I have a particular hate-on for mercenaries. I have a special hatred of Blackwater; what they do in Iraq, in Afghanistan, especially in Colombia and so many other countries.

But now they've been sent into New Orleans. Along with other choice paramilitaries such as DynCorp, Intercon, American Security Group, Blackhawk, Wackenhut (yes, of the rent ( Read more... )

The anonymous Life Experience Survey is part of a research project being conducted by University of Southern California researcher and psychology professor Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D., author of the book Understanding Marijuana in collaboration with the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP). Dr. Earlywine's study seeks to learn more about attitudes towards ( Read more... )

From The Media Awareness Project:

US MA: PUB LTE: Wrong Policy On OxyContin

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n996/a05.htmlRead more... )

I get travel advisories and public announcements emailed to me from both the US State Department and Expat Exchange's Critcal Expat News although strangely I receive more from the latter. Obviously I get them because I am an expatriate and I want to know when there is risk to Americans (more than the normal amount that exists thanks to ShrubCo, ( Read more... )

We Have Met The Enemy, And It Is US (Corporate Media)
A must-read. Well worth ten minutes of your life.

Chechnya's 'independent international Islamic Internet agency'In other words, news about Chechnya, Caucausus, Russia and the Islamic world from the viewpoint of Chechen seperatist freedom fighters or terrorists (depending on one's own viewpoint ( Read more... )