Month February 2010

North Carolina man freed after 17 years

The Innocence Project has done it again. Through their work, hundreds of people have been released from prison after DNA tests showed they were innocent. Today, due to work by one of their member groups, The North Carolina Center on…

Impossible hamster

However you need a way of providing prosperity without wrecking the planet, whenever I hear the phrase ‘blind capitalist accumulation’ I reach for my Elinor Ostrom….not convinced that many of the critics of growth have much of an idea of…

The truth shall set you free

The Truth shall set you free, or so we are told. Today I ran across the following quote from a friend on Facebook: “9/11 Truth can end wars, stop the Empire, expose the US National Security State and also expose…

Shooter Jennings. Black Ribbons

Shooter Jennings is releasing Black Ribbons on March 2. It looks to be a seriously amazing album, heavily political, outlaw country mixed with Skinny Puppy and Ministry. “Tonight I’ve chosen to play the one band the American Fascicrats don’t want…