Alternate Brain

Rumsfeld made this ridiculous remark a few days ago concerning Chavez’s arms purchases from Russia, “I can’t imagine why Venezuela needs 100...

A true American hero passed away recently. He stood up to the government when they did wrong. From the San Francisco Chronicle . In 1998, Fr...

I've always known you could tell quite a bit about someone from the kind of car they drive: If you had a big black American luxury job w...

Great! I wanna download The Spirit Of St. Louis ! But seriously, folks, the Smithsonian's Folkways Records division is getting set to o...

I'm 12 days into my hiatus and I'm happy to report things are going well. I should be able to get everything done that I planned. ...

From Truthout : Washington - If American forces aren't pulling out of Iraq in a year, a draft will be needed to meet manpower requiremen...

Ever prepared, the Voice Of America has prepared obituaries for many world figures. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the...

I was gonna put this post in The Fixer & Gordon due to its automotive subject matter when I suddenly realized it's not just us gear...

Bush's hypocrisy makes me want to scream: ... Especially those who live at the mercy of others. The essence of civilization is that the ...

The thing that pisses me off the most in the case of Mrs. Schiavo is this: The misleading and flat-out wrong assertion by the pseudo-christi...

From CNN : Michael Schiavo's sister-in-law said a man threatened to shoot her and her family if Terri Schiavo dies, Philadelphia police ...

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If the Neo-cons can just get the judges replaced with officials with a 'higher authority' things like this won't happen. Imagine...

Under the heading of neat-but-unnecessary-gadgets is an electronic filter/political statement called the "FOX Blocker" being mark...

Rabbi Arik Ascherman has spent years planting himself atop doomed Palestinian homes, reading extracts of international law to Israeli forces...

Since it's the weekend, here is some light hearted fun (satire I found on The Spoof). Enjoy :-) Take Three Shrimp in Cocktail Sauce and ...

Mrs. G turned me onto this. From the Freedom From Religion Foundation : “The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; No...

While I'm blogging today, I'm listening to the best community radio station that I know of. We're just able to get it here latel...

The Republicans would very much like to see the end of the filibuster, but they've got more in the works than just that. Reason Gone Mad...

The costs of sustaining the US's new 'Empire' will become apparent to its public only when these costs directly accrue to them. ...