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One More Silver Dollar
55 hours ago by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
If you can read this you're too close ... and legally blindGovernment officials announced today that the U.S. Mint will soon produce a new silver dollar commemorating the birth of Louis Braille who created the raised-dot alphabet for the blind.The...
Democracy No Panacea
07/01/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
American politicians like to promote democracy as a polished gemstone behind a plate glass window at the jewelry store, rather than as a diamond in the rough still encrusted in stone. A country's decision to embrace democratic reform is only the...
George Carlin Dies
06/23/2008 by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
-Fuck.-George Carlin, 1937-2008-...
Diplomatic Circles
06/23/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
Even the dark cloud over US foreign policy left behind by the Bush administration has a silver lining. Other countries now know that they can't count on America for political leadership, so they've taken a more active role in pursuing their own...
I, Love Robot
06/19/2008 by Mark Jabo @ getincensed.com
Sexy...in a Power Rangers kind of way...Not content with dominating the world auto market, the Japanese robotic industry is now working to make American women smaller, quieter and more fuel efficient.Japanese toy maker Sega is manufacturing "a...
Gloomy Guantanamo Bay
06/17/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
King Henry VIII had the Tower of London. Nikita Khrushchev had the Gulags of Siberia. Guantanamo Bay seems to be George Bush's barbaric detention center of choice.During previous conflicts, US troops near the front lines took the lead in...
Fans Call Foul on the NBA
06/13/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
The National Basketball Association has a credibility problem. At some point in the last twenty years, the NBA morphed into a launching pad for young athletes building a following through ESPN highlights, rather than a serious professional sport...
Got Gas?
06/12/2008 by Ryan Miller @ politicalfrenzy.com
Photo: news.nationalgeographic.comI have been getting several responses to my previous blog on Exxon tax payments in which I said “we do not tax their absurd profits.” I was not being clear; I am not saying that Exxon doesn’t pay their taxes,...
Bob Hope Knows Democrats
06/11/2008 by Jeff OBryant @ rightnewsandviews.com
Bob has them dead to rights... Hard to believe they have actually gotten worse since Hope delivered this quip....
We give tax breaks to oil companies, but not renewable energy companies
06/11/2008 by Ryan Miller @ politicalfrenzy.com
Yesterday Senate Republicans blocked the vote of a bill that would tax the windfall profits of oil companies as well as end their tax breaks. The Republicans said that we need to focus on more sources for oil.Does this rub anyone else the wrong...
Press Babble
06/07/2008 by Bob Betzen @ radicalavenue.com
With each passing day our country edges closer to a truly momentous occasion. The upcoming presidential election promises to be an acrimonious affair pitting the young idealist intent on etching his profile in stone against the battle scarred...