Peace in our time with bombs
Three weeks into the war in the Lebanon and the UN has finally agreed, after some intense wrangling about the specifics, to prevaricate some more. The process in the UN…
US State department reads this site
Perhaps. Yesterday I mocked the Israeli Injustice Minister Haim Ramon for suggesting the world had given its permission for Israel’s campaign in Lebanon. Lo! Today the US State Department dismissed…
More bombing for peace
In another demonstration of iron restraint that BBC online reader Steve Gross (see below) would have to be proud of, Israeli armed forces have killed four UN personnel. The attack…
Israel’s deadly restraint
One individual, a Steve Gross from the US quoted on the BBC website tells us, “Israel is acting with tremendous restraint, were they targeting civilian populations there would be thousands…
US citizens to pay for their evacuation from Lebanon
As Israeli warplanes batter Lebanon and the army gathers on the border ready to invade, thousands are leaving the country. Ships from several countries are lining up in Lebanese waters…
Britain arms killers of Britons
This week it was reported that arms sales from Britain to Israel have doubled in the last year. In the same week we read that an inquest in Britain returned…
Every day, in every way …
An interesting day for news. Arctic ice coverage is 20 percent below average for this time of year. Climate change deniers will no doubt be telling us soon it is…
London-Iraq link — from the horse’s mouth
Two-thirds of the British public believe that the recent London bombs were linked to our involvement in Iraq. Only two-thirds? What do the other third think the bombs were about?…
I quite agree
A snippet, culled without permission from this week’s Harper’s news review. Ralph Nader called for the impeachment of George W. Bush based on reports of the Bush Administration “fixing” the…
Raving Loony Party win UK election
In an unsurprising general election result a bunch of nutters have maintained control of the UK. Faced with a choice between a bunch of warmongers, the Tories, who will steal…