Dandelion Salad

Kucinich Leads Congress in Demanding Accountability and Transparency for Drone Strikes + Obama’s Kill List

dandelionsalad — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:23:39 +0000

Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington May 31, 2012 Drone Killings a Stain Upon Our Nation Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has opposed the use of combat drones against suspected terrorists abroad since the first known attack in 2004. In February 2006, he asked the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to suspend the use [...]

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Obama Accelerated Cyberwar With Iran

dandelionsalad — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:19:59 +0000

Dandelion Salad Jun 1, 2012 by RTAmerica As if the United States hasn’t already been involved in enough wars, the US government has admitted its role in launching a secret cyber attack against Iran. Since the first day Obama took office, the plot named “Olympic Games” was used to launch online attacks with cyberweapons such [...]

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“Join the Stream”: Sodastream´s phony commitment to the environment and real violations of international law

dandelionsalad — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:48:33 +0000

Sent by Stephanie Westbrook Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Italy 31 May 2012 http://stopagrexcoitalia.org/news/comunicati/294-join-the-stream-eng.html “Join the Stream”: Sodastream’s phony commitment to the environment and real violations of international law PRESS RELEASE On May 27, the City of Venice, Italy sponsored “Join the Stream”, a promotional event including the cleanup of the Alberoni beach. The event was [...]

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Songs of War: Music as Torture

dandelionsalad — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:21:49 +0000

Dandelion Salad May 30, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish The film, Songs of War explores the relationship between music and violence. The film’s main protagonist is Christopher Cerf. The award-winning musician is a composer for Sesame Street, a popular American children’s educational series. Al Jazeera World – Songs of War see Musicians (Finally) Say No To Music [...]

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UK Supreme Court backs Julian Assange extradition + Assange loses extradition court battle, step closer to Sweden

dandelionsalad — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:48:58 +0000

Dandelion Salad May 30, 2012 by RussiaToday WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his marathon court battle in UK Supreme Court. The judge has granted him 14 days to make an application to reopen the extradition case – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/4krcuo Video: UK Supreme Court backs Assange extradition *** May 30, 2012 by RussiaToday The [...]

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Root of Evil by Rand Clifford

dandelionsalad — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:58:18 +0000

by Rand Clifford Featured Writer Dandelion Salad May 29, 2012 As such a useful tool of exchange, money is not inherently evil. Money can be a springboard to such evil as bailout-begging banks too monstrous to fail gambling with taxpayer wealth—you know, private profits, public risk. Casino financialization with taxpayers as a backstop. The $700 billion [...]

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Out of the Mouths of Babes by Ellen Brown

dandelionsalad — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:50:12 +0000

by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com May 29, 2012 The youtube video of 12 year old Victoria Grant speaking at the Public Banking in America conference last month has gone viral, topping a million views on various websites. Monetary reform—the contention that governments, not banks, should create and lend a nation’s money—has rarely [...]

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US Launches New Computer Virus “Weapon of Mass Destruction” by Finian Cunningham

dandelionsalad — Tue, 29 May 2012 22:14:37 +0000

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ireland May 29, 2012 The US-led economic war on Iran has been dangerously ratcheted up with the launching of a powerful new computer virus targeting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear research facilities and other vital commercial sectors, including the oil and banking industries. Previously, the Iranian economy and scientific [...]

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Red Raspberries Ripening – Garden Update by Lo

dandelionsalad — Tue, 29 May 2012 03:33:43 +0000

by Lo Dandelion Salad May 28, 2012 Garden update: Lots and lots of red raspberries are ripening, so it looks like making jam is in the future. Still have a few strawberries to harvest. Already froze 4 quart bags filled with strawberries to enjoy later this year. The evening primrose are blooming; planted tomatoes, petunias, [...]

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The Democrats are a damn disaster by Bruce Gagnon

dandelionsalad — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:48:43 +0000

by Bruce Gagnon Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes May 27, 2012 I’ve spent my entire adult life trying to reign in the Pentagon budget in order that social progress could be maintained and flourish across the land. Today’s headline in the Washington Post makes my blood boil: Panetta warns both parties on defense budget [...]

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Commencement 2012 by Gary Olson

dandelionsalad — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:27:54 +0000

by Gary Olson Guest Writer Dandelion Salad www.zcommunications.org, May 13, 2012 May 28, 2012 President Thomforde, trustees, faculty, families, friends, all those who’ve fed, nursed, counseled, salted icy sidewalks, provided security, and otherwise cared for those graduating today – and especially Moravian’s Class of 2012. To the class, please know that I treasure this honor. [...]

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Jon Talton: The Great Disruption + Q and A

dandelionsalad — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:19:18 +0000

Dandelion Salad May 26, 2012 by talkingsticktv Talk by Jon Talton, Economics Columnist at the Seattle Times on “The Great Disruption” given May 24, 2012 at the Common Good Cafe at University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle, WA. Jon Talton: The Great Disruption see Welcome to the Asylum by Chris Hedges Chris Hedges: Reviving The [...]

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The War on Gays by Chris Hedges

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:28:06 +0000

by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig May 28, 2012 The sentencing of Dharun Ravi for the hateful abuse that may have driven his gay roommate at Rutgers, Tyler Clementi, to commit suicide, or Barack Obama’s public acceptance of gay marriage, prevents many of us from seeing that life for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and [...]

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A Seminar on Palestine’s Prisoners – A Lament on Injustice by Felicity Arbuthnot

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:55:16 +0000

by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 26 May 2012 “Israel is a parliamentary democracy represented by a very large number of parties, with universal suffrage for all citizens, regardless of race, religion or sex ….” (CIA World Fact Book, 2011) This week a sobering and highly informative closed door seminar was held [...]

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Missile-Defense: Is it Working? By Bruce Gagnon

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:50:49 +0000

by Bruce Gagnon Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes www.space4peace.org Waterloo, Canada May 24, 2012 One of the biggest questions in the space technology world today is will “missile defense” (MD) really work? Recently we’ve seen articles making a case that it does not work and never will. I would suggest that depending on where [...]

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Hope in a Changing Climate + Rwanda: Forests of Hope

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:21:12 +0000

Dandelion Salad AlineWollinger on Dec 20, 2010 Hope in a Changing Climate *** Permasolutions on Jul 22, 2011 John Liu, who was involved in the massive Chinese Loess Plateau restoration project, now turns his eyes towards Rwanda in this inspiring example of permaculture observation and action. Rwanda – Forests of Hope see Chris Hedges: They [...]

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The Rise of Re-Use by Ralph Nader

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:40:10 +0000

Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page May 22, 2012 Last week I read that the glitzy world of virtual reality created instant multi-millionaires and several billionaires when Facebook went public selling shares. Last week I also noted the important real world problem of some 250 million tons of solid waste a year in [...]

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To the Red Hot Chili Peppers: You can’t ‘play for a better day’ in Israel

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 03:11:05 +0000

Sent by Stephanie Westbrook Guest Writer Dandelion Salad Italy 27 May 2012 An open letter from BDS Italy Sign the international petition calling on the Red Hot Chili Peppers to cancel their concert in Israel! Dear Flea, Anthony, Chad and Josh, After learning of your planned concert in Tel Aviv, we felt compelled to add [...]

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The Greek Affair by Gaither Stewart + Syriza

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 02:14:30 +0000

by Gaither Stewart Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Rome, Italy May 23, 2012 Symbol of the Crisis of the European Union or Paradigm of Europe’s Salvation It is an ironic twist of history that Greece, the cradle of Western culture, today, 2500 years after the acme of Hellenic glory, appears on the stage of history in [...]

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Rise Like Lions – Occupy Wall Street and the Seeds of Revolution

dandelionsalad — Mon, 28 May 2012 02:02:51 +0000

Dandelion Salad May 24, 2012 by infiniteinfiniteinfi http://metanoia-films.org/rise-like-lions/ “Scott Noble’s film Rise Like Lions takes the people, actions, and words from the camps and streets of Occupy Wall Street and provides a radical, compelling and inspiring account of what the movement is about. Watch it. Share it. Do it!” -Ron Jacobs, Journalist, Author The Co-Conspirator’s [...]

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Huge Fire at the New Brookside Apartments Still Under Construction, photos by Lo

dandelionsalad — Sun, 27 May 2012 12:57:21 +0000

by Lo Dandelion Salad May 27, 2012 This morning’s fire at the new Brookside apartment complex across from the college downtown at Walnut Street and College Avenue . They were still under construction, no one was injured. Photos taken at approximately 5:56 AM to 6:20 AM. Here is the entire set of photos I took [...]

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Goal is Regime Change – The Pretext of WMD in Syria by Finian Cunningham

dandelionsalad — Sun, 27 May 2012 07:00:31 +0000

by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia May 22, 2012 NATO’s alleged “concerns” over Syria and its anticipated military intervention in that country seem to multiply and interchange like an alchemist’s brew. From human rights and democratic reforms, to the latest alleged concern of a takeover in Syria by Al Qaeda militants and the [...]

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Killings, cancer, corruption and Azerbaijan: Eurovision in the Islamic Republic of BP by Greg Palast

dandelionsalad — Sun, 27 May 2012 06:32:47 +0000

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com crossposted at Left Foot Forward May 26, 2012 Palast’s book Vultures’ Picnic will be released in Britain June 26. Catch Palast with Special Guest Warren Ellis, info here. Will “Beyond Petroleum” oil giant BP pick the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest today in Baku, Azerbaijan? If [...]

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Cooperative Banking by Ellen Brown

dandelionsalad — Sun, 27 May 2012 06:17:31 +0000

by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com May 23, 2012 According to both the Mayan and Hindu calendars, 2012 (or something very close) marks the transition from an age of darkness, violence and greed to one of enlightenment, justice, and peace. It’s hard to see that change just yet in the events relayed in [...]

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U.S. Hard Line in Failed Iran Talks Driven by Israel by Gareth Porter

dandelionsalad — Sun, 27 May 2012 06:08:19 +0000

by Gareth Porter Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at ISP May 25, 2012 WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 (IPS) – Negotiations between Iran and the United States and other members of the P5+1 group in Baghdad ended in fundamental disagreement Thursday over the position of the P5+1 offering no relief from sanctions against Iran. The two [...]

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