by Tom Burghardt Global Research, May 27, 2008 The hot-button issue of retroactive immunity for telecom companies in cahoots with illegal Bush administration surveillance programs is close to reaching its inevitable dénouement. But what’s gotten little media play throughout the endless months of “debate” are the huge piles of cash that have changed hands to [...]
Archive for May 27th, 2008
27 May
Bush ‘Plans Iran Air Strike by August’
Published on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Asia Times by Muhammad Cohen NEW YORK – The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States recently. Two [...]
27 May
Perino: Even Bush ‘doesn’t wish for a third term’ of Bush
When asked today about the attempts of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to distance himself from President Bush, White House Press Secretary inadvertently admitted that even the President sees the value in moving away from the policies of the past seven years. He’s been involved in this for a long time and you can’t wish for [...]
27 May
CARTER SHEDS LIGHT ON ISRAEL’S NUKES
Posted on May 26, 2008 National Archives / White House Staff Photographers Vintage Carter with Menachem Begin (left) and Anwar Sadat at Camp David in Maryland. Israel’s nuclear arsenal is something of a mystery. In fact, it doesn’t officially have one, but it doesn’t officially not have one either (wink wink). Former President Jimmy Carter [...]
27 May
Rising Prices Hit Home For Food Stamp Recipients
By Chris L. Jenkins Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Page A01 Christina Hall’s weekly grocery shopping ritual begins Thursday night in the kitchen of her cramped mobile home in Fairfax County, with the low hum of the refrigerator and the steady drip of the faucet in the background. “Shredded cheese, bagels, milk [...]
27 May
Bush’s Weak Dollar
By Scott Lilly | May 27, 2008 Download the report (pdf) America’s working families have been squeezed for most of this decade by stagnant wages and diminishing health and retirement benefits. Now they face new economic pressures from rising gasoline, food, heating, and electricity prices. A portion of those higher costs are directly attributable to [...]
