Got Oil?Excerpts from the latest column by the amazing Arianna Huffington. How about using the same shock-value tactics the administration uses in the drug war to confront the public with the ultimate — and much more linearly linked — consequences of…

And now for something completely silly Steaker at hockey game knocks self unconsciousA streaker scaled the glass near the penalty box during a stoppage in play with just over five minutes to play and went onto the ice. Wearing only…

The sniper attacks Love that dry British wit Blunder, mishap and farce in hunt for sniper The hunt for the roving sniper of the suburbs descended from high drama to fiasco yesterday with police begging the killer to ring in…

The Daily Bombing News 14 Die as Bomb-Filled S.U.V. Rams Israeli BusChili Peppers And Oasis cancel Philippines showsPlot to blow up Brazilian stock exchange foiled.

Brit ambassador to Israel slams Palestinian treatment The British official <the ambassador> has accused Israel of confining nearly 3.5 million Palestinians to what he described as the ‘largest detention camp in the world’, referring to the West Bank and Gaza.…

On my playlist It appears I am in a louder-harder-faster mood. Old Skars & Upstarts 2002Excellent and noisy punk compilation from the fine folks at Disaster records.The Pushers – Turning BlueThunderous aggro punk and roll. Upbeat subject matter (see image…

All sniper news, all the time CNN, Fox, MSNBC et al are running sniper news non-stop. Much of it is endless re-hashes of previous news, speculations by “experts” about the mindset of the sniper(s), and lots of frenzied dashes down dead-end trails…