Sonoma County daily’s Press Democrat Feb. 1 editorial “Occupy Movement in Ashes” is wishful thinking. Our phoenix will rise during this month. You wait. You watch. You see.
Occupy is still an infant, having been born in New York Sept. 17 with Occupy Wall Street. It is not even five months old and already the local daily tries to editorialize it into ashes. Rumors of our death are premature. We have made mistakes, including in Oakland. We’re learning and experiencing what one activist calls “growing pains.”
by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
February 5, 2012
Russia Today
February 4, 2012 Continue reading
Global Research
www.johnpilger.com
February 1, 2012
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This week’s Supreme Court hearing in the Julian Assange case has profound meaning for the preservation of basic freedoms in western democracies. This is Assange’s final appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct that were originally dismissed by the chief prosecutor in Stockholm and constitute no crime in Britain.
by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Truthout
Feb. 6, 2012 Continue reading
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