By David Swanson Goodnight room. Goodnight refinery plume. If you’ve ever been a child or a parent you’ve probably read a book called “Goodnight Moon.” I’ve just read a new parody version called “Goodnight Bush.” It’s wonderfully done, with endless bizarre and troubling and humourous details to spot on every page. It’s also an excellent [...]
Archive for June 1st, 2008
1 Jun
FBI Compiled “War Crimes” Dossier on Prisoner Abuse and Torture
by Tom Burghardt Global Research, May 29, 2008 According to an explosive 437-page report released Monday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), FBI agents assigned to the U.S. prison camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, compiled what they dubbed a “war crimes” file documenting prisoner abuse and torture by U.S. military and [...]
1 Jun
The War Camp in Death Throes is Intent on Striking Iran
by Mehrnaz Shahabi Global Research, May 29, 2008 The most aggressive posturing and accusations against Iran, yet issued by Washington, signal the rapid closure of the window of opportunity for peace which opened up following the release of the US? National Intelligence Estimate in December 07 concluding that there was no evidence of a nuclear [...]
1 Jun
Obama Hits McCain Again: “We Don’t Need More Leaders Who Can’t Admit They’ve Made A Mistake”
By Greg Sargent – May 31, 2008, 12:47PM And now for some real political drama. On the trail today in South Dakota, Barack Obama will keep up the pressure on John McCain for wrongly saying that the troop numbers in Iraq are now at “pre-surge” levels, using McCain’s refusal to admit error over the gaffe [...]
1 Jun
The Argument for Nominating Hillary
By LANNY J. DAVIS May 31, 2008; Page A11 WSJ.com After the votes are in from Puerto Rico tomorrow and South Dakota and Montana on Tuesday, neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton will be able to make a facts-based case that they represent a significant majority of grass-roots Democrats. Chances are Sens. Obama and Clinton [...]
1 Jun
Look Who?s Tough on Iran Now
By WILLIAM J. BROAD Published: June 1, 2008 In the annals of role reversal, the switch by the United Nations? atomic sleuths in Vienna and the American intelligence community has been striking. Having long taken a back seat to the Bush administration in publicly challenging Iran?s nuclear program, the global inspectors last week moved into [...]
1 Jun
Maine Jury Says It’s Legal to Protest an Illegal War
By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted May 31, 2008. A rare bit of good news for the anti-war movement goes largely ignored by the media. The stink leaking out of Ira Katz’s office at the Veterans Affairs just doesn’t stop. Every day some callous new email shows how little he cares that the stunning statistics about [...]
