03/10/2008
George Carlin on Voting (in politics)
I'm not saying I agree, but it makes me think. Read More
03/05/2008
For once, I agree with Rush (in politics)
What he said... Read More
02/15/2008
A few things I'd like to cover before we break for lunch. (in politics)
First off, thanks to the diligent efforts of our website experts, this site will be undergoing an upgrade in the very near future; we'll be offline for a few days whilst migrations are migrated, tweaks are tweaked, and issues resolved. You'll fi ... Read More
01/23/2008
Story about corrupt US officials selling nuke secrets to terrorists gets big play in the UK, zip zilch nada in the US press (in politics)
Johan generously points out the latest revelations in the UK Sunday Times regarding this eyebrow-raising story. Not a peep about it in the US. Draw your own conclusions. "...accusations made by an FBI whistleblower, Sibel Edmonds, who - am ... Read More
01/19/2008
Republican ex-con discusses voter suppression on Jon Stewart (in politics)
It's amazing what people will talk about when they have a book to push. Read More
01/16/2008
Reagan Republican Congressman charged as terrorist (in politics)
Just another good religious Republican, going for the bucks. Who can blame him? Excerpt from today's AP: Mark Deli Siljander, a Michigan Republican when he was in the House, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing ju ... Read More
01/15/2008
Borowitz on Bloomberg, Monica on Oprah (in politics)
Andy Borowitz reviews the balance sheet on Michael Bloomberg's upcoming investments . WFMU's DJ Monica gazes into the heavens and discovers Oprah's latest latest branding effort. Thanks to Jon R. for the heads up on Borowitz. Read More
01/10/2008
Let's laugh while we still can (in politics)
Thanks to Drummersome for the tip. Read More
12/18/2007
Accumulation Creep, Pt. 4 (in politics)
I'm trying to keep most of the negative, cynical stuff from overwhelming the normally sunny character of my posts (cough), so I'm continuing with the lumping of this material in a single post unless it's something huge or important. With that ... Read More
12/17/2007
FCC turning up the pressure to enlarge corporate media by Xmas (UPDATE) (and yet a further UPDATE) (in politics)
This time I'll put the update first: the Republicans are moving on this TODAY (Tues., Dec. 18th); please take action if you can. Thanks. Stop Big Media is one of the organizations attempting to stop FCC chairman Kevin Martin's rush top give ... Read More