Nearly 50% of Americans turn to the web for the news

50% Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their ...

1 in 99 adult americans in jail, statistics say

Yes, really. 1 in every 99 Americans are in jail . This is a staggering number for an industrialized, first world country. Beyond shocking. ...

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the War in Iraq...

I read this book years ago as a school lecture. It made a deep impression on me. The horror of it was, the protagonists of this book, the po...

The other war in Iraq

In case you missed it on American TV, Turkey invades Iraq: And yes, it is a real war between the Kurdish PKK and the Turkish Armed Forces, w...

The truth about mutual funds - aka "I am an idiot", and more truth on the stock market

"The February 1999 issue of SmartMoney Magazine saw fit to phrase the question on the minds of 1998's mutual fund investors in thes...

War hah! What is it good for!

...absolutely nothi... - oh, wait Former Halliburton subsidiary KBR's 4th quarter profits up 65%

Can one picture capture what is wrong in Iraq right now?

Caption: An Iraqi soldier frisks Iraqi policeman, searching for weapons. Source: www.williambowles.info

Scott Ritter on Israeli lobby influence on the United Statesm (Probably the most important post on this blog)

Watch: Not too much analysis by me is needed - Mr. Ritter lays the truth down on 10/16/06, C-SPAN TV. He stops just shy of saying that Ameri...

That "technical glitch" that is claimed was the reason Don Siegelman segment didn't run in Alabama? Didn't happen says CBS executive

Thanks to DIGGER WaltDismal , who gave me the heads up to this! The democraticunderground.com : I am now hearing from readers all across Nor...

60 Minutes segment of Don Siegelman censored in Alabama

Remember that Don Siegelman 60 minutes program I told you to set your TiVo to? Well, it seems in some parts of the USA you are shit out of l...

Israel is why I became a member of Foreign Affairs Committee says American(?) Congressman

This is thanks to the incomparable Philip Weiss Blog , and kentminault, who posted the youtube video for our displeasure . The speaker on th...

Set your TiVo or VCR to record this!

60 Minutes will be airing the Don Siegelman story on Sunday ! This is huge. First, because CBS 60 Minutes will air the explosive Don Siegelm...

Extreme police brutality

Watch this: Read this . Read this too - note how the title changed to protect the policeman . Bonus: More pictures of woman's face and s...

10,000 Turkish troops attack Iraq

No, the title is not misleading. Associated Press article : STANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the bo...

Welcome to the police state?

I must admit even I missed this news - blame my girlfriend and a new job. And I do feel stupid, as this is probably the most important Senat...

Bush jr. is at 19% approval rate

So to recap - oil price is record high ; bush jr's (the retard) approval - record low for a president .

Israeli war criminal flees UK to Israel; British police afraid of a gun battle at Heathrow with the former Israeli general let him escape

Article in the Guardian newspaper, guardian.co.uk : Scotland Yard allowed a suspected war criminal to escape Britain because officers feare...

"Happy" Kosovo independence day, world!

The "happy" news - Kosovo, a small territory mostly populated with Albanians and some Serbians, has just declared independence fro...

Apologies for lack of content

Keeping busy with my burgeoning social life (it is Valentines day here in USA and I really do wish to survive my girlfriend's wrath - he...

Why we are losing

This post is basically a response - a rant if you will - I posted on a Tikun Olam blog post . Here’s the deal soldier. The US attack and occ...

Clinton counts on superdelegates

Clinton counts on superdelegates : Hillary Clinton will take the Democratic nomination even if she does not win the popular vote, but persua...