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Friday, October 5th, 2007

11:50 am - Pissing on the myth of Baby Boom bliss

The mushroom cloud hanging over the mashed potatoes and green peas Norman Solomon Sputnik, 50 Years Later: The Launch of Techno-Power http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/04/4305/
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11:30 am - The Rape of June Cleaver

DEMOCRACY NOW! Author and Social Critic Susan Faludi on "The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America" http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/04/1355237
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007

11:29 am - The mensch thing

Jeff Leys Our Bonhoeffer Moment http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/03/4286/ It's a simple credo ... but goddamned hard to follow: Do what your conscience demands and your courage allows, and never be satisfied with the limits of either.
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Monday, October 1st, 2007

9:44 am - Born while black

Racism May Affect Infant Mortality Rates By Halimah Abdullah, McClatchy Newspapers http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/29/4203/
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Friday, September 28th, 2007

10:08 am - Different drums ... same tune

Deadly deja vu all over again Scott Ritter Iraq Will Have to Wait http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/27/4134/ Ritter seems an arrogant cuss, and I don't care for the manner of his pronouncements on "The Right Way" ... but he provides some vital intel on the Shrubberian Newspeak towards Iran.
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007

11:14 am - Striking (out?)

Institute for Public Accuracy UAW's GM Strike: Major Issues http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1569 What's VEBA? Behind the GM-UAW Tentative Healthcare Deal http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1571
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10:42 am - Old times there are not forgotten

Nor, with a bit of window dressing, are they in the rest of Hypocriticaland

Laura Flanders
Is Jena America?

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/26/4120/

It appears the "progressive" media can largely ignore a grave injustice in its own backyard just as easily as it can one on the other side of the world.

(Can you say "Afghanistan"?

Apparently, these dips can't.)

Of course, I've known about Jena for a while now, and haven't posted anything about it here ... so what does that make me?

What do you think?

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10:34 am - Oil change ... a primer

Dilip Hiro How the Bush Administration's Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry Greenspan's Oil Claim in Context http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/26/4106/
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

12:36 pm - Free trade, cheap workers and a heavy human price to pay

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's EXTRA! Fencing Off the Immigration Debate Why workers cross the border is off the agenda By Julie Hollar http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3183
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12:25 pm - Silencing SILENT SPRING

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's EXTRA! Rachel Carson, Mass Murderer? The creation of an anti-environmental myth By Aaron Swartz http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3186
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

5:14 pm - Realpolitik ... real deadly consequences for real people

Change partners and dance to the death DEMOCRACY NOW! The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/25/142247
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4:52 pm - The devil you say

Taking a hyper-hypocritical spin around The Axis of Evil (tm) Juan Cole Turning Ahmadinejad Into Public Enemy No. 1 Demonizing the Iranian president and making his visit to New York seem controversial is all part of the neoconservative push for yet another war http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/24/4057/
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007

11:49 am - The bases are loaded

Institute for Media Accuracy Iraq Bases and the Korea Model: An "Enduring" Relationship http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1565
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11:42 am - Putting the (right) fix in

Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein Health Reform Failure http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/17/3905/
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

11:25 am - The lesser of two evils is still ...

All together now ... Russell Mokhiber Dear Democrats http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/17/3904/
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11:14 am - Confronting Clintonismo

De-slicking Willie and his partner in slime Chris Hedges "Giving" and Taking http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/17/3898/
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Monday, September 17th, 2007

11:23 am - The shock and the awful consequences

This ... is ... very ... important No ... shit DEMOCRACY NOW! The Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein on the Rise of Disaster Capitalism http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/1411235 See also related posts from last Thursday and Saturday
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007

11:20 am - Making a U-turn before the last exit

DEMOCRACY NOW! From Empire to Earth Community: Author David Korten on "The Great Turning" http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/14/1421257
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10:50 am - A private affair

Jeremy Scahill Testimony of the Tortured http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/13/3816/ Remember "War Is Good Business ... Invest Your Son"? (Add "Daughter" in these "emancipated" times.) Break out the blue pencil and make that: "War Is Just Business ... Invest Your Funds" (See also Thursday's post from Naomi Klein)
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10:45 am - Busting "the Ghost of Anbar"

DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: In One Of His Last Interviews Before His Death Iraqi Tribal Leader Abu Risha Details Relationship With U.S. Military http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/14/1421252
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