Month: July 2005

~ Cross-posted from European Tribune ~ . An excellent article written upon the release of new Pew Opinion Poll and US hatred in the world.       Pictures and links added are mine – Ed Ahead: Six Decades of...

Sorry for the short diary, and if it’s already been posted (I didn’t see it anywhere…), let me know and I’ll remove this one. The story oddly enough is written by Michael Isikoff who, if you recall was...

An absolutley incredible story involving the existence of a “shadow” police force and intelligence agency organized privately with the goals of gathering intelligence on, among others, the regular Italian police and...

Okay, so since I am a teacher, people will think this is self-serving.  Actually, I offer this diary not because of my own-situation:  I am well-paid by national standards, and because (a) I bought my home well befoe I...

image: An Iraqi boy walks past stagnant water in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraq in this March 23, 2005 file photo. Baghdad’s mayor decried the capital’s crumbling infrastructure and its inability to supply...