Some call them drones…
…others call them Job Creators: America’s growing drone operations rely on hundreds of civilian contractors, including some, such as the SAIC employee, who work in the so-called kill chain before…
Fascism Without Swastikas
Bradley Manning, the movie
Prevention of Injury (POI) from kyle broom on Vimeo. An indie film takes a fictional look at real, currently unfolding events. Must see!
Spyware for Arab despots: Germany’s latest source of shame
Wikileaks just keeps exposing the imperialist underside of western “democracy”. And one of the latest to be embarrassed by revelations is Germany — an unlikely player in the imperial game,…
The disappeared reappear in Argentina
Argentine forensic scientists unearth a mass grave at a military garrison which gained infamy during the junta dictatorship of the 1970s and early ’80s. Here’s a rundown of what they…
What is up with Ol’ Pineapple Face?
Russia Today has the backgrounder; the CBC has the story: Former military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega was flown home to Panama on Sunday to be punished once again for crimes…
#RIPHugoChavez = #Twitterfail
Riddle me this: When is a Trending Topic NOT a trending topic? Courtesy of Patria Grande, here comes a wake-up call for all you internauts who love Venezuela, and who…
History never repeats?
Germans could tell you differently: “To know the risks and side effects of Nazi uprisings, just read a history book or ask your grandparents.” (Translation mine.) According to my source…
How to justify a police state, or “This ain’t Canada anymore”
How do you justify police brutality on the level of last year’s G20 summit? And how do you justify turning Canada into a most unCanadian police state? Well, it helps…
The state-sponsored murder of Pablo Neruda
The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put…
Mona Eltahawy: assaulted, but unbowed
Egyptian journalist, feminist and blogger (and now US dual citizen) Mona Eltahawy tweeted the above picture at about 9 am today. She was back in Cairo to report on the…
Dear Mississippi…
Sorry to resort to pictures, but it seems that an awful lot of anti-choicers have difficulty reading. Amazing how many of these unsentient adults there are in Mississippi Goddamn, and…
An open letter to Brendan O’Neill
Dear Brendan O’Neill: You, sir, are a fucking idiot. How’d you like it if I found out where you lived? What would you say if I ferreted out everything about…
Piñera’s prostitute
Oh, Chile. What is happening to you? When the capitalist whores are literally coming out of the woodwork, you KNOW you’ve got a corrupt, ruined country. And look! Here comes…
Cops Behaving Badly: Yeah, they blend RIGHT in.
What? You didn’t think there’d be police infiltrators (or would-be infiltrators) at Occupy TO? Watch this, naïve soul… Yeah, guys, you’re so discreet with your butch haircuts, your steroid builds,…
Harper Government™ in pocket of NRA, gun manufacturers. Also, stupid on crime.
It’s getting shittier than ever to be a Canadian, and we are all hanging our heads and shaking them in shame. Because “free” trade (note the quotes) isn’t enough to…
Beware that “haunted house”. And “Jesus Ween”, too.
Christ, what is it with the Religious Reich? Bad enough that they had to steal all our Old Religion holidays out from under us and try to turn them into…
Rosemary’s Boner
Poor Simon Romero. You just have to feel sorry for the guy. He doesn’t ever get out of the rich-folks’ ghetto of eastern Caracas, does he? Seems he’s found himself…