The Dick Cheney Sentient Robot Heart Monologues
I know not your name, quavering liver; I am but a traveler in this place. But confusion wracks my robotheartbrain. What malodorous confines are these? Can you tell me? What of this stench? It is...
View Article"A Web of One"
At a recent TED meeting, Eli Pariser of MoveOn had some really excellent insights about the promise of the WWW, and its new and growing limitations. He's afraid we're moving into a worldwide web of one.
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel exposes confused reporters.
This is one very funny Jimmy Kimmel clip. Reflecting on the domination of the news by the killing of OBL, there was this zinger If you're a politician looking to have a little public men's-room sex,...
View ArticleNYT/CBS: Obama at 57%, Up Big
Good news for the president from the latest NYT/CBS poll, conducted yesterday and Monday. The glow of national pride seemed to rise above partisan politics, as support for the president rose...
View ArticlePowershift 30: Climate Disruption Activists Seek Aid re Arrests for...
As you are so well aware from the massive media coverage (note the sarcasm?), 10,000 youth climate activists gathered in Washington, DC, last month, in Powershift 2011. Powershift representatives met...
View ArticleCoombs: Manning's Detention Conditions Dramatically Improve
I'll be very interested to hear how people who argued so long and loud on Daily Kos that there was nothing amiss with Bradley Manning's detention conditions at Quantico will react to this news. Of...
View ArticleDO NOT SHOW OSAMA'S PHOTOS
I read a fantastic editorial, written in Italian, and I wanted to share it with this community. Here is my translation:
View ArticleTexas Cheerleader Who Refuses to Cheer for Man Who Raped Her Must Compensate...
You read that right - an 18-year-old cheerleader at Silsbee HS in Texas was raped at a house party. One of the men involved pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of assault and was allowed to continue...
View ArticleHey Abbott-abad! - How Bin Laden's Death Leaves Tea Party Dazed And Confused
The irony of Abbottabad is that if Bin Laden had just acted like one of the middle class Americans he despised, and bought a tract home in the suburbs, instead of erecting a fortification designed by...
View ArticleBenton Harbor EFM Protest
Join union members and concerned citizens in Benton Harbor, Saturday, May 7th. Governor Snyder is the marshal of the Bloomtime Parade in Benton Harbor. Stand in solidarity with the people of Benton...
View ArticleMajor University Hires a President With Ties to Medicare Fraud
Cross Posted at Legal Schnauzer The new president of the University of Kentucky has connections to massive research fraud from his previous position as chief academic officer at the University of...
View ArticleMSNBC's Dylan Ratigan: Breitbart won't be on again without disclaimer he's a...
(by James Rucker, Cofounder of ColorOfChange.org) I had a great conversation with Dylan Ratigan last week to discuss Andrew Breitbart's recent appearance on his show, and why he would host someone who...
View ArticleNV-02: Kate Marshall (D) will run
Democrats have landed a pretty big name in the open seat race to replace Dean Heller: Nevada State Treasurer Kate Marshall announced today that she will run for Congress in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional...
View ArticlePalin: Obama "pussy-footing around" by not releasing Bin Laden photos
OMFG. I really don't know what to say about this woman, other than: WHAT A FUCKING PSYCHO! Never miss an opportunity to call Obama a wimp is clearly her philosophy. From TPM: Just three days after...
View ArticleNFTT: It’s not goodbye – it’s “I’ll see you in 7 months”
Those are the words my Marine son said to me when he left for his first deployment in early 2005. I will never forget them, and they were words I held onto for dear life. As he walked through the...
View ArticleNukes, Fukushima and Information Control
In the Fukushima ROV #54 diary [May 2] the subject of actual conditions in the reactors came up, as it usually does. The diary offered a TEPCO photo ostensibly showing the calm and orderly condition...
View ArticleShelterBox in the South
Well I have been waiting for the right time to update you on ShelterBox and the response to the tornadoes in the south. I got some requests a few days ago to start a campaign for ShelterBox due to the...
View ArticleWeekly Pulse: Arrests over the Ryan Plan, and the GOP’s Kinder, Gentler...
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week marks the final edition of the Weekly Pulse. I have been writing the newsletter since 2008 and it has certainly been an exciting time to be...
View ArticleWhy They Hate Us: Political and Economic Terrorism of the West
One question I hear quite often in the recent discussion of terrorism and OBL is, "Why do they hate us?" Many intellectually lazy people simply chalk it up to radical islamists and leave it at that....
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Street Prophets Coffee Hour -- The Busy Month of May
Betty tastes a Pootie Pad and finds it good Things are getting busy here in our household. I got a call this morning from a pet store that may be interested in carrying our Pootie Pads – and we have...
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