Bitch the Rich
January 11, 2012No big deal — Mitt Romney wins the New Hampshire primary and the GOP whore-wagon grinds on to South Carolina, where the pack gathers for a nit-picking contest there on Jan. 21. The only applaudable…
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Tea Cup Turbulence
December 27, 2011Climate change is corrupting Bangladesh tea — the low-lying nation has a great tea growing industry, but the warming temperatures with less rain not only stumps growth, but can alter the flavor. From Aljazeera English…
‘I am a fat cat, I’m not ashamed,’
December 22, 2011(Illustration found here). In one of the most ironic and laughingly insulting remarks of the political year came yesterday from US Speaker of the House John ‘The Boner’ Boehner: “We’re here. We’re ready to work,”…
Oil Spoils the Bright
December 12, 2011A record — US peoples spent $448 billion on gasoline since the beginning of this year, $100 billion more than 2010, which in turn, puts OPEC on pace to top $1 trillion in net oil…
Bitch the Banksters
December 1, 2011If you thought bankers were assholes, you were wrong! Banksters are far, far worse. From Reuters: Major global banks are exacerbating the fight against global warming by supplying power utilities and mining firms with ample…
The Day After Thursday — ‘Rapid Crowd Movement’
November 25, 2011From the police playbook of mob control: A woman shot pepper spray to keep shoppers from merchandise she wanted during a Black Friday sale, and 20 people suffered minor injuries, authorities said. … Fire department…
‘Stupid Says, As Stupid Is’
November 20, 2011My apologies to one of Forrest‘s most-beloved quips, but US politics has become so much more than stupid talking, it’s mean-spirited pure ugly — especially amongst Republicans. Hence, the supposedly GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich…
Brake-Down Dumb
November 15, 2011Seemingly, it appears the entire world is bat-shit crazy — the bubble of reality was never really real. Experts in confusion via The Big Picture: We just may be in the midst of the biggest…
Juice
November 14, 2011Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in the old Jeep, the pump price still at $3.99 a gallon for regular — a fixture now at the local Union 76. Although those numbers have…
Old Money vs NO New Money
November 8, 2011(Illustration found here). No wonder young people are more than pissed — the future looks like shit. And greed is greed. From CNN: According to analysis by the Pew Research Center released Monday, younger Americans…