Hey, Morons. Yeah, You.
To all my wonderful American friends wrestling with your country's debt and deficit crisis. You're obviously incapable of seeing the forest for the trees so here's a FOX-free way to…
The Mound of Sound
Glenn Beck Compares Dead Norwegian Kids to Hitler Youth
There is no form of life lower than Glenn Beck."...the rightwing US broadcaster and Tea Party favourite, has compared those who were massacred on the Norwegian island of Utøya to…
The Deadly Disease of Religious Fundamentalism, a Timely Warning
It's time we stopped treating religious fundamentalists - Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, whatever - as essentially benign and off limits under our democratic notions of freedom of religion. Religious fundamentalism…
FOX – Murdoch’s Crown Jewel
What do FOX News and North Korea have in common? Possibly, quite a bit.Rupert Murdoch's American crown jewel apparently has a very dark underbelly, at least according to Dan Cooper,…
Placing Murdoch – and Britain – In Perspective
David Cameron and Rupert Murdoch and all their minions are running a PR campaign on the News International scandal, telling people to keep it "in perspective." It's not really a…
This Really Is the Pot Calling the Kettle BlackP
America's UN ambassador, Susan Rice, must have a bottomless well of gall, given the way she chastised other Security Council members cold to the idea of declaring climate change a…
Steve, Hurry Up With Those New Prisons While There Are Still Some Criminals Left
No, crime isn't going away but, even as Ruler Steve indulges his prison fetish, crime rates continue to go down - a lot.StatsCan said police-reported crime rates fell a whopping…
Ditch All Your Illusions About Privacy, All of Them, The Lot.
Imagine yourself among the thousands and thousands of people gathered for the final game of the Canucks/Bruins Stanley Cup. It's easy to assume you're virtually invisible in the sea of…
Murdoch Squirms
Rupert Murdoch is in the hot seat as he is questioned by British MPs. To keep up with it you should simply go to The Guardian for live coverage.First impression…
Putting Population In Perspective
This line, from The Guardian, says it all. The 21st century is not yet a dozen years old, and there are already 1 billion more people than in October 1999.It…
Another Player Tumbles, Cameron Calls for Parliament to Debate Phone Hacking Scandal
Yesterday it was Metropolitan Police commissioner Stephenson who fell on his sword. Today his second in command, assistant commissioner Paul Yates, also resigned.Events are spinning out of control so quickly…
Global Warming is Real, It’s Lord Monckton Who’s a Fake
Global warming denier, self-styled "Lord" Christopher Monckton has been warned by the British House of Lords to cease and desist his claims that he is a member of that body.Monckton,…
Murdoch’s Magic Touch – The Ruination of the Wall Street Journal
Joe Nocera has an interesting op-ed piece in The New York Times in which he canvasses how Rupert Murdoch "Foxified" the once prestigious Wall Street Journal.Within five months, Murdoch had…
Scotland Yard Boss Falls on His Sword
The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Paul Stephenson has quit. Embroiled in the Murdoch gang's phone hacking and police corruption scandal it was probably only a matter of…
Well Then, Explain This, General
When someone says, "who could've known?" you're entitled to take that with a very large grain of salt. Usually it's a way to dodge two other questions - who should…
I Hate Your Heat Wave
Yeah, that's right, your heatwave. It's the way things work these days, what The Guardian calls "global weirding." You swelter while out here on the left coast we're stuck with…
Police Closing In – Murdoch Exec Rebekah Brooks Arrested
That was quick. British police have arrested former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks. Her arrest came just two days following her resignation. Police say the 43-year old is being detained…
A Conspiracy to Pervert the Course of Justice
Poor ol' Rupe Murdoch. The old geezer is trying hard but he keeps falling behind the unfolding of events that could bring down his whole rotten enterprise.The latest is word…
How Scotland Yard May Have Colluded With News International to Conceal Phone Hacking
It may take Scotland Yard years to notify all the victims of the Murdoch crews' "industrial strength" phone hacking operation. An eye opening article in The New York Times claims…
Making Sense of America’s Budget Crisis – As Progressive Americans See It
Here are some dandy links for those following the battle between Obama and congressional Republicans over America's budget deficit.James Kenneth Galbraith explains what he maintains is America's "imaginary" fiscal crisis.…