Author: Dean Pajevic

OPEN THREAD for Old and Young Soviets

What can you say about a kitten, born in evergreen shrubs by Wal-Mart and saved by a young woman who’s kept her Soviet flag since the 1990 Goodwill Games when she refused to root for the U.S. women’s great, all-star...

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Activists Target Disney for Labor Practices

One would hardly associate Disney’s children’s books with crushed and broken fingers, lacerated hands, broken legs and even deaths. But disturbingly, that is the case at the Hung Hing plant in China where Disney is the major...

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Missiles Fired at U.S. Ships In Jordan

“Qaeda” group claims rocket attack on U.S. ship (Yahoo/Reuters). The Jordanian attack was launched from an industrial warehouse area near Aqaba, Jordan. Reuters has the militants’ supposed statement. NYT:...

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Monsanto Looks to Patent Pigs

In a move that has environmentalists and consumer advocates worried, one of the world’s most controversial corporations is looking to claim swine farming procedures as intellectual property. From the always excellent...

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