Month February 2006

Andrew Young. Champion of Wal-Mart

United Nations ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young will be the public spokesman for a group backed by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that defends the world’s largest retailer against mounting attacks from critics. Via the Rock and Rap Confidential listserv who…

On Capitalism

From our friend Wood in Wales It winds me up that a system whose survival depends upon screwing over nine-tenths of the world’s population is somehow seen as the most pragmatic and realistic way to run a country, any country.…

US puppet about to fall

About 100 elite Philippine troops openly defied the government and its emergency rule on Sunday, calling for public support after a Marines commander was removed over an alleged plot to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. I doubt she’ll last in…

Net Neutrality: DOA in DC?

From Timothy Karr at Freepress.net Network neutrality, a principle that ensures the free flow of ideas online, appears dead on arrival in Washington as big media once again wield influence over our elected politicians.Ԛ  By lining their pockets with telco…

The Arab port deal

If stopping “Islamist terrorists” is the goal at US ports, wouldn’t an Arab company be a better, not worse, choice since they know the culture, speak the languages, and thus would know what to look for? Of course they might…