Month August 2010

My Facebook location: It’s complicated

For some, their Facebook relationship says “It’s complicated.” For us, it’s where we live. We moved from SoCal to Utah then Sue got a job in San Jose. So we’re bouncing back and forth between them until things settle down…

The failed war on drugs and corruption in the US

Charles Bowden, author of Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields talks about how there are now 25,000 retail outlets for drugs in Tijuana now, that 23,000 have been killed recently in Mexico as a…

Circle Jerks. Making The Bombs

I spend my nights in the factory Building bombs for the good of the nation It’s my job can’t you see? Massive plutonium radiation They’re gonna rock and destroy Made from the finest of alloys They’re gonna fly under the…

What if the Tea Party was Black?

YouTube A few months ago, Tim Wise wrote a widely circulated article called, “Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black ” which challenged America to take a close look at the hypocrisy of the Right Wing. Now, a Pittsburgh rapper…