By Ryan Signorino Every four years, the world’s best athletes come together for the Olympics. The best of the best stand on the podium, their countries’ flags waving over their heads, with […]
In sports, the national anthem is irrelevant
[(Ferguson * Occupy) + police brutality]/Obama
One of these things is not like the other In a Sunday interview, President Obama defended his recent controversial executive order that shields some, but not all, illegal immigrants from deportation. The […]
State of Emergency! Ferguson battens hatches
And who can blame Governor Nixon for that? Like most folks who keep up at least a little with the news, I’ve heard a thing or three about Ferguson. Of late, I’ve […]
Boston Marathon bombing investigation reveals security state’s hypocrisy toward photographers (shooters, know your rights)
It’s become a little too common a story: police thugs beating the hell out of a citizen (who may or may not have done anything) citizen with camera takes pictures or video […]
The UC-Davis pepper-spraying incident report is out: this is perhaps the worst campus-related clusterfuck since Kent State
You no doubt remember the infamous Lt. Pike and the his pepper-spraying assault on lawfully assembled #Occupy UC-Davis students last year. If not, let’s begin with a brief reminder. Some of you […]
Good cop/bad cop: the tasing of Andrew Meyer and remembering Officer Bubba
How much do you trust your local neighborhood law enforcement authorities? Hopefully a lot, and hopefully with good reason. Today, though, events at a John Kerry speaking engagement at the University of […]
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