Month September 2008

Bolivia at the abyss: A special report

(I’m taking the liberty of reprinting this lengthy report from the excellent Democracy Center in Bolivia reporting on the very real possibility of civil war there foisted by the right against the leftist government. Their servers are not responding now,…

Dow drops 504 points, 4.5%

Weren’t the financial zombies supposed to be dead and buried, with all the problems magically fixed? That’s what mainstream media told us for months. Everything is fine, just fine, just a few little speeds bumps that’s all. But then, whoa,…

Tim in Ohio couldn’t find gas all weekend

He’s running on empty too. Hurricane Ike not only prompted panic buying of gasoline, refineries in the Houston area are down at least until the power comes back. And it’s not just in Ohio. The photo is of a gas…