Tuesday, March 31, 2009

tuesday reads

Scott Horton: Cheney's Snuff Squad


Billmon

Now the homeless unemployed have Mylar tents and air mattresses and plastic chairs for their camps, whereas in the '30s those things hadn't been invented yet.

Also the pictures are in color, instead of black and white.

So it all looks very, very different.



Stan Marsh takes us through the mortgage crisis.

Monday, March 30, 2009

monday reads

Scott Horton: Information Secured Through Torture Proved Unreliable, CIA Concluded


Chris Hedges: Obstruction of Justice


Juan Cole: Obama's Domino Theory


Jeremy Scahill: Why you'll be paying for the occupation for years to come, withdrawal or not.


Spiegel Online: US Used by Afghan Drug Clan to Take Out Rival

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

wednesday reads

Pepe Escobar - Liquid War: Postcard from Pipelineistan


Israel's military fired white phosphorus over crowded areas of Gaza repeatedly and indiscriminately in its three-week war, killing and injuring civilians and committing war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.


EU without a Leader after Czech Government Collapses


Legal expert Michael Ratner calls the legal arguments made in the infamous Yoo memos, "Fuhrer's law."


CREW: Keeping tabs on all things TARP