By: Geoffrey Yonil While Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has always maintained the country's "liberal, Western, democratic" status, a struggle of Orthodox extremism cropping up in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, among other cities, seeks to end Israel's liberal roots by implementing antiquated policies of gender separation. While official…
By: Adrianne Zhugarb Let's face it, it's not fun paying taxes. That's why there's an entire profession (accountants) hired to deal with the average layman's taxes. But we've been pumped since childhood with these misconceptions and misinformation about how necessary and unavoidable it is to pay taxes. And for…
By: Movetoamend.org On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. We, the People of the…
By: Carl Mandosa Originally, Duck Soup's release was anything but inspiring. As one of the last films the Marx Brothers did with Paramount, it was received with shunned indifference. You might be wondering why, considering it being the Marx Brothers, the Golden Boys of comedy. There are certainly theories…
By: David Tin Punching the Clown is one of those uniquely genuine comedies and semi-autobiographical films that go underrated and unappreciated. Not only cinematically compelling, Punching the Clown is a hysterical commentary on the lies that compose our world, especially places like Los Angeles. It tells the story of…
By: Ashley Wrigley The moment Star Wars: The Old Republic was open for beta, thousands of players have refused to look back at their old MMOs again. Why? Because BioWare is ingenious, and that’s just not me being biased. They changed the way we play RPGs and now they’ve…
Note: "Fluid Ink" is Taboo Jive's 'Facebook Fan page of the Week' kicking off 2012. Please read Rainer's story of how it all got started and follow her work by finding the link to her fan page at the end of her story below...enjoy! - TJ By Rainer Galea…
By ROY EIDELSON, Ph.D. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,”…
"This song caused a great deal of controversy when it was initially released, but was a rare song that became accepted as the artist explained himself. Amid concerns that the song was promoting promiscuity in the age of AIDS, the BBC restricted airplay to after 9pm, and many US…
By Tom Hastings @ Hastings On Nonviolence Propaganda. That's what Hugo Chavez uses to cover his ugly tracks when he imprisons judges who don't rule the way he wants. That's what Fidel used for decades of enslaving the Cuban people and making them feel happy to be in chains.…