Robert Gates and Nancy Pelosi spout differing, but equally dangerous, falsehoods on Face the Nation this morning. Robert Gates used a very dangerous new phrase as to who the U.S. military and mercenary troops are fighting in Iraq and elsewhere (such as in the U.S.?) this morning on Face the Nation. We apparently are no […]
Mountain near Phoenix is renamed Piestewa Peak.
Mountain renamed for fallen Arizonan soldier is so much more than a name change. Mountains change on a geological time scale that is invisible to us as short-lived humans. Changing the name of a mountain near Phoenix, Arizona seemed for a while to be moving almost that slowly, but finally after years of controversy, the […]
Hitchens Blasts Clinton on Tim Russert Show
Just listened to Tim Russert (that was my first mistake) this a.m. with Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair & Slate and Andrew Sullivan (Atlantic and Daily Dish). Hitchens as always was controversial for our society in his Atheism and rabidly secularist viewpoints, but his facts are usually right on and easily verified. If what Hitchens discussed […]
Sexual Assault Awareness Month…
The SAAM Day of Action, observed this year on Thursday, April 3, 2008, is recognized nationally as a specific day to focus awarness on sexual violence prevention, and to do my part, I’m highlighting the intolerable acceptance of rape by U.S. mercenaries and the military and governmental institutions that shield them. KBR, yet again, appears […]
The Buzz about Hillary & Watergate
Can anyone in the DC area go to the GWU library and photocopy or transcribe the information that would corroborate Jerry Zeifman’s statements in his February 6th AIM piece? In it, he stated, During that period I kept a private diary of the behind the scenes congressional activities. My original tape recordings of the diary […]
Visualization of the Scale of Death in Iraq
The Faces of Death I happened to look up this morning as I was glancing over the smarmy chosen few purportedly “news” stories being touted by the corporate media and saw this accidental imagery on my husband’s computer screen. I asked him to do a screen capture and send it to me. It doesn’t show […]