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British Petroleum's "Smart Pig"
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 5:17 pm | Greg Palast
The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown: Is the Alaska Pipeline corroded? You bet it is. Has been for more than a decade. Did British Petroleum shut the pipe yesterday to turn a quick buck on its negligence, to profit off the ... More >>
Greg Palast: "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Recount"
Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 12:26 pm | Greg Palast
In the six years since I first began investigating the burglary ring we call "elections" in America, a new Voting Reform industry has grown up. That's good. What's worrisome is that most of the effort is focused on preventing the installation of computer ... More >>
The New Palast Investigations
Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 10:49 pm | Greg Palast
Ain't too proud to beg: The Palast investigative team is aiming to film and report four stories that will make the ruling regime deeply unhappy... More >>
Blood In Beirut: $75.05 A Barrel
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 3:29 pm | Greg Palast
I can't tell you how it started -- this is a war that's been fought since the Levites clashed with the Philistines -- but I can tell you why the current mayhem has not been stopped. It's the oil. More >>
Greg Palast: Bush at the NAACP Convention
Monday, 24 July 2006, 11:38 am | Greg Palast
[Friday, July 21.] God lost this time. I counted: Bush mentioned God only six times in his speech to the NAACP yesterday. The winner was 'faith' — which got seven mentions, though if you count "The Creator" as God, well, then the Lord tied it. More >>
Greg Palast: Ken Lay's Alive!
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 12:02 am | Greg Palast
Don't check the casket. I know he's back. When I saw those lights flickering out at La Guardia Airport yesterday and heard the eerie shrieks and moans in the dark, broiling subway tunnels, I just knew it: Ken Lay's alive! We can see his spirit in ... More >>
Greg Palast: Until Patriot Act IV Takes Effect...
Wednesday, 19 July 2006, 9:39 am | Greg Palast
Maybe you read my blogs, catch my reports on BBC Newsnight or Democracy Now, or have a copy of the Best Democracy Money Can Buy lying around. But if you really want to get to the heart and soul of my investigations, pick up a copy of my new book, Armed ... More >>
Greg Palast: Lessons from the Un-Gore of Mexico
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 11:09 am | Greg Palast
The Exit polls said he won, but the "official" tally took his victory away. His supporters found they were scrubbed off voter rolls. Violence and intimidation kept even more of his voters away from the polls. Hundreds of thousands of ballots supposedly showed ... More >>
Greg Palast: "Senor Blank-o" wins in Mexico
Monday, 10 July 2006, 11:53 am | Greg Palast
July 7, 2006 -- And the winner in Mexico’s presidential contest is… Senor Blank-o! The official count of the ruling party is: 36.38% for the ruling party and 35.34% for the challenger. More >>
London 7/7: George and Tony Get their al-Qaeda fix
Monday, 10 July 2006, 11:43 am | Greg Palast
The tooth fairy, Santa Clause, WorldCom profits, the Easter Bunny, al-Qaeda. The cruel, evil jerks who blew up the London subway one year ago today, despite appropriating al-Qaeda’s name for their website and T-shirts, have about as much to do with al-Qaeda ... More >>
Pascarella, Palast: Stealing Mexico In Plain Sight
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 10:21 pm | Greg Palast
Gore vs. Bush. Kerry vs. Bush. Lopez Obrador vs. Calderon. As in Florida in 2000, as in Ohio in 2004, the exit polls show the voters voted for the progressive candidate, but the race is "officially" too close to call. More >>
Greg Palast: Stealing Mexico
Saturday, 1 July 2006, 1:37 pm | Greg Palast
Friday, June 30, 2006 -- GEORGE Bush's operatives have plans to jigger with the upcoming elections. I'm not talking about the November '06 vote in the USA (though they have plans for that, too). I'm talking about the election this Sunday in Mexico for their ... More >>
Greg Palast IV With Hugo Chavez - The Progressive
Friday, 30 June 2006, 11:39 am | Greg Palast
You'd think George Bush would get down on his knees and kiss Hugo Chávez's behind. Not only has Chávez delivered cheap oil to the Bronx and other poor communities in the United States. And not only did he offer to bring aid to the victims of Katrina. ... More >>
Treason: “Firing Squad” For The New York Times?
Friday, 30 June 2006, 12:02 am | Greg Palast
The Right Wing has gone hog-ass wild over the New York Times' "shocking" report that the Bush Administration is actually tracking terrorists' money transfers. Oh my! More >>
Palast: The Invasion of Iraq A Jewish Conspiracy?
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 11:34 am | Greg Palast
The US Congress will open hearings this week on the War in Iraq -- a wee bit late one might think. But one question at the forefront of the minds of many on both the Left and the Right is sure not to be asked: Did the Jews do it ? I mean, after killing ... More >>
Greg Palast: Dan crashes - Bush flies high
Friday, 23 June 2006, 2:15 pm | Greg Palast
They finally put Dan Rather out of his misery. Today, CBS finally terminated him and sent him to the electronic glue factory -- all for reporting the truth. But not all of it. More >>
Greg Palast's Armed Madhouse Travel Blog
Tuesday, 20 June 2006, 2:52 pm | Greg Palast
[New York] Von Eckardt, our chief investigator, joined me and Krugman in the green room. She’s a big fan of Paul’s and couldn’t wait to hear two of her favorite economics writers talk privately about the great issues of the day. More >>
Greg Palast: My Father's Victory In The Pacific
Monday, 19 June 2006, 11:23 am | Greg Palast
In 1995, in Chicago, veterans of Silver Post No. 282 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their victory over Japan, marching around a catering hall wearing their old service caps, pins, ribbons and medals. My father sat at his table, silent. He did not wear ... More >>
African-American Voters Scrubbed by GOP Hit List
Monday, 19 June 2006, 11:15 am | Greg Palast
Palast, who first reported this story for BBC Television Newsnight (UK) and Democracy Now! (USA), is author of the New York Times bestseller, Armed Madhouse . The Republican National Committee has a special offer for African-American soldiers: Go to Baghdad, ... More >>
Front Lines of the Class War from 1927 to Today
Friday, 16 June 2006, 7:30 pm | Greg Palast
"Years from now, in Guantanamo or in a refugee relocation "Enterprise Zone", your kids will ask you, "what did you do in the class war, daddy?" We may have to admit that conquest and occupation happened before we could fire off a shot. The trick ... More >>
