Month November 2007

Guerrillas in the mist

EPR, a Marxist guerrilla group in Mexico, has been bombing pipelines in retaliation for the apparent abduction of two members. Their Sept. 10 bombing caused $1.6 billion in economic damage. But there is a fundamental problem: Nobody seems to know…

The bumbling US intelligence community

The Hollywood perception of the CIA is one of vicious, unprincipled, highly effective thugs. Yet the truth appears to be more that they are ineffective and snoozing. I’m not sure which is more unsettling. Nadia Nadim Prouty just pled guilty…

The Predatory Lending Association

With helpful guides like the Working Poor Finder and Racial Profiling Tools as well as lists of payday loan lenders near military bases, the Predatory Lending Association will help you fully exploit and gouge the unwary and desperate. Unfortunately, we…

Iranian minister: gays should be hanged

Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times [of London] has learnt. For those who say Iran must be supported without criticism…