“What they really want to see is, they want you to chop your fucking arm off, hold up your arm, wave it around spewing blood, and believe me, if you did that, […]
Campaign finance hearing may have ramifications for corporate personhood
According to Fortune Magazine, the largest American company in 2009 was Exxon Mobil Its total revenues were $442.85 billion. Second was Wal-Mart, with total revenues of $405.61 billion. Rounding out the top […]
CNN's Roberts spins again
Oops, he did it again. CNN’s John Roberts, co-host of the cable news network’s American Morning program, continues to decide what the appropriate spin is for a story in his intros to […]
CNN correspondent refuses to confirm anchor's assertions
From time to time, I bet, a cable news anchor has told you what to think about what happened. And I’d wager, too, that the anchor has asked a reporter or correspondent, […]
Inauguration logistics: epic fail. General response: epic conniption.
You may have heard that Inauguration Day was something of a mess in our nation’s capital. People with tickets who couldn’t get in to see the actual inauguration (which included everything from […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. – our newest Scholar Rogue
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our newest scholar/rogue is Dr. […]
Recent statements from morons
We have eliminated the danger of sectarian war. — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki this week to visiting Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. I do think that it would not be a […]
Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!
By Robert Silvey Any discussion of race in America must begin with the fact that for 388 years African Americans have been victimized, and for most of that time they were treated […]
Women need not apply
By Robert Silvey The Roberts/Bush Supreme Court has delivered another crushing blow to women. In a 5–4 decision, with new justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito in the antiegalitarian majority, the court […]
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