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LifestreamAmerica is number one again. Leading the world by its dismal example. For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer [...]
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People ought to think about where they host their domains these days. Steve Marshall is an English travel agent. He lives in Spain, and he sells trips to Europeans who want to go to sunny places, including Cuba. In October, about 80 of his Web sites stopped working, thanks to the United States government. It [...]
Via Boing Boing The Bush Administration has put forth new rules demanding that visitors to the US from Europe need to apply for “approval” to land, days in advance of purchasing their tickets. Airlines will also be required to provide information on travellers’ families, and to allow US Air Marshals to fly on any flight [...]
There are two things we can learn from the new New Orleans phone book. First of all, the number of residents, at least those that have a phone, is down considerably. Furthermore, the new residents that are replacing the cleansed are apparently more posh as they can afford Lasik surgery. And so the vultures move in.
I do not have high hopes when it comes to the American system fixing itself and so I do not pay that much attention. Plus it’s hard to care when the hoopla starts nearly two years before the actual election. But last week’s massive disinformation campaign involving presidential hopeful Barack Obama does nevertheless merit a [...]
Hijacking the UN machinery. What a cruel joke. The United States has drafted a U.N. resolution condemning the denial of the Holocaust, a spokesman said Monday, a month after Iran provoked widespread anger by holding a conference casting doubt on the Nazi genocide of Jews during World War II. According to a copy of the [...]
No wonder really. Which is why I ought to pinch myself and realize that George W Bush and his neocon entourage is the best thing that has happened in a very long time. Military imperialists are considerably more provocative and just so heavy-handed that anyone is able so see the disconnect. As opposed to lets [...]
On a whim, development aid money is being confiscated by US banks under the guise of anti-terror legislation. Swedish trade union confederation LO-TCO has had its development aid money confiscated by an American bank. The money had been earmarked for a project in Liberia but the bank, citing US anti-terrorism laws, blocked the payment and [...]
The police seems to be on their toes outside of the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta. For some reason they chose to suddenly enforce jaywalking regulations in a rather hands-on fashion. Say what you will of fascist regimes, but at least they protect the public … from dangerous and subversive elements like [...]
Here is a brilliantly overt case of self-censorship that says a lot about the intellectual climate in the US today. Target Corp pulls Ernesto “Che” Guevara CD carrying case from shelves, following complaints from right wing butchers and fellow travelers. On account of “Che” being an alleged left wing butcher and instrumental in installing “communism” [...]
