Postcards from Stuttgart (or, How to make “Apollo farts” sound awesome)

In the last few years, Barack Obama has taken serious flack from conservatives over his failed loan-guarantee program  for renewable energy sources. “Solyndra” became yet another weapon in their arsenal of words with which to wage holy war on liberals, alongside other s such as “Lewinsky,” “Fannie Mae,” “woman,” “black”  and “middle class”.  By God, …

Who Are You?

Who are you?  Are you a gun-totin’, jesus praisin’ conservative that believes that America is headed down the path to destruction? Or are you a left leaning, wall street occupying, Rush Limbaugh hating person that sees what corporate America is doing to the rest of us? What do you believe? What is right? What is left? What is going …

A Christmas Night 1776

On Christmas night in the year 1776, George Washington crossed the Delaware River to attack pro-British Hessian forces in Trenton New   Jersey. He did so to help his young nation establish independence from an old world aristocracy of landed gentry and inherited power and money. Now we see the corporate power elite are seeking …

Indian students continue rape protests despite police ban

Indian students have continued to rally against a recent brutal gang rape of a female student in the capital New Delhi, despite a government ban on such protests.

Several thousand protesters gathered near the presidential palace on Sunday, demanding better safety for women following the gang rape that happened last weekend.

Carrying banners that read …

Syria militants use chemical weapons against Syrian forces

Militants fighting against the Syrian government have used chemical weapons against the army in Daraya near the capital, Damascus, military sources say.

According to a commander of the Syrian Presidential Guard, at least seven Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday after they were attacked by a chemical weapon which produced a toxic yellow gas.

The …