Category Archives: News

Boston bombing

Posted on 15 April 2013 by Becca

Open message to the perpetrators: I don't know who you are or what your cause might be or what you think your justifications for your act of horrific violence might have been. I don't care. Nobody cares. You will never … Continue reading →

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9 years and counting: Opportunity

Posted on 24 January 2013 by Becca

I just saw in the news how the Opportunity rover on Mars just entered into its 10th year of operation, with what its NASA operators say is still remarkably good electronic and mechanical health. That's 108 months. Both it and … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Sri Kaleshwar Swami – 15 March 2012

Posted on 15 March 2012 by Becca

Today, we received the sad news that our spiritual teacher, Sri Kaleshwar, had passed away (taken maha samadi). He'd been ill for the last few years, and very recently had been admitted to a Bangalore hospital in serious condition. Sri … Continue reading →

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Banco Santander: The Epitome of Bankster Evil

Posted on 10 December 2011 by Becca

I'd thought Citibank, Wells Fargo, US Bank and others had rightly deserved reputations as near (or fully) criminal enterprises, the mutant bastard offspring of what used to be the banking industry, but apparently there's at least one international banking corporation … Continue reading →

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Call & Response

Posted on 5 May 2011 by Becca

Pretty much any critique or complaint from the radical right and neocons about a certain recent event can be answered with, "We thought you guys said you actually wanted Osama Bin Laden dead.  Or were you lying about that all … Continue reading →

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Technological innovations

Posted on 27 January 2011 by Becca

Drug smugglers used a catapult to fire contraband over the border between Mexico and Arizona, authorities said Wednesday.National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance system on Friday evening saw several people using the device beside a border fence near … Continue reading →

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You can’t stop the signal

Posted on 4 December 2010 by Becca

Once information is out there, trying to suppress it is a thuggish fool's errand. http://213.251.145.96/ If the Powers That Be shut that down, it'll just pop up somewhere else.  The data has already been mirrored and copied to hundreds of … Continue reading →

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Airport Security: Some Humble Suggestions

Posted on 20 November 2010 by Becca

Kevin Drum over Mother Jones has issued a challenge to those of us who object to the new Gate Rape procedures at American airports, where your choice may be reduced to 'virtual strip-search by machine,' 'sexual assault by TSA screener,' … Continue reading →

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Commitments

Posted on 22 September 2010 by Becca

Posted by frizbeesf over on Americablog: I WILL WORK JUST AS HARD… I will work as hard for Barack Obama as he has worked for me.. In the weeks ahead when I encounter insane lies and distortions about the President’s … Continue reading →

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Not one of us

Posted on 19 September 2010 by Becca

Anticipated reaction of the Teabagger fundamentalist contingent upon learning of Christine O'Donnell's admission  she'd "dabbled into (sic) witchcraft" while in college: Eleven years ago a boisterous Christine O'Donnell confessed to Bill Maher and his ABC audience that she'd dated a … Continue reading →

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