The macro effect is elevated inflation as energy prices are coupled with rising costs in transport, food and manufacturing
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Colbert on Immigrant Labor
Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report testifies before Congress on problems facing immigrant labor. Colbert’s television show spoofs rightwing Fox Cable News anchors.
Attack on US Base Repulsed in Afghanistan
Afghan guerrillas attacked a US forward operating base in Gardez, Paktia Province, on Friday. NATO issued a press release, saying “The attack began when a […]
O’Donnell wonders why Monkeys aren’t still evolving into Humans
Bill Maher on his HBO television show Friday night played another clip of Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for senator from Delaware, from the 1990s. […]
Rumsfeld, Bush and the Supreme War Crime
Joyce Battle at the National Security Archive has used the Freedom of Information Act to spring classified documents from 2001 about the Bush administration’s sneaky […]
Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s outrageous speech at the United Nations, in which he blamed the US government for staging the September 11 attacks against itself, […]
Tomdispatch: Decline of US Empire Not So Bad
Tom Engelhardt is fine reading for a Thursday.
Mass Protests as Israeli Contractor Kills two in Palestinian East Jerusalem
The poor Palestinians of East Jerusalem have few assured human or civil rights. Anyone may do anything to them at any time, and they have […]
Makdisi: The Tragedy of Obama’s Middle East Policy
Ussama Makdisi writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: In the tragic story of U.S-Arab relations, no era has been as violent as our […]
9 US GIs Killed in Afghan Heli Crash as Violence Grows
A helicopter crash in Zabul near Qandahar in southern Afghanistan left 9 American troops dead and 3 other persons (one an American civlian) wounded. The […]
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