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Acting in China Offers Political Insights
Image via Wikipedia Sometimes I find writing so striking and delightful that I want to share it with you. This is from Salon’s web site and is written by Melissa…
Ethics Bob Calls Out the Haredim for their Assaults on a Second Grader
Ethics Bob is not shy about calling out the Haredim for their ridiculous behavior. I put his first paragraph up. Please go read his whole article (and his follow up…
We Win the War on Terrorism by Maintaining Our Ideals!
Image via Wikipedia Giving up long held American rights, attempting to copy the worst elements of repressive regimes like the Argentine and the Soviet, are not the way to victory…
The Observations of Manoje Nath
Friends ,Foes and Faceless Jokers (These notes were randomly jotted between November 1987 and May 1988, when one of my periodic crises had rendered me practically destitute, without office, without…
Stealing Babies is Okay if it’s from the “Wrong” Kind of Family
Francisco Franco’s regime in Spain in cooperation with the Catholic Church took as many as 300,000 children from their parents and gave them to “suitable” families. What did they mean…
What I am Watching Today on You Tube – The Nordic War 1939-45
I found this video on a You Tube members site called Memb The Penguin III’s Channel. Just click this link to see the films: The Nordic War 1939-45 This is the…
Wikileaks Shares U.S. Cable from Ecuador
This should raise some eyebrows. Back in 2006 when the Neoliberal polices (Chicago School Economics) seemed to be taking the world by storm before the pretty theories collapsed like a shack in…
Business Ethics: Should a Company Recover Metal from Cremated Human Remains?
From the article - It’s environmentally friendly, innovative, but isn’t it a bit gruesome? Owner and director Ruud Verberne: “Yes, that’s the way a lot of people see it, but…
Anna Hazare Ends Hunger Fast – “Half the Battle” (Struggle against corruption)
From the Times of India - Anna Hazare declared on Saturday that the nation’s people had won a great victory as he announced he would end his fast at 10am…
Japan nuke plant radiation leak exceeds Hiroshima (via CBS News)
Something of a new record has been set, not no. 1, Chernobyl set that but still being number two is a discouraging fact. The crisis at Fukushima is currently at…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
- Read Andy Borowitz’s New Bestseller with This Free AppYou don’t have to own a Kindle to read Andy Borowitz’s #1 bestseller, An Unexpected Twist. Now you can read it on any device by downloading this free app here. Then download Andy’s book here. The critics rave: “Andy Borowitz is the funniest human on Twitter, and that’s not mean praise… This funny book has a sneaky emotional […]