Day November 16, 2006

Imagine that…

The UCLA student who was viciously tasered by university police is not an Anglo. His name is Mostafa Tabatabainejadd and he’s Muslim. I knew you’d be surprised. “It was the most disgusting and vile act I had ever seen in…

Umberto Eco on fascism

It’s an old article, but it’s more appropriate today than ever. Ur-Fascism is still around us, sometimes in plainclothes. It would be so much easier for us if there appeared on the world scene somebody saying, “I want to reopen…

Democrats: anti-war does NOT mean more war

The Iraq Study Group and Bush are now want one final push in Iraq – send in more troops, increase funding, and screw all that democracy stuff. One of those unnamed sources said: “If the Democrats are smart, they’ll play…

If it’s too loud, you’re too dumb

Earnings are sharply up for Swiss hearing aid maker Phonak. They expect continued growth as young users of mp3 players continue to damage their hearing by listening to mp3 players and other music at damaging volumes. Ask Pete Townshend of…

Apartheid walls

No, it’s not Palestine… From Subtopia Elbit Systems limited, an Israeli company building and profiting from the Wall in occupied Palestine, has been awarded a contract, along with Boeing, to build the US wall. Elbit will import Israeli military technology,…