Day December 15, 2006

Maelstrom

‘This looks like civil war’ – Palestinians battle on the streets This on top of the civil war in Iraq, with Lebanon looking it could go that way too. So naturally, right-wing extremists in Israel want the US to bomb…

Senator Tim Johnson

Looks like he’ll be ok. Hey, a Democratic Senate will be better on civil liberties, the environment, investigations of war profiteering, etc. than a neocon-controlled Senate – if though the two parties show little difference on the war(s) and imperialist…

Indigenous death in custody: Request for solidarity

Brisbane, Australia:The Queensland Dept of Public Prosecution’s disgusting decision to ignore the Deputy Coroner’s findings that the Qld police killed Mulrinji,an indigenous man, in November 2004 while he was in police custody –has been met with community disbelief. The DPP…

Thoughts on turning 58

They can take the Yankee out of Connecticut but even after 35 years away, my accent is still Northeast, according to the quite accurate “What American accent do you have?” quiz. Judging by how you talk you are probably from…