Monthly Archives: April 2010

They set themselves up for this…

MMMMM… my favorite dish… Chickenhawk Supreme. So we spent the 1970s and ’80s enduring some truly nauseating propaganda flicks, mostly on the order of “We could have won VietNam, if only” and a long string of excuses that even though … Continue reading

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“Suspected” Illegal Immigrants shoot and wound AZ Deputy over “suspected” bales of Marijuana.

Only thing missing, several things actually, are the bales of Marijuana and the suspects. The only thing tying immigration and Smuggling to his shooting is his testimony. And, really, Pigs LIE. They lie even when they don’t have to lie. … Continue reading

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Whistleblower prosecuted, Palin not charged

Hacker David Kernell blew the whistle on then-governor Sarah Palin’s illegal use of personal emails to evade the State of Alaska’s record-keeping requirements. For guessing her password and posting her emails in public, Kernell is found guilty of four felony … Continue reading

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Between Iraq and a Hard Place, Slave Labor + Corporate Welfare = Warfare

Since all available national resources are being called in to fight what’s the worst unnatural disaster and getting worse, to smite us in a long while, it pays to recognize one huge fact. The equally Corporate Welfare To The Oil … Continue reading

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Jealousy, envy, and the “natural superiority of Western Civilization”

First we need to define a few basic terms. Jealousy and Envy are often used interchangeably. They are not interchangeable. Jealousy is the notion that somebody else wants what you have, whether it’s based in truth or in sick fear. … Continue reading

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Media disguise spill it’s 42 times larger

Confused about how much oil is spilling from BP’s offshore Deepwater Horizon catastrophe? When British Petroleum was asked, there was no spill, then an admitted manageable leak which TV pundits assured would produce a “sheen.” Viewers who thought they heard … Continue reading

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Babykilling new Sport-du-jour. Update: No fatalities, lots of injuries…

Actually in French it would be jeu du jour which is kind of a really bad pun. But, in China, a day care center/preschool was the scene of a knife attack. I didn’t read past the headline, sue me. 28 … Continue reading

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Another Coal Mine, another accident…

This time it’s “Only” two workers missing, if they’ve not yet been found. That makes a significant majority though, to the two Coal Miners who are missing. This one is in Kentucky.

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The Prophet Mohammad as a Croc

Found on the web: My favorite artists’ conceptualization of a purported Prophet Mohammad, employing contemporary populist art mediums of Croc, some ghetto Croc bling, and post-modern irreverence.

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ACLU defends Freedom of Speech: that of yours, mine, Nazis or corporations

COLORADO SPRINGS- The local Springs ACLU chapter is challenging the national office’s position on the recent Citizens United victory and I’m torn. I am as anti-corporate as the next rabid class-war insurgent, but the longstanding corporate personhood abomination is a … Continue reading

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Military Intelligence Inaction

The Coast Guard is going to set fire to the oil slick from the Deepwater corporate boo-boo. Deliberately. You know, the Coast Guard DO get first pick of the finest confiscated Recreational Psychopharmaceuticals. While their official Irrationale is that they’ve … Continue reading

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Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – laughs at us

Corporate disinformation Ha ha ha ha ha Public media pretends to balance Ha ha ha ha ha Laughing at the newspeople laughing at us Ha ha ha ha ha NPR’s WAIT WAIT DON’T TELL ME trivializes being uniformed Ha ha … Continue reading

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How to get on the terrorist watch list

Impersonate an astronaut? Criticize defense contractors? I have no idea. But at the airport, welcome to the tertiary security check delay, where they dust your hands for potential explosive residue. “Dust” in an antiquated term relating to the dust detectives … Continue reading

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You know why the TeaBags and Repugnicans try to co-opt Jesus?

I mean, it’s like they think they own Him, or at least the copyright on His name… It’s because it’s the Ultimate Chickenhawk Ethos… Somebody Else dies and they profit from it.

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And if Boobquake caused a tremor?

The same uptick of seismic activity which prompted Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi to condemn Western immodesty might be the best reason not to shake your breasts at Mother Earth in defiance of another earthquake. BOOBQUAKE organizers want to show … Continue reading

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Illinois legislators urge National Guard to patrol Chicago, Constitution says no

Things you learn while cleaning out your spam folder. Get bigger breasts. Get a bigger penis, get a scholarship to the Police Academy. (???) cash in on your GI bill, join the Army, get compensation from the Nigerian Government for … Continue reading

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Keebler Girl Scout placement on SNL

What was with the new face on SNL, cracking jokes on Weekend Update about Girl Scout Cookies? Was it a staff writer getting his on-camera big break? With unoriginal candle-holding to Gary Gulman’s cookie rap? I’ll bet the SNL regulars … Continue reading

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Obama breaks truth to widows: Miners died as Corporate Slaves, get used to it

Not really. He said they died in pursuit of a better life. But since the Coal Companies and other Corporate owners of West Virginia aren’t going to actually invest anything in developing some other way for the people who live … Continue reading

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Oil spill photos free of offending oil rig

The US Coast Guard has confirmed that an oil spill has indeed ensued after the Louisiana drilling platform explosion which claimed 11 lives. Suspicions now grow that Deepwater Horizon may have deliberately scuttled the damaged offshore rig yesterday lest images … Continue reading

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Backing Obama when you know better

Overheard from a celebrated activist who normally advocates direct-action over electoral wait-and-see, having joked that voting only encourages false expectations:   “I voted for Obama, but after he renewed the Patriot Act, I vowed never to vote again.” (Applause.) “But … Continue reading

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Bennet, Romanoff, which is not ringer?

COLORADO COLLEGE– How did this opportunity elude local activists? It used to be a visit by a sitting senator merited an in-your-face STOP FUNDING THE WAR welcome. Tonight Colorado College will host Washington insider Senator Michael Bennet and his Colorado … Continue reading

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Are all the SEALS cowardly torture freak Perverts, or just these bastards?

Another Torturer let off the hook by a Bush-appointee “prosecutor”. I was going to edit the “cowardly” part out of the title, but then, beating a bound and helpless person isn’t exactly a hallmark of courage “Perverts” because people who … Continue reading

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Update on the campaign of Ali Hasan, corporate Suck extraordinaire

He’s promising to invest all the available funds, if he’s elected to the office of state Treasurer, into Double A rated corporations. Like for instance the AA rated derivatives of mortgages, and the derivatives of the derivatives, assigned by Goldman … Continue reading

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Bobby Fuller and the folly of accepting Anecdotal Evidence from Cops

“but Brutus says that Caesar was ambitious… and Brutus was an Honorable Man”   Now, I’ve been accused of being insane, satanic, stupid and a criminal for demanding more evidence than a Police Report as proof that Hemeless people are … Continue reading

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Identification for Racist TeaBag rallies

Now that President Obama has said that the new Arizona Statute that allows for Racial Profiling, meaning anybody who “looks Mex” has to carry documents proving that he is in the country legally, is “misguided”… Oh, my, how Tyrannical and … Continue reading

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