Major strike in Puerto Rico
(Daniel lives in Puerto Rico) Don’t have a lot of time right now but I’ve been following a major protest strike that is taking place in Puerto Rico right now. Here is an article explaining the reason behind the strike.…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month October 2009
Let Freedom Ka-Ching. Colbert on Corporate personhood
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Allen Stanford. His health has deteriorated after five months in prison
Stanford is awaiting trial and has not been convicted. Yet he was in a holding cell with eight others with no air conditioning in 100 degree heat for months, then got mauled in a fight, is in solitary now, and…
Corporate piracy decried by Populist Party presidential candidate, 1892
In 1892, the Populists’ People’s Party ran James Baird Weaver as their Presidential candidate. That same year, Weaver published “A Call to Action,” which offered a cogent indictment of the rise of the Corporate State in place of the recently…
Vienna converts abandoned gas storage units into multi-use dwellings
Brilliant, isn’t it? taking what some would consider a tear-down and instead transforming it into something useful and beautiful. Twisted Sifter has more, plus many photos.