By OcJim In full riot gear, a phalanx of several hundred police – Oakland, state, and neighboring communities -- violently dispelled peaceful Oakland participants of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the early dawn hours of Tuesday morning and again Tuesday night, using tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and…
At a recent ladies weekend in the middle of Northern Michigan, we needed food and booze. So a few of us headed down the road to the local Bait/ Liquor/ Grocery store. It's in one of those long pole buildings that the owner has been forced to diversify just…
By Jim Hoover Herman Cain is thought to be a "stalking horse" for the Koch Brothers, who have poured a great deal of money into their causes, mostly through politicians and political action groups formed to promote their interests. Cain doesn’t seem to have a viable organization in primary…
After almost nine years, 4,479 fatalities, 33,169 soldiers wounded, 12,000 Iraqi civilian deaths and an almost a trillion dollars spent, the Iraq war is finally over. In a press conference Friday, President Obama announced that U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year,…
By: Tom Hastings @ Hastings on Nonviolence Wall Street is certainly a locus of appropriate focus for a movement that hopes to break the cycle of extreme disparity of wealth and income in our world, but the Pentagon may actually be a better place to contend. Why? Without violence…
By: Jack Bristle As Occupy Wall Street expands into 1,500 cities worldwide with several million people joining on the streets, it becomes blatantly obvious that despite mainstream media's trivialization of the movement and after a month of protesting it's still gaining momentum. Occupy Wall Street represents the first major…
By Jim Hoover Have you ever considered the toll imposed by the so-called “job creators”? And don’t forget our role in this agenda-inspired phrase, “job creator”. This plaint is part of rote learning conservatives want to impose on the rest of us. The meaning is clear. Corporate executives are…
By Jim Hoover There is a surplus of candidates for the title “Rogue of the Year,” most of them being Republicans, whose motivation involves kissing a Plutocrat so they can turn into a rich prince. Accordingly, we could hone in on members of Congress and pick many who stand…
Allegedly written by a University Professor of economics Editors note: This is cute but we'd love to hear a rebuttal to this... Anyone? Our Tax system, explained in terms of beer... Using actual percentages, the impact of a tax cut, and the public reaction that everyone should be able…
By Jim Hoover If as Americans you are not embarrassed by the response of jailers at a Tehran prison to two captured American hikers released this month, then you should be. I know that I am. The two American prisoners reported that when they complained about conditions in their…