L.A. D.A. loses big case, whines like spanked puppy

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley said jurors who acquitted actor Robert Blake of the murder of his wife are “incredibly stupid” and insisted his office put on a good case. Ah, no they didn’t. Most who followed the trial…

Where are the chaplains?

From Sue: The decision of whether to maintain marginal life or to accept death is one made many thousands of times each year in hospitals.  Ask any of the many ministers who are hospital chaplains, who help families and doctors…

Kyrgyzstan and ‘liberalization’

Kyrgyzstan president resignsWhat brought this about? Why did the people rise up? Left Coaster has an excellent background piece on why the populace revolted. The World Trade Organization is at it again, trying to force a dogmatic one-size-fits-all privatization scheme…

Religious lunacy

The Sissy Tsunami, the Faggot Floods, the Dyke Disaster! Wait for it … There it is! A Muslim cleric has declared that HOMOSEXUALS caused the tsunami! He and Jerry Falwell, who thinks gays caused 9/11 – and Pat Robertson, who…

Sinn Fein and the IRA

Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness are often quoted in the US media as spokespersons for Sinn Fein. However, most Americans only have a dim idea who they are or what the history is. Sinn Fein was and is the aboveground…

Kyrgyzstan

An opposition spokesman in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, Narynbek Kasymov, said that about 600 protesters had peacefully taken control of the (administration) building, and that police had gone over to their side. If at least some of the police are…