Month: December 2014

Not-So Casual Observation

The TVs were on at the bar we ran to tonight. It was the annual lighting of the City Hall Christmas tree here in Philly, but tonight the event was interrupted by protestors. I know this because I was following on Twitter. Had I...

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A Broken Clock is Still Wrong

It’s nice that it’s possible for at least some people on the right to recognize a murder of a black man by white cops. “From looking at the video, the grand jury’s decision here is totally...

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The Country is an Orchard

Trigger warning Ferguson, MO. New York , NY. Cleveland. Jasper, TX. And countless other places. It ain’t just the south, this whole disgraceful country is starting to look like a fucking human orchard. And I will add this...

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Malarkey on the Potomac

A great piece … a must read! Andrew Bacevich, Daydream Believers The money should stagger you. Journalist James Risen, author of Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War, a revelatory new book about the scammers,...

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Killing is Just Part of the Workday

It’s legal to kill black people in this country if you are a police officer. This is not hyperbole. A Staten Island grand jury has voted not to bring criminal charges against the white New York City police officer at the...

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