Giants among the Lilliputians

"CAMDEN, S.C. — While the political class was focused on the meaning of pigs wearing lipstick, a few fortunate South Carolinians were riveted by the meaning of valor. The occasion was a celebration of four of the state’s living recipients of the Medal of Honor—Charles...

Obama Gets Rick-Rolled

This is a very strange election year!"As supporters’ excitement builds in anticipation of the presidential conventions, a new video has hit YouTube featuring clever editing of Barack Obama “singing” to Rick...

Kunstler: Market meltdown just the beginning

James Kunstler warns us that this week's market reprieve will be shortlived.  He contends that the real threat to the American economy and the suburban lifestyle it has promoted and mass marketed is peak oil."It's too bad the current presidential candidates have been...

Obama Wins More Delegates in Iowa, Calif.

Sen Barack Obama is still winning delegates in his race to be presidential candidate. Today he had a victory in Iowa." CHICAGO - Sen. Barack Obama picked up nine more pledged delegates in Iowa, his presidential...

So, how was that Texas Precinct Convention?

"Resolved: Precinct 3289 censures the Tarrant County Democratic Party for poor planning and preparation for the precinct conventions..." Maybe that gives you an idea of how things went. There were not enough...

Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end

"Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end By Andy Worthington Commentary by Friday, January 11, 2008 Six years ago today, one of the most depressing icons of the 21st century opened for business. On January 11, 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners arrived at a...

Wall Street Czars depopulating the World

"Wall Street Czars depopulating the World By 911review | bio Wall Street Czars depopulating the World Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:48:55 By Afsaneh Ostovar, Press TV, Tehran Leuren Moret Leuren Moret is an American independent scientist and international expert on radiation and public...

ritual and art in crowley's work

"It was during a ritual with other A.A. members to evoke the spirit Bartzabel on 9 May 1910 that Crowley realized firsthand the power and efficacy of looking beyond the conventions of traditional magic rituals. Although the form of the ritual (published later in The Equinox...

Another Bigot Bites the Dust: Bernard Manning

Britian's largest racist comedian Bernard Manning pased away yesterday and the UK Guardian's Marcus Brigstocke takes his memory to task.  - The Angryindian-----------------------------------------------"When...

Txts Hrtng Ltrcy: WTF?

The analysts involved in this study go on to assign a singularverb to a plural noun, but we'll let that one slide; evidently the ubiquity of SMS as a means of communication is reducing Irish schoolkids to monosyllabism. "The fatal attraction between Irish young 'uns and...

The Draft / Military Conscription

POLL:     "I would support the introduction of the draft so my country could achieve world domination." "I would support the introduction of the draft to prevent an enemy country from achieving world domination." "I would oppose...

Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo War Crimes Trials

"The Supreme Court today delivered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration over its plans to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, ruling that the commissions are unconstitutional.In a 5-3 decision, the court said the trials were not authorized under U.S....

Ten galleries of photo and video from Abu Ghraib

More than any previous publication. 279 photographs and 19 videos.

Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips | CNET News.com

Apple Computer plans to announce Monday that it's scrapping its partnership with IBM and switching its computers to Intel's microprocessors, CNET News.com has learned. Apple has used IBM's PowerPC processors...

Biggest Bear Fair in the World

The city of Münster in the North West of Germany is host this weekend to Teddybär Total - the largest exhibition of teddy bears in the world.Exhibitiors from all over the world travel to this unique event to...

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