Oceanic Black Death
The May 16, 2010 edition of "60 Minutes" devoted 2 segments (40 minutes)to the disaster in the Gulf. Investigative reporter Scott Pelley interviews survivor Mike Williams, who was the chief...
View ArticlePSALMS BEYOND THE SPEED OF LIGHT
VARIATIONS ON THE MYTH OF ZEUS AND SEMELE: POETRY FOR THE ATOMIC AGE END OF TIME Part One EMERALD SEA Once, as in a dream, Zeus came to her...
View ArticleBreaking News : Helen Thomas resigns
Yahoo News, 14 minutes ago reported Helen Thomas resigned this morning over the flap from her I/P comments. Many people called on Hearst to fire her. The update which includes comments by Ari...
View ArticleUpdated! Who Designed the New BP Containment Cap?
According to University of California Professor of Engineering Robert Bea, the cap being used by BP, which has, at least for now, stopped the gushing of oil into the GOM, could well be the design of an...
View ArticleGood Reason to Try Again
While the Netroots Nation 2010 conference was happening in Las Vegas last weekend, another conference, even more important IMHO, was occurring in Albany, New York. The United National Anti-War...
View ArticleYep, They really do look alike, I guess
Maybe it is because I'm a really great fan of Maxine Waters. I really don't know, but I was seriously disconcerted by Greta Van Susteren's inability to distinguish between Shirley Sherrod and Maxine...
View ArticleIran in the cross hairs...???
On August 3, 2010, 7 members of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) wrote to President Obama to alert him "...to the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this...
View ArticleLife under GOM waters
I'm posting this for all of us who have been so horrified/saddened by the rape of the GOM, especially for knucklehead. I was just so happy to see life in the gulf waters. The video is not as beautiful...
View ArticleThe Hippie Who Brought His Guitar to the Meeting
A Louisiana crawfisherman, out of work since the spill, attends the Presidential commission hearings regarding the situation in the Gulf. Drew Landry expresses the problems quite well, points to a...
View Article"We Are Cornered: There's No Way Out Without a Fight" by Glen Ford
With a big "Thank you" to Glen Ford, executive editor of Black Agenda Report, for permission to post his recent essay here. Black Agenda Report Introduction by Glen Ford...
View ArticleDear God, Please tell us...
...what do we do now? Don't get me wrong. I'm not asking some glittering icon in the sky. I am asking the deep embedded creative wisdom which resides in every single sentient being, and possibly even...
View ArticleBlatant Promotion: JUST SAY NOW ... Updated
You can help California legalize pot (Proposition 19 on the November ballot) and get a groovy T-shirt or other cool stuff in the process. I told you this was blatant. California's "Just Say Now"...
View ArticleNative American Green candidate for Lieutenant Governor in California
While perusing my California Sample Ballot to decide between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, I was suddenly shocked. What to my wondering eyes should appear but this listing of occupation for a candidate...
View ArticleINTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY...
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY WAS YESTERDAY, THE SAME DAY AS THE FULL MOON, OCTOBER 22, 2010. UNFORTUNATELY WE ALL MISSED IT. BUT MAYBE NOTHING IN OUR WORLD IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR CAPS LOCK ANYWAY...
View ArticleWe need more ponies...
To reproduce and continue the species, we need... ...more ponies!
View ArticleAnyone up for trying again -- Impeachment??
Clarence Thomas is clearly in violation of the Constitution, and his right to serve as a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States must not be tolerated any longer. Thomas perjured himself in...
View ArticleThis Dog Can't Hunt & Can't Learn New Tricks
Woke up, rolled out of bed, a little groggy in my head from watching all those election returns. I splashed some water on my face, went to my computer and turned it on, and shook my head in dismay...
View ArticleA Ridiculously short Essay on a Ridiculous Subject
After what seems like eternities of floating along without trial or much else besides "Dancing with the Stars", his nibs Mr Delay was convicted today of various frauds. He now faces a sentence of 6...
View ArticleWendell Potter is the Daniel Ellsberg of the Health Insurance Industry
In their interview a few days ago on Keith Olberman's show, Michael Moore called Wendell Potter the Daniel Ellsberg of the Health Care Insurance Industry and lauded him for his courage in standing up...
View Article"WikiRebels": The Documentary--Only 24 hours before it goes dark!
I hope many of you are around to view this vid documentary on Sunday, 12/13, because supposedly it's only up for one day. I am going out of town for the day and won't be around to do anything on this,...
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