Month: August 2013

Cantaloupe Logic

I haven’t heard people talk about it lately, but back when The Sopranos was a hit show on HBO, a lot of Italian-Americans spoke up about what they considered to be negative stereotyping. It was even an issue that was dealt...

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The Corruption is Institutionalized

Kudos to Eric Lipton of the New York Times for reporting on the scam that is the House Financial Services Committee. I remember Barney Frank’s incessant complaining about how large the committee had grown when he was...

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US Drone Strikes Cause Fierce Blowback In Yemen

. Cross-posted at the blue site – European Tribune – across the big pond. In Yemen lies the roots of Al Qaeda, the Base, and a long history of militancy and Saudi Arabia intervention. BBC reporter Yalda Hakim in an...

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Casual Observation

We are drone-blasting the ever-loving shit out of Yemen. I hope it works, because the alternative is that it doesn’t work, and a bunch of innocent Americans become the victims of a very dubious policy. I don’t know...

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