Dahr Jamail writes for Tomdispatch.com. He was in Iraq in January 2004 traveling through villages and cities south of Baghdad while investigating the performance of the Bechtel Corporation in honoring their contractual obligations to restore the water supply in the region. He found in a village outside of Najaf, where both women [...]
Thorne’s Tuesday Post for Peace
Title: I’ll Give You My Skin (I can’t get the song to embed here, you’ll have to go listen at my place)
Performers: Indigo Girls with Michael Stipe
Album: Rarities
Peace. So hard to even imagine, sometimes. So much pain, so much anger, loss, fear. We citizens of america have undoubtedly had it pretty damned [...]
Happy Hookers for Cancer Kids
(edited to add crochet instruction links for the happy hooker wannabes *wink*)
I know a couple of you are already breaking out your hooks or posting this one at your blogs, but since this is something that I feel strongly exemplifies the positive sort of grass roots actions that are possible by utilizing this awesome medium [...]
