According to Mark Kassis' letter to the editor of Ames, IA's Tribune newspaper (12/9/04, print edition), the "economic draft" is gaining strength. Kassis writes that his son, a college student, recently received an offer from the US Army of "up to $20,000 enlistment...
Multiple casualties being reported. Atrios posts that CNN says 22 killed. Developing. UPDATE: Reuters: The Pentagon says 22 people have killed in a blast at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, CNN has reported. UPDATE: (Reuters) - At least 22...
A unknown Russian firm called Baikal Finans Group won the auction for a subsidiary of the giant oil firm Yukos. The sale has become more suspicious as new information about the company surfaces The Baikal Finans Group, which listed its address as the same as that of a...
Last April, Russ Kick of the Memory Hole broke the embargo on showing the flag-draped caskets of America's war dead as they return home. Now, in his series The Purple Heart Project, Aaron Huey tells the rest of the story. Bookmark the Purple Heart Project because it...
Justin Logan has an intriguing take on why the neocons are suddenly piling on Rumsfeld:Rumsfeld wants out of Iraq, and the neocons are scared to death that he'll succeed.Go here for the rest of his argument.
(see 10 for introduction) local to 3 express to 2.5 It's Feingold for president! Having run his amazing senate speech as a Capital Time op-ed piece, John Nichols anoints him the 2008 standardbearer in Thursday's column. "Absolute rejection of the war in Iraq and...
From Reuters, December 17, 2004, Fallujah Combination handout pictures released on December 17, 2004, (Upper L frame) showing U.S. Marine Platoon Gunnery Sergeant, Ryan P. Shane, from the 1st. Battalion of the 8th. Marine Regiment as he pulls a fatally wounded comrade...
George W. Bush has been named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, joining such luminaries as Ted Turner, Josef Stalin, and Adolf Hitler.
(see 10 for introduction) 4 next John Nichols: Feingold-for-president buzz growing Ufot was right, I just couldn't resist plugging Russ again! And I can't believe I had never used the word gush before, why, it's almost as lovely as tikkun. It's unlikely Russ will ever...
In Havana, Cuba vs. the US Billboard Competition The American entry: The Cuban entry: Advantage: Cuba HAVANA, Dec 17 (AFP) - Cuba on Friday put up pictures of US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison across the street from Christmas decorations...
