Is It Safe?
In the nearly eleven years since the events of September eleventh 2001 the United States has embarked upon somewhere between two and seven wars, depending on how one defines one’s conflicts in this brave new wor…
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
Greg Palast Introduces His New Book, ‘Billionaires & Ballot Bandits’
By Greg Palast If you’re not sick and outraged and ready to vomit, then don’t talk to me. When I see a cruel bucket of garbage and winky-winky … Read more
Could John Lennon Have Foreseen Paul Ryan While Writing Nowhere Man?
Nowhere Man?"/>Folks just can’t stop talking about Paul Ryan’s speech last night, which, according to many, was riddled with inaccuracies and outright lies. One person, who studies prophetical writings, … Read more
Whale-Eating Sea Gulls
Sea gulls off the coast of Argentina have lately taken to taking a bite out of Southern Right Whales when they breach to take on air. This opens a wound for them to tear a few chunks of meat from before the whale submerges. The…
RNC Opens with Pol Who ‘Should be in Jail’
What RNC pol Tim Griffin did isn’t just sick, it’s a crime By Greg Palast “Tim Griffin should be in jail.” That’s the conclusion of civil rights attorney … Read more
Once More Into The Voting Booth, Dear Friends
“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor p…
Where Are All the Hellfire and Brimstone Preachers When You Need Them?
Hurricane Isaac Sets its Sites on the Republican National Convention: But the Preachers Have Gone Silent! HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!!! Where are all the Hellfire and Brimstone preachers … Read more
Not a Light, But a Place
I remember that day in July of ’69 so well. Grandmother had passed barely month before and I thought it a great pity that she had missed that moment when Mr. Armstrong first set foot upon the moon. She had told me of torchlight parades for McKi…
As It Turns Out, the Female Body DOES Have a Way to Shut the Whole Thing Down!
Ladies, follow Mr Akin’s advice, and Shut the Whole Thing Down! Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, made a comment last week that is still reverberating throughout the blogosphere: “If … Read more
Trickle Down Immigration Reform
This being an election year there will soon be a lot of bleating about “Illegal aliens”*. There will be calls for ID checks on suspicious (brown) people ala Jan Brewer’s Arizona. There will be calls for bigger walls and more armed men …
