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.
The alleged unbiased mainstream media
Helen Thomas misses the boat: Blogging and journalism Helen Thomas, in her latest column, tells bloggers they aren’t journalists. I’ve had my say on that subject recently, and I won’t repeat myself. What I will take on is Thomas’ misconceptions…
Phase shifts
From Dave Winer’s influential Scripting News We don’t get no respect from Google, we don’t get no respect from the EFF, but we do get respect, tons of it, from Rupert Murdoch. Now who do you think gets it, the…
American Indian Movement links
American Indian Movement national siteAIM San DiegoWorldTalkRadio. American Indian channel. The shows are hosted by Joseph Red Bear and Marty Fire Rider, who I met last night when Vernon Bellecourt spoke (next post.) They are committed activists who have been…
Podcast. Vernon Bellecourt at Palestinian Right to Return convention
Vernon Bellecourt, primary spokesperson for the American Indian Movement, addressed the Third Annual International Convention of Al-Awda, The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition at UCLA, Apr 15, 2005. He details how what happened to Indians also happened to Palestinians.…
‘Morally unacceptable’ papal candidates
From SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, comes this article detailing why several ‘short list’ cardinals are unacceptable. I mean, really unacceptable…
The God Squad
In 1989, Paddy Doyle broke the wall of silence on the horrific abuse comitted by Catholic institutions in Ireland on children when he published “The God Squad”. The abuse, both sexual and what only can be described as torture, was…