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A Handy Comma Delimited List of Homeland Security Key Words For Home Use
Published on 2012-02-25 13:59:05
I looked through the list of keywords and a strong percentage of them are words that I've used in various posts on my site and others over the years, in articles both critical and in favor of governmental or business policy. It would be difficult to write about politics, current events or publish a news story without the normal and casual use of most of these keywords. I can only conclude that we've arrived at a state of almost unimaginable paranoia and the country is finally, irredeemably in [..] > read more
Like Lincoln, Jefferson, Madison – Americans Fear Corporate Control of Public Policy (Updated)
Published on 2012-02-13 12:59:14
Ever since Elizabeth I created the East India Company in 1600, corporations have been a pain in the public neck. Her royal act to protect the monetary interests of wealthy members of her court, parliament and herself created a company that would, over the course of two centuries, grow in power to rival many of the worlds nation states. A legal fiction, corporations exist solely to protect the oligarchy from the results of their risky behavior in the search for ever greater profit. Incorporat [..] > read more
Global Unemployment
Published on 2012-02-10 08:36:03
While there may be some truth to the old saw that "misery" loves company and the discovery that there are a billion people in the boat may be somehow weirdly comforting, you have to wonder how long the dinghy will dally on the surface before behaving more like an anchor. > read more
Fracking for Treasure in Trinidad and Tobago
Published on 2012-02-09 13:24:24
"Chevron oil rig on fire in Niger Delta," "BP's Deepwater Horizon sinks in Gulf of Mexico," "Shell confirms oil leak in North Sea," "Massive fish kill in Trinidad and Tobago." The headlines have become as familiar as announcements of freeway pile ups and severe thunderstorms. > read more
House Ethics Committee’s Report on Newt Gingrich’s Ethics Violations
Published on 2012-01-27 10:05:14
House Ethics Committee's Report on Newt Gingrich's Ethics Violations > read more
Full Text of State of the Union Message of Barack Obama 1/24/12
Published on 2012-01-25 07:20:35
Full Text of State of the Union Message of Barack Obama 1/24/12 > read more
The Mayor of Kabul
Published on 2012-01-13 10:38:05
Cross posted at Film Annex: The Mayor of Kabul I imagine that being mayor of a city, despite decent pay and perks, could be a thankless job. Whether you’re the mayor of East Podunk (pop 236) or a metropolis of millions of people most of the problems land on your desk. Problems of moving people [...] > read more
Foxconn: Take This Job and Shove Me Off the Roof
Published on 2012-01-11 16:47:37
When the circuit board factory that you that you work in installs suicide netting around the perimeter of the building to prevent employees from leaping to their deaths you probably have a weak union. > read more
More Oil From Macondo?
Published on 2011-09-12 07:00:24
The reports come at us every month, from the Gulf, Alaska, the North Sea, small towns in Texas, Colorado, Pennsylvania and from the Yellowstone River. There is no place on earth that these greaseheads will not despoil and are not actively and zealously engaged in destroying. Make a note that these are only the events that get reported or otherwise discovered. > read more
The Creek’s Rising, Texas Is Aflame And My Lawn Chairs Just Passed Memphis
Published on 2011-09-10 13:12:54
Texas Governor Rick "Goodhair" Perry, this month's centerfold for "Science Denial Magazine" says that people may just have to get used to this toasty new climate. Perry is on the record, in the recent GOPTP candidates debate he accused climate scientists of manipulating data to keep the research grants and the money rolling in. I don't know, a vast worldwide conspiracy of marginally paid climate science academics seems, somehow... unlikely. > read more