Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012
Although the debate about the Lisbon Treaty is starting to hot up there is one matter that has not got that much attention, yet, perhaps because it is for an election which may or may not proceed. Should the Irish people vote yes in the Lisbon Treaty, however, the post of President of the European [...]
Le Monde Diplomatique on Iran
Marwan Bishara examines the politics of US-Iranian accommodation after three decades of conflict and considers how the fallout from disputed presidential elections effects Tehran’s regional role.
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Crisis spurs people to work for free - good or bad? | U.S. | Reuters
Workers in the US provide a boon for employers in the great wage deflation debate. They’re willing to work for free in order to keep their CV ‘fresh’. The response from employers could be, why do I have to employ this [...]
Tuppenceworth | Ireland, Land of Magical Thinking
Stop whimpering, snivelling and whining - come up with some ideas to get Ireland back on track, or so we keep on hearing. Fergal Crehan provides some common sense for those who feel that Ireland just needs a bit of magical thinking to put us back on track. Clap [...]
Eoin O’Dell | Blasphemy Provisions Should be Referred to the Supreme Court
Eoin O’Dell, TCD law lecturer and blogger, who comments regularly on defamation, argues that the Council of State, which convenes tonight to advise the President whether to refer the Defamation Bill, 2006 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill, 2009 to the Supreme [...]
The Real News | Health care or disease care?
Paul Jay in conversation with Len Saputo and Byron Belitsos, authors of A Return to Healing: Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of Medicine about the virtues of the single payer option in the running of the US health care system. They also point out that [...]
The Media Bite blog on the morphing of the economic debate
“It’s official, the barrage of PR and spin referred to by Stephen Kinsella has finally, and quite brilliantly morphed what was a crisis caused by establishment greed and corruption into a crisis of public service expenditure.
The banking boogiemen have slinked off into the shadows, the [...]
If you have not been checking out Progressive Economy for comment on the An Bord Snip Nua report then here is a quick run through, starting with the most recent:
In her post journalist & author on health affairs Sara Burke asks if the government really wants to push more people on social welfare further and [...]
Update: And we’re off — From PE:
Vol. I of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (An Bord Snip Nua) is available for download here, and Vol. II is available here.
Slí Eile’s first post is here, and of course, check PE throughout the day and this evening for more.
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Gareth Porter | Robert McNamara Misled LBJ on Gulf of Tonkin Attacks During the Vietnam War
From the Real News:
In spite of dubious reports that U.S. Navy ships were attacked by North Vietnamese fleet, “[McNamara] went ahead with drafting the strike order for the retaliation that night and actually [sent] that strike order without having basically [...]
