An Attack On Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Be A Nuclear War by Ed Ciaccio

by Ed Ciaccio
Dandelion Salad
Featured Writer
March 9, 2012

An attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, by Israel, the United States, or both, would be a nuclear war for two important reasons:

1. The GBU-28 “bunker buster” bombs which would be used to destroy hardened Iranian nuclear sites use depleted uranium to penetrate concrete. This means lethal radioactive contamination from those exploding bombs would be spewed into the air, ground, and water of Iran, with long-term health consequences to all the people of Iran as well as those in surrounding regions. The people of Fallujah, Iraq, already suffer these horrible consequences from the criminal U.S. & NATO use of depleted uranium there, war crimes which remain unpunished.

Andrew Gavin Marshall: Is America Addicted to War?

by Andrew Gavin Marshall
Featured Writer
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http://andrewgavinmarshall.com
March 8, 2012

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RTAmerica on Mar 8, 2012

For centuries the US has been a part of wars foreign and domestic. According to some numbers, the US Army flag has 183 campaign ribbons hanging by it and in the 236 years of America’s existence the country participates in an average of roughly 1.3 wars per year. Many feel that the US’ major export is war and many wonder why America so gun-ho about going to war? Andrew Gavin Marshall, project manager for ThePeoplesBookProject.com, joins us helps us answer that question.

The Visual Bible – The Gospel Of Matthew

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The Visual Bible: Matthew

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The Visual Bible: Matthew is a 1993 motion picture portraying the life of Jesus as it is found in the Gospel of Matthew. The complete Gospel is presented word-for-word based on the New International Version of the Bible. It was directed by South African film maker Regardt van den Bergh and stars veteran actor Richard Kiley in the role of St. Matthew (who narrates the movie) and newcomer Bruce Marchiano as Jesus, Gerrit Schoonhoven as Peter.^[1][2] Marchiano portrays Jesus as having a sense of humour.^[3]

Julia Gillard’s rise marks the triumph of machine politics over feminism by John Pilger

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by John Pilger
Global Research
www.johnpilger.com
8 March 2012

In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. “Such an appointee would not stay young and attractive forever [because] a spinster lady can, and very often does, turn into something of a battleaxe with the passing years [whereas] a man usually mellows.”

Keiser Report: Sharkboy and Lava Girl + Michael Hudson on Modern Monetary Theory

by Michael Hudson
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http://michael-hudson.com
March 8, 2012

RussiaToday on Mar 8, 2012

In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss boating accidents with Sharkboy and Lava Girl and a futures market to lay off your Blythe Masters risk. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Dr. Michael Hudson about Modern Monetary Theory at the University of Missouri – Kansas City and about the Chicago Boys gutting the economic competition, literally.

Noam Chomsky on Occupy Protests, democracy, reform v. revolution, anarchism, and human nature

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Democrat93 on Jan 6, 2012

Noam Chomsky (MIT) answers questions on Occupy protests, democracy, reform v. revolution, anarchism, and human nature – with Edward Radzivilovskiy

Fawzia Koofi’s The Favored Daughter reviewed by Guadamour

by Guadamour
Featured Writer
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March 7, 2012

Fawzia Koofi starts her autobiographical book, The Favored Daughter (Palgrave MacMillan 2012), by offering true insight into growing up as a girl in a large Afghanistan family, the 19^th child of 23, and the last child of the second wife of a man who ended up marrying seven women in the Islamic tradition, many of the marriages for political and tactical reasons to form a dominate family kinship and political network. Remarkably enough, Koofi, left outside to die because she was a girl, survived, and because she survived, became the “Favored Daughter.”