Buddy, Can You Spare a Television Network?
by Leslie Griffith and JP Sottile, Reader Supported News If the number one cable-news television station in America is run by Rupert Murdoch – and it is – … Read more
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by Leslie Griffith and JP Sottile, Reader Supported News If the number one cable-news television station in America is run by Rupert Murdoch – and it is – … Read more
“No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.” (Old German military maxim) In the aftermath of war there comes the problem of what to do with the … Read more
Now that New York has legalized marriage between adults of cis-gender, (I just love using chemistry prefixes in sociological context!), it is pretty much impossible to put the … Read more
Legal experts in Holland have told Amsterdam authorities to take down signs banning the smoking of marijuana. The city put up the signs establishing “no-toking zones” in … Read more
“Frank and Patrik Riklin who own Atelier für Sonderaufgaben (studio for special works) in St. Gallen were initially looking for a place to lodge guest musicians who were … Read more
For those who live fast, die young, and want to leave a good looking corpse, the British make-up firm of Illamasqua has joined with the London funeral directors … Read more
…and why it was a horrible idea. From The Guardian: “The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an elaborate … Read more
by Tim Mollen Journal entry: November 16, 1980 (age 11) I’ve been to a few PG-rated movies, but I had to talk my parents into letting me go … Read more
This afternoon a facebook friend remarked with scorn upon seeing a homeless person talking on a cell phone.* Immediately several people piled on with supposed anecdotes … Read more