Fighting the New War
Calling for a war of ideas, for the people and against the U.S. corporate takeover now in progress Well, we’ve finally ended one war (officially, at least). By … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
Hell Riders
Every year the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, about 100km from Madrid, Spain, holds the Luminarias Festival in honor of Saint Anthony Abad, the patron Saint of … Read more
Giving Your Valentine a Slyder
This year why not treat that special someone to a romantic Valentine’s Day candle-lit dinner at White Castle Hamburgers? According to Harper’s List that is exactly what over … Read more
Someone Famous is Coming Out of the Closet
Somewhere inside a Washington Super Pac think tank: Three suited men are pouring over papers scattered on a desk before them. “So, it comes down to this: The … Read more
A.M.A. Suggests Compulsory Vaccine Trials
In an article in Virtual Mentor: The A.M.A. Journal of Ethics, after noting that it is mostly the poor who participate in medical trials, and that it is hard … Read more
The Next Speaker of the House
It is no secret that Speaker John Boehner has little, if any, support in the Tea Party faction of the party. Many have wondered if he will be … Read more
The Super PAC Formerly Known As Colbert’s Releases New Ad
Ad asks voters to vote for Cain, who is really Colbert Since Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, could not get his name on the South Carolina … Read more
Toasted Toddlers
From a South American ad campaign for chocolates with Jack Daniel’s filling. http://twentytwowords.com/ Be seeing you.
Constitutional Amendment Not Needed: Congress Already Has a Remedy
The drive for a constitutional amendment to fix ‘Citizens United’ dangerously leads the public away from demanding that Congress act now using its existing power By James Marc … Read more
Bring Out Your Dead
One of the under-reported consequences of the recession that never seems to end is an overflow at the county morgue. The problem isn’t that more people are … Read more
