The court case of three inept stoners who were set up as terrorists by undercover Chicago PD has become the stage for a fascinating drama as the US’s systemic abhorrence of protest is laid bare. Three stoner youths who were trying to impress a female under cover cop with stories of bravado yet failed on repeated efforts to master Google or to leave the house ‘until my weed guy … Read More
26 Minutes To Die
Fr. Lawrence Hummer gives a last mass in Ohio’s Chillicothe Correctional Institution before accompanying Dennis McGuire to his torture and experimental execution. I came out of that room feeling that I had witnessed something ghastly. I was relieved to be out in the fresh air. There is no question in my mind that Dennis McGuire suffered greatly over many minutes. I’d been told that a “normal” execution lasted five minutes – this … Read More
How the Ohio abortion restrictions affects vaginas
Cleveland rocks? More like Cleveland sucks. Comedian Mike Polk parodies the GOP’s recent budgetary attack on abortion rights. What’s the background to all this? There’s a quick breakdown of recent changes over at this reproductive health blog. With some of the stuff you hear put on the table with this debate, videos like this strike too close to reality. Let’s hope Lucinda and crew aren’t inspired by it.
Obama is the Antichrist but not a shape-shifting reptile
A new poll reveals some of the outrageous conspiracy theories many Americans hold true. The telephone poll (full details here) conducted by Public Policy Polling of North Carolina has some surprising and some not so surprising results. When asked if they thought President Obama is the Antichrist, 26% responded that they believe he is or they are unsure. A few more highlights: 37% of Americans think that global warming is a … Read More
I Have Been To The Mountaintop.
On April 3rd 1968 Martin Luther King addressed the people congregated in the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. On the next day, King was assassinated. The speech, which has become known as the “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech, is regarded as one of modern times defining speeches. Broaching subjects from war and peace, socialism, equality and finally hinting at his possible assassination, King’s oratory sweeps away the … Read More
Assange runs for Senate
Controversial asylum seeker, Julian Assange, has successfully enrolled for federal and senate electoral rolls in Victoria, Australia. Australian Electoral Commission has accepted Mr Assange’s enrollment as an eligible overseas elector in the Victorian federal seat of Isaacs, the seat of Labor Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus. Expectations had been that the commission would reject his application. The WikiLeaks Party plans to run Assange and perhaps ten others in September’s elections. The party’s national … Read More
Gun control from the USA Vice President. Ass.
No words necessary. The leaders of the free world, they’d have you believe.
OutFoxed
We love it when FOX ‘News’ gets bitten by one of it’s contributors. Here’s a classic, Thomas Ricks a respected military historian declares that ‘this network was operating as a wing of the Republican Party’. Nice.
We want our America back!
The post-electoral blues have hit America’s right-wing movers and shakers and hit them hard. We’re taking a little peek at some of the main media protagonists and their reactions to the ‘Kenyan’ getting another 4 years. First we’ll turn to the eve of the election and get everyone’s favourite lunatic, Glenn Beck’s warning about the danger of voting for the commie – “if Americans are so dead inside they re-elect … Read More
Occupy feeds FEMA. Govt abandons New York
Large swathes of New York and New Jersey have been all but abandoned by federal relief agencies following the natural disaster that was Hurricane Sandy. As the hurricane was hitting the eastern seaboard, Occupy veterans began mobilising and set up an umbrella network ‘Occupy Sandy’. While the govt agencies approved measures such as turning off power (mainly in poorer areas) it was presumed that FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and … Read More
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