Americans tax dollars hard at work Something I wish I had written. From Information Clearinghouse: January 01, 2009 — The government of Israel today launched a massive air assault on suspected terrorist targets along major coastal cities in the United States of America. In an operation termed “Friendly Enemy,” hundreds of Israeli F-16 fighter jets streaked across the Atlantic in …
It’s dark. Cold. There’s no shelter. There’s no food. Water is scarce. To make matters worse, you’re barely human. You’re just a few dozen generations removed from the first two human beings, born of primates, the last vital link in the evolution of man.
Glenzilla reminds me today why I am not a member of the Democratic Party in his lookback at 2008 and Congress’ execrable record on civil liberties (including then Senator Obama‘s flip flop vote to support telecom immunity after pledging to oppose it). In his post titled “Another brutal year for liberty”, Glenn documents the assaults on the Constitution that the …
…To watch a Stanley Kubrick film this year. But in case you don’t have one scheduled tonight, here’s a nice little homage. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6RzJFwDE_8[/youtube]
I’m still annoyed that so many Christians are concerned about the supposedly impending destruction of the world as their apocalyptic myth would have it, and yet remain in total denial of the impending destruction of the world as it is actually unfolding via global ecological disaster. The best way to follow their endtimes fetish is, of course, through Apocalypse magazine.
Arundhati Roy I’ve always enjoyed hearing Indian activist Arundhati Roy‘s critique of the Bush Administration‘s so-called war on terror in particular, and her analysis of US imperialism and globalization in general. Now that the blowback from predatory corporatist feudalism is shifting to South Asia, she is particularly well-positioned to comment and make sense of it all. Case in point: her …
Would Cheetah have made a better president? CNN has a new poll further documenting the disdain the American public feels towards George W. Bush. 12/26/08 A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans feel President Bush’s departure from office is coming not a moment too soon. Twenty-eight percent of those polled say President Bush is the worst …
