Monthly Archives: January 2013

Meet the Contractors Turning America’s Police Into a Paramilitary Force | Alternet. “What follows are three companies you should know about (because some of them can learn a lot about you with their spy technologies).” Advertisements

Secrets and Lies of the Bailout | Politics News | Rolling Stone. “What we actually ended up doing was the exact opposite: committing American taxpayers to permanent, blind support of an ungovernable, unregulatable, hyperconcentrated new financial system that exacerbates the … Continue reading →

With Obama’s Nod, Congress Promises Five More Years Of Widespread Government Surveillance | Alternet. New Boss same as the old Boss

Arizona Bill to Force Students to Take Loyalty Oath | Alternet. The Lunatics are running the asylum in Arizona. They call themselves republicans (I say racist repukes)

Big Pharma Buys Off The Senate | Alternet. Isn’t this just precious? Tell us something we don’t know. Yet it goes on and on and on……..   How do you think Mitch McChinless has quadrupled his income since being elected to … Continue reading →

12 Rational Responses to Irrational Arguments About Guns | Alternet. Here are 12 responses you can use when you’re confronted with some of the standard illogical, irrational and emotionally overheated statements that gun extremists use.

Daily Kos: Takeaways from the filibuster fight. Putting lipstick on a pig does not change the fact that it is still a pig. Get real Senate assholes!!!

How ‘Stop and Frisk’ Is Too Often a Sexual Assault by Cops on Teenagers in Targeted NYC Neighborhoods | Alternet. “The policy amounts to a constant disruption of the lives of hundreds of thousands of young black and brown men. … Continue reading →

Dear Whole Foods CEO, This Is What a Fascist Looks Like | Alternet. “Fascism is corporate government – a Libertarian’s wet dream. It’s a government in which the Atlas’s of industry are given free rein to control the economy, just … Continue reading →

The Prosecution of Aaron Swartz Paints Obama’s Justice Department as Needlessly Cruel and Capricious | Alternet. “A powerful indictment of our justice system, the Swartz case exemplifies the sick hypocrisy of persecuting information activists while corrupt corporations and bankers get … Continue reading →