Dandelion Salad

On the Edge with Ellen Brown + Max Keiser: Geithner has gone native

dandelionsalad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:11:36 +0000

with Dr. Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com Nov 7, 2009 http://maxkeiser.com On the Edge with Ellen Brown First half got bumped by Obama press conference. Here is second half interview with Ellen Brown. more about “On the Edge with Ellen Brown“, posted with vodpod *** MaxKeiserTV November 07, 2009 more about “On the Edge with Max Keiser – 06 Nove…“, posted with vodpod more about [...]

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Battle Of the Sexes: GOP Males vs Dem Females on HCR + Conyers Singles Out Kucinich & Weiner for Their Work

dandelionsalad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:28:28 +0000

Dandelion Salad VoiceofAmericans2008 November 07, 2009 November 7, 2009 – Healthcare Bill Debate in Congress Harman (D-CA) more about “Battle Of the Sexes: GOP Males vs Dem…“, posted with vodpod Conyers Comes To HCR Floor Debate – Singles Out Kucinich Weiner for Their Work November 7, 2009 – Healthcare Bill Debate in Congress Conyers (D-MI) more about “Conyers Comes To HCR [...]

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Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan By Jonathan S. Landay

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:32 +0000

Dandelion Salad By Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers Nov. 7, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have [...]

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The Evil Empire By Paul Craig Roberts

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:16:18 +0000

Dandelion Salad By Paul Craig Roberts November 06, 2009 “Information Clearing House“ The US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect the president and the members of the House and Senate. Voters will vent their [...]

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Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping by Tom Burghardt

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:33:22 +0000

Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt www.globalresearch.ca/, November 7, 2009 Antifascist Calling…- 2009-11-05 President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Shubert v. Bush lawsuit challenging the secret state’s driftnet surveillance of Americans’ electronic communications. This latest move by the administration follows [...]

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1989-2009: Moving The Berlin Wall To Russia’s Borders by Rick Rozoff

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:55:24 +0000

by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com 7 November, 2009 November 9 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the government of the German Democratic Republic opening crossing points at the wall separating the eastern and western sections of Berlin. From 1961 to 1989 the wall had been a dividing line in, a symbol of and a metonym for the [...]

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Israel: Remote control occupation?

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:21:46 +0000

Dandelion Salad http://therealnews.com/ Baum: New technologies are allowing Israel to maintain control over its occupation remotely This week, the chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erakat, announced that because Israeli settlements continue to grow (with de facto US support) and annex the land planned for a future Palestine, the Palestinians may have to abandon hopes for an independent [...]

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The Surveillance State and Domestic Spying in the Obama Era

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:23:52 +0000

Dandelion Salad talkingsticktv November 05, 2009 more about “The Surveillance State and Domestic S…“, posted with vodpod The Surveillance State and Domestic Spying in the Obama Era: Tactics to End the Bush Legacy – Panel discussion held October 16, 2009 at the National Lawyers Guild Law for the People 2009 Convention in Seattle. With no criminal predicate, millions of [...]

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Bill Moyers Journal: The Good Soldier (preview)

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:02:29 +0000

Dandelion Salad Bill Moyers Journal November 6, 2009 As America prepares to observe Veterans Day and President Obama weighs sending more troops to fight in Afghanistan, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL broadcasts a powerful documentary about the impact on soldiers of learning to kill – or be killed. THE GOOD SOLDIER follows four veterans – one from World War II, [...]

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Max Keiser on GM: US predators sacrifice workers as lambs

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:35:10 +0000

Dandelion Salad RussiaToday November 05, 2009 The United States does not value jobs and trade unions; General Motors cut ten thousand jobs across Europe at its Opel unit in favour of Christmas bonuses. That’s the view of Max Keiser, finance critic and former stockbroker. He commented to RT on GM abandoning plans to sell Opel to a consortium [...]

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Climate Change and the Ventura Case Study By Nikki Alexander

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:37:31 +0000

By Nikki Alexander Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://nikkialexander.wordpress.com Nov. 6, 2009 On October 28, students from The Bren School of Environmental Science and Management (University of California Santa Barbara) gave a presentation to city planners and leaders in the local green coalitions on their “Ventura Case Study.” Bren is working on this project for their client, AECOM, [...]

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Talking with Activist Howard Zinn + The People’s Historian Speaks!

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:29:01 +0000

Interview with Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Nov. 6, 2009 Eight Forty-Eight Today, we bring you a conversation with historian and playwright Howard Zinn. He’s been active in civil rights and anti-war movements in America. But Zinn may be best known for writing A People’s History of the United States. The book strives to reveal the stories of those [...]

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“GM’s Money Trees”: Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of “Cap and Trade” System

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:39:44 +0000

Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! Nov. 5, 2009 With the Copenhagen climate summit just a month away, a new investigative series looks at how rural Brazilians are being displaced so their forest can be turned into carbon offsets for some of the world’s biggest polluters, including General Motors and Chevron. With deforestation amounting to a fifth of the world’s [...]

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U.S.: “War Comes Home” with Ft. Hood Shootings By Dahr Jamail

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:46:51 +0000

Dandelion Salad By Dahr Jamail IPS PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov 6, 2009 While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident “brings the war home”. “Fort Hood is pretty [...]

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Kucinich: Why is it we have Finite Resources for Health Care but Unlimited Money for War?

dandelionsalad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:14:19 +0000

Vote it up on Buzzflash: Dandelion Salad MoxNewsDotCom November 06, 2009 http://MOXNews.com/ November 06, 2009 C-SPAN more about “Dennis Kucinich “Why Is It We Have Fi…“, posted with vodpod *** Kucinich: Why is it we have Finite Resources for Health Care but Unlimited Money for War? by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Nov 6, 2009 Following a statement on the Floor of the House of Representative, [...]

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Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires or just a graveyard with a pipeline running through it? by William Bowles

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:09 +0000

By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Creative-i 6 November 2009 “The US does not need a final victory over the Talibs. Despite their widely advertized ferocious conflict, the US and the Talibs manage to coexist quite successfully in Afghanistan…”[1] Come on folks, it’s just good sense, there is no way the Empire can actually win the war [...]

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The Daily Show: Health Care: Bigger, Longer and Uncut + The 11/3 Project

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:48:58 +0000

Dandelion Salad thedailyshow.com Jason Jones repeats House Republicans’ objections to the bloated Frankenstein of a heath care bill. more about “The Daily Show: Health Care: Bigger, …“, posted with vodpod *** The 11/3 Project There’s a war going on in America, and the stakes are nothing less than Glenn Beck’s internal organs. more about “The Daily Show: The 11/3 Project“, posted [...]

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War, Peace and Obama’s Nobel By Noam Chomsky

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:49:33 +0000

Dandelion Salad By Noam Chomsky In These Times Nov. 5, 2009 The hopes and prospects for peace aren’t well aligned—not even close. The task is to bring them nearer. Presumably that was the intent of the Nobel Peace Prize committee in choosing President Barack Obama. The prize “seemed a kind of prayer and encouragement by the Nobel committee for future [...]

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Norman Finkelstein: Zionism’s Version of History

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:43:56 +0000

Dandelion Salad Hart of the Matter – Norman Finkelstein by Alan Hart August 2009 My guest tonight is a Jewish American political scientist and author who Jewish supporters of Israel right or wrong love to hate. He is – Norman Finkelstein. Norman Finkelstein grew up in New York City where, before he obtained academic employment, he was a part-time social [...]

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The Boiling Frogs Presents Stephen Kohn: Whistleblowing

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:32:06 +0000

with Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 5 November 2009 Stephen Kohn explains whistleblowing as a civil liberties and a First Amendment issue, the role of whistleblowers as enablers of congressional oversight, and discusses the legal and political implications involved in whistleblowing. He talks about the broken Merit System Protection [...]

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Kucinich Raises Questions about Stand Alone Vote on National Single Payer + No Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:35:48 +0000

Submitted on Buzzflash: Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis Kucinich Washington, Nov 5, 2009 Following a statement on the Floor of the House of Representative, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), co-author of HR 676 with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), today made the following statement about the House health care plan: “The Book of Ecclesiastes says ‘To everything there is a season, and [...]

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Nothing Resolved in Honduras

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:57:18 +0000

Dandelion Salad TheRealNews November 05, 2009 One week after a widely-celebrated, US-brokered agreement between deposed president Zelaya and coup president Micheletti, the coup regime appears stronger than ever more about “Nothing Resolved in Honduras“, posted with vodpod see Honduras: A Victory for “Smart Power” By Eva Golinger Honduras Power Sharing Deal Signed! Clock ticking in Honduras Military Coup Honduras Zelaya Posted in Dandelion Salad [...]

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Italian Judge Rules “Extraordinary Rendition” Illegal, Sentences CIA Agents by Andy Worthington

dandelionsalad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:25:05 +0000

by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 5 November 2009 In an unprecedented ruling in a courtroom in Milan, at the end of a trial that — in fits and starts — has lasted for over two years, 22 CIA agents and a US Air Force Colonel received sentences of between five and eight years (and two Italian agents [...]

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Fort Hood, Texas Shooting: 12 dead, 31 injured

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:54:00 +0000

Dandelion Salad Updated wesawthat November 05, 2009 “Fort Hood shooting“, posted with vodpod *** Fort Hood, Texas Shooting: 12 dead, 31 injured http://www.sfgate.com/ Nov. 5, 2009 This is covered on television and just happened by what apparently and reportedly is an upset set of of soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, near Waco, Texas. There are reports of up to three gunmen, one already [...]

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Noam Chomsky: Human Rights in the 21st Century

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:38 +0000

Dandelion Salad Warning These videos may contain images depicting the reality and horror of war/violence and should only be viewed by a mature audience. Note: it ends abruptly on the 5th video, so if there is a 6th video I’ll post it as soon as it becomes available. PlasticJesus341 November 04, 2009 To quote the Guardian, “The LSE (London School of [...]

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Israel: Forging NATO Missile Shield, Rehearsing War With Iran by Rick Rozoff

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:20:38 +0000

Vote it up on Buzzflash: by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com 5 November, 2009 “This is the most complete air missile defense system we’ve ever done anywhere in the world.” The distance between Tel Aviv and Tehran is 993 miles [1,598 kilometers), so the U.S. missile radar overshoots the mark by almost 2,000 miles. Enough to cover all of [...]

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Official US Air Force Document Reveals the True Intentions Behind the US-Colombia Military Agreement By Eva Golinger

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:41:40 +0000

Dandelion Salad By Eva Golinger Postcards from the Revolution Nov 5, 2009 An official document from the Department of the US Air Force reveals that the military base in Palanquero, Colombia will provide the Pentagon with “…an opportunity for conducting full spectrum operations throughout South America…” This information contradicts the explainations offered by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the [...]

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TALIBAN = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis by Greg Palast

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:21:56 +0000

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com November 05, 2009 for Zeek.net On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi Arabians, funded by Saudi Arabians. And so, in response to the Saudis’ attack, America invaded … Afghanistan. Like, HUH? And here we go again. New York Times [...]

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Britain: Reports state CIA “extraordinary rendition” flights landed in UK

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:21:02 +0000

Dandelion Salad By Robert Stevens www.wsws.org 5 November 2009 A US registered plane named in a 2007 European Parliament report into alleged Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “extraordinary rendition” flights was observed to land at Birmingham Airport in England on October 2 of this year. The 22-seat Gulfstream jet was met minutes later by two special forces helicopters belonging to Britain’s [...]

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When the Dollar Rallies, the Market will Crash by Mike Whitney

dandelionsalad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:58:58 +0000

Dandelion Salad by Mike Whitney www.globalresearch.ca, November 4, 2009 Interest rates. The Fed does not need slinky women in plunging necklines to peddle money. All it needs is low interest rates. When rates are pushed lower than the rate of inflation, the Fed provides a subsidy for borrowing. This is not as hard to grasp as it sounds. [...]

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