Iran car explosion kills nuclear scientist in Tehran
Why do I feel like I’m being conned into supporting another war based on the lies of the Pentagon and Intelligence Scum? From The BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16501566 11 January...
View ArticleKrueger’s Speech Seals Obama’s 2012 Inequality Message
From Talking Points Memo: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/kruegers-inequality-speech-seals-obamas-2012-inequality-message.php?ref=fpa Sahil Kapur January 12, 2012 If a speech Thursday...
View ArticleWho Knew There Was So Much Poverty? The Poor, That’s Who
From Common Dreams: by Donna Smith Published on Friday, January 13, 2012 by CommonDreams.org Last evening, Tavis Smiley hosted a program that was broadcast live on C-SPAN live and that focused for...
View ArticleEurozone in new crisis as ratings agency downgrades nine countries
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/13/eurozone-crisis-france-credit-rating-aaa Standard & Poor’s strips France of its AAA credit rating, rekindling fears in the...
View ArticleWhat if Tim Tebow were Muslim?
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/12/what_if_tim_tebow_were_muslim/ The NFL star has been praised for his public Christianity. It’s been different for athletes who follow Islam By Marcus...
View ArticleTennessee Bathroom Bill Sponsor: ‘I Would Stomp A Mudhole’ In A Transgender...
Randomly attacking people might not be the world’s swiftest idea in a state with conceal handgun carry licenses. But I be willing to bet that Republican State Rep. Richard Floyd is one of those...
View ArticleRon Paul’s useful idiots on the left
Last night I listened to self-proclaimed libertarian Bill Maher once again state how he supports Ron Paul. This time Rob Reiner called him on it saying it was only because Ron Paul wants to legalize...
View ArticleConfiscating Condoms? The Dumbfounding Ways Police Deal With Prostitution
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/sex/153758/confiscating_condoms_the_dumbfounding_ways_police_deal_with_prostitution/ Each year, scores of new laws are proposed to make prostitution somehow...
View ArticleThe ‘invented people’ stand little chance
From The Independent UK: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-invented-people-stand-little-chance-6289516.html Robert Fisk Saturday 14 January 2012 Thank goodness...
View ArticleComing to Grips With Feminicide
From Truth-Out: http://www.truth-out.org/coming-grips-feminicide/1325632041 by: Rosa-Linda Fregoso Friday 13 January 2012 At the end of 2009, we were reviewing the page proofs for “Terrorizing Women:...
View ArticlePaterno says he was unsure how to handle abuse tip: report
What the fuck? Paterno hears that one of his underlings was actually caught anally raping a ten year old and Uncle Joe doesn’t know what he should do. How fucking morally and ethically challenged is...
View ArticleEurozone’s fate hangs on whether French humiliation turns to anger
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/14/eurozone-french-humiliation-anger The downgrading of France was meant as a warning. But as the Greek crisis enters a critical...
View ArticleGOP Candidate Passed Off ‘Home Economics’ Degree As ‘Economics’ Degree
From Talking Points Memo: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/gop_candidate_passed_off_home_economics_degree_as.php Jillian Rayfield January 13, 2012 Missouri gubernatorial candidate Dave...
View Article10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free
From The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-the-united-states-still-the-land-of-the-free/2012/01/04/gIQAvcD1wP_story.html By Jonathan Turley, Published: January 13 Every year,...
View ArticleMeat eaters – you are daredevils or dumb. Or both
From The Guardian UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/15/barbara-ellen-meat-eaters-stupid People who’ve been informed of the dangers of meat, particularly the cheap processed variety,...
View ArticleThe Rise of the New Groupthink
For the last thirty to forty years I’ve watched the rise of the rise of the pod people, soulless corporate clones of the rich elite, plugged into the success track from the cradle. Programmed...
View ArticleRight Wing Taliban Christians Show their Perverted Idea of Christianity
Being an atheist I have a hard time in believing in Jesus Christ, man-god messiah much less an Anti-Christ. But the perversion of Christianity that we have today in the form of Dominionists,...
View ArticleBig Oil Bullies and a Test of Wills
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brune/keystone-xl-pipeline_b_1208049.html Michael Brune and Bill McKibben Posted: 1/16/12 In November, President Obama listened to the...
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