http://www.survivalversusdoom.net A Blog by Walter Miale Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:03:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The reports that Clinton and Gates and James Jones and Rahm Emmanuel are likely to have top places in the Obama Administration, along with Joe Biden and a slew of technocrats such as make up Obama's transition team, have been accompanied by a buzz about Obama shaping his Administration after ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2008/11/24/obamas-lincolns-teams/ A couple of years ago, Dan Ellsberg wrote I think we're in a situation like Germany just before the Reichstag fire [which served as the pretext for suspending the constitution and nullifying civil liberties in Nazi Germany]. Not after. Before. I would say the coup d'état has already occurred. From Glenn Greenwald: Just consider ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2008/11/24/restore-the-bill-of-rights/ Yes, I'll be as relieved as anybody if Obama wins. But. . . . What is the relevance of the presidential election to the crises the country faces? • The Earth may be close to an irreversible and cataclysmic climatic "tipping point," and it is already in a convulsion of species ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2008/10/14/what-are-you-going-to-do-barack/ Norman Solomon is a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. His website is www.normansolomon.com. In the following interview, Dr. Doom of the Doom Institute, and some interns from the Institute for Survival, talk with media analyst Norman Solomon. The interview took place in July, 2007. Dr. Doom: We at the Doom ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2008/07/03/interview-with-norman-solomon/ The Right Call Blue Texan at Firedoglake had this comment on John McCain's truly mind-boggling statement Monday that even in retrospect he would still have voted to authorize the war, as he did in 2002. Yeah, get a clue you two-thirds of America who've concluded the war was a mistake in light ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2008/07/02/update-3/ Here is a summary of developments and news over the last six months. You can get a quick overview from the higlighted headlines by scrolling down the page. The bad news dominates, as usual. But here's some good news: we can bring our convictions to bear on the world. How? For ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2008/05/20/update-2/ I This is the first post since July. It's time for a quick survey. In a word, the future is way too interesting. Species are disappearing, flames of war are spreading throughout the Middle East, and the seas are rising. The United States, as Naomi Wolf has remarked, has already gone through the ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2007/11/22/update/ The Administration is reeling from the widening scandal resulting from the so far very partial exposure of its crimes and its lies, but the preservation of democracy, and the adoption of less suicidal and homicidal environmental and foreign policies, is far from assured. It is a mind-numbing fact that the actual ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2007/07/19/a-convenient-half-truth/ Still playng catchup. This is from c. March 12: On Capital Hill, Democratic leaders have announced they’re now abandoning an effort to put limits on President Bush’s authority to take military action against Iran. Democrats had included a provision in the new military spending bill that would have required ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2007/03/16/dems-give-bush-green-light-to-attack-iran/ This is old news now, from March 4, but in case you missed it: CAIRO (AFP) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Sunday that one in eight Iraqis had been forced from their homes because of the bloodshed raging across the country, and warned that the numbers ... http://www.survivalversusdoom.net/2007/03/16/un-says-one-in-eight-iraqis-flee-their-homes/