GOOD PLAN, 'STAN

AS THE BODY COUNT MOUNTS, WE LOOK AT THE UNWINNABLE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN But first we need to be clear about is what the war is not about. It’s not about oil. Or pipelines. Or bases. It’s not about the War on Terror™ (sorry, Overseas Contingency Operation). It’s not about the war on drugs ( Read more... )

A synagogue in my community is being targeted by Fred Phelps, and his folks from Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps is attempting to bring his message of virulent homophobia and anti-Semitism into our community, and our community says NO!

According to its upcoming picket schedule, they will be at the Emanuel Congregation from 11:15 to 11:45 tomorrow ( Read more... )

A FLASH OF MEMORY ( Read more... )

The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the "International Day of Nonviolence" by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010. The March will last 90 days, three long months of travel. It will pass through all ( Read more... )

Whether in the Korean peninsula, in unstable Pakistan, or in the volatile Middle East, the risk of military or terrorist nuclear attacks is escalating daily. Yet one of the most real chances to rid the world of nuclear weapons is happening and will be won or lost far from the headlines ( Read more... )

Stop Building Tanks

Let’s divert the money spent on arms to addressing the real strategic threat.We should be spending tens of billions a year to prevent climate breakdown, but how? Borrow the money and exacerbate the crisis? Raise taxes? Cut the health and education budgets? Any of the above would enhance public resistance to change. The least ( Read more... )

One case I cannot seem to get out of my head. It eclipses other, perhaps more important, thoughts.

Its the case of Pfc Steven Dale GreenIn March 2006, after an afternoon of card playing and drinking, Green and three other soldiers went to the home of 14-year-old Abeer Qassim al-Janabi near Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad. Green shot ( Read more... )

So, Dick Cheney swears up and down that waterboarding is not torture ( Read more... )

Edit: The claims on the military section of this website have been heavily questioned. See these comments.

The Lisbon Treaty further militarises the EUOne of the articles of the Constitution allows for the death penalty to be introduced "in time of war or of imminent threat of war ( Read more... )

Yeap it's good business to kill people. These guys charge $5000.00 for this landmine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM-7_Spider_mineRead more... )