Month January 2009

Porn industry seeks federal bailout

Why? Because everyone else is too… Therefore, we here at Polizeros believe that bloggers – who do such a selfless, noble, and unsung job of reporting and commenting on news – should also share in the bailout. Besides, few if…

Madoff playing Russian Roulette

Doug Kass at TheStreet.com speculated a few days ago that perhaps the Russian mafia and Russian oligarchs were large investors with Madoff. Guess what? Some the big investors in Sonja Kohn’s Bank Medici, which was a feeder bank to Madoff,…

Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot

They call themselves Peace Man and Hope Man, one is Israeli, the other Palestinian. They live on opposite sides of the Israel-Gaza border. They blog about what it’s like. This blog is written by 2 friends. One lives in Sajaia…

Australian Socialist Alliance

By Dave Riley Over the weekend of 5-7 December, more than 150 people attended the Sixth Socialist Alliance national conference, held in the Geelong Trades Hall. The conference opened against the backdrop of the Alliance’s promising results in the November…

Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton passes

Maybe my favorite Stooges song, “Dirt”, which Ashton co-wrote. Radio Exile As of 2009, The Stooges have been nominated induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Whether they get it or not, The Stooges place is already cemented…