By Martin Bosworth In looking at the various examples of bad economic news over the last few days, I’ve been struck once again by how the supposedly rational, logical, God-forbid-we-regulate-it-because-it-works-fine-on-its-own free market […]
“Faith-based investing” and total economic collapse
Looting, pillaging, fundraising: Romney fundraiser busted
Say you’re running for President. And say that it’s a couple days before before a major primary season straw poll. In someplace semi-important, like, say, Iowa. Ask yourself, what kinds of headlines […]
Quotabull
[C]learly this was not something that we expected to happen, given the history of this bridge, the inspection process, and how this bridge was rated. — Mary Peters, secretary of Transportation, during […]
AT&T censors Pearl Jam over anti-Bush lyrics
By Martin Bosworth Craig Aaron from FreePress.Net alerted me to this bit of funny business: During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another […]
You have 4 seconds to accuse the president of genocide … go!
The South African President, Thabo Mbeki’s, long war against his own people has just plumbed new depths. Loyalty to the party line is the only thing that matters to him. Everything and […]
Wanna get back to the garden…? Max Yasgur’s farm for sale….
Woodstock is for sale. Sort of. Max Yasgur’s farm, made famous by the Joni Mitchell song (which most folks know in the CSNY version) is on the market. Its current owner is […]
Military proselytizing, a Baldwin brother, and apocalypse by design…
As more information becomes available about the infiltration of the military by fundamentalist Christian groups via Pentagon approved proselytizing, worrisome issues regarding the long term aims of evangelizing the troops present themselves. […]
Great week in baseball history
We’ve seen some major historical moments in baseball in the last few days. First, Alex Rodriguez became the youngest man to hit the 500-homerun mark, doing so at 32 years and eight […]
Scroguely Works: The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published November 1966, completed 1940, 384 pages, ISBN 978-0679760801 “… who are you then?” “I am part of that power which eternally wills evil […]
Decarbonizing the Carbon Economy
Until the development of water and wind power, humanity burned carbon-based fuels like wood and coal to power our civilization. These very same fuels are now polluting the air and water with […]
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