“It was definitely an inside job,” police chief Tim Johnson told the Journal. “The power cord (to the TV) wasn’t even taken. The average drug user knows that you’d need the power cord to be able to pawn it.” “It was somebody that had knowledge of those documents that really wanted to … Continue reading ‘It was definitely an inside job’: The mystery surrounding missing water files at Flint City Hall

Man builds a fence. I’m sure there’s some kind of analogy to something..   Continue reading Building that big wall!

The President of Turkey has said democracy and freedom have “absolutely no value” in the country after calling for journalists, lawyers and politicians to be prosecuted as terrorists. Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke … Continue reading President Erdogan says freedom and democracy have ‘no value’ in Turkey amid arrests and military crackdown

Most people would rather die, and would rather see their own children die, than stop pretending that the U.S. government is “broke,” and needs tax revenue. I mean that literally, not metaphorically… … Continue reading A deadly pretense

From Alaska to Australia, an unprecedented heating of planet Earth is underway with rising temperatures across huge swaths of land mass and oceans It’s time we do something about this. And the … Continue reading February was the warmest month in recorded history, climate experts say

If Hitler had suddenly developed a conscience! Chaplin’s speech at the end of his 1940 film “The Great Dictator.” Still relevant, especially today. I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an … Continue reading Charlie Chaplin’s Amazing Speech

Western media are depicting street protests as a noble populist uprising. The facts are much more complicated. “Speed it up, there, Maria [the generic ‘maid name’], we have to get out to … Continue reading Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy

The Government is under pressure to allow MPs to disclose sensitive information on one of the most secretive trade deals ever negotiated. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a proposed … Continue reading TTIP: secrecy around talks is ‘profoundly undemocratic’, MPs say

An ad agency in London owned by Vice Media is now doing work for the tobacco giant Philip Morris International, the world’s most popular cigarette manufacturer. This does seem to fit with … Continue reading Vice Media Is Making Tobacco Ads

  The bill would have created a national voluntary labeling standard — and prevented Vermont’s mandatory labeling law from going into effect July 1. A compromise might yet be reached. Why can’t … Continue reading Bill Blocking GMO Labels Stalls In Senate, But Battle Is Far From Over

The Dutch parliament has voted to ban arms exports to Saudi Arabia in protest against the kingdom’s humanitarian and rights violations. It sees the Netherlands become the first EU country to put in … Continue reading Netherlands votes to ban weapons exports to Saudi Arabia

Lawmakers caved to lobbyists, disappointed rep says. The power of corporate lobbyists. Source: Tennessee kills muni-broadband expansion bill after AT&T opposition | Ars Technica Additional reading: AT&T, Comcast Kill Local Gigabit Expansion Plans … Continue reading Tennessee kills free city-wide gigabit Internet after AT&T opposition