'Water is not a right'
This is from Workers World:‘Water is not a right,’ says Detroit bankruptcy judgeBy Kris Hamel on September 30, 2014 Detroit, Sept. 29 — U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes ruled today to deny a...
View ArticleFact check?
The government of Australia has decided to join Barack in senselessly bombing Iraq.They're dropping bombs to 'help,' you understand.This Tweet stood out to me.ABC Fact Check@ABCFactCheck4h4 hours...
View ArticleBarack deports more people in 6 years than Bully Boy Bush in 8 years
Andre Damon (WSWS) reports:The Obama administration deported a record 438,421 people last year, the highest number of annual deportations in US history, according to official figures published by the...
View ArticleThat awful show Supernatural
I'm always getting e-mails asking why I don't cover TV. So I made a point to watch The Originals on The CW tonight -- a show Marcia loves and covers.Or tried to.This is why I don't watch much TV: I...
View ArticleBarack's friend Wal-Mart
If you missed the news, Wal-Mart's cut insurance benefits for all employees who work under 30 hours a week.Thanks, ObamaCare.But isn't it something that it's Wal-Mart doing this (Target has already...
View ArticleDavid Walsh nails Bill Maher
I'm not really too interested in a TV squabble over the weekend.C.I. is friends with Ben Affleck but she didn't ask me or anyone else to avoid writing about the events that played out on Real Time with...
View ArticleDesigning Women
Designing Women was a sitcom on CBS so it was always under attack by CBS which has struggle to include women for years.Delta Burke became famous for playing Suzanne Sugarbaker on the show.But the set...
View ArticleConfusion in the Kitchen
No recipe, I'm reeling still from something I read online.To anyone who has followed Maher’s career over the long-run, his bizarre unraveling over the past several years has been at times agonizing to...
View ArticlePaul Krugman's a whore
Years ago, Joan Rivers had her own late night talk show on Fox. Johnny Carson was furious. He announced that any one going on Joan's show would be banned from The Tonight Show.Joan's friend Mel...
View ArticleThe Believers
The Believers is a cheesy movie -- not unlike Scanners, to name another I enjoy.In it, Martin Sheehn's trying to raise his son but there's a cult at play that's using witch craft.If you watch it and...
View ArticleAmnesty I -- too little and too late
Bill Van Auken (WSWS) argues:Shia sectarian militias, armed and backed by the Iraqi government, are committing war crimes against the country’s minority Sunni population, including widespread...
View ArticleCindy and Sibel
I hope you saw this: "Sibel Edmonds and the Deep State (SOAPBOX PODCAST 10/19/14)"Cindy Sheehan's radio show this Sunday will be featuring Sibel Edmonds.I really want to catch this one.It should be a...
View ArticleI love Ann
I love Ann.For many reasons.But online, I love her because she's always fighting the good fight.This week, I repeatedly read outrageous columns and would be stunned that these people could lie so...
View ArticlePaul Krugman is so full of s**t
Sunday Kat did two music reviews: "Kat's Korner: Lenny chooses to strut" and "Kat's Korner: Prince, you wonder if you take him h..." -- and I enjoyed reading both but I love Prince's Art Official Age....
View Article47% of Americans living at poverty or lower
Andre Damon reports the disturbing news at WSWS:Forty-seven percent of Americans have incomes under twice the official poverty rate, making half of the country either poor or near-poor, according to...
View ArticleTrue Blood
We're supposed to note the best horror TV show.For me, it's HBO's True Blood.This is story about vampires -- and fairies, and werewolves and witches and . . .Suki is the main character and I love that...
View ArticleMia Farrow can't stop embarrassing herself
William M. Welch (USA Today) reports:Craig Spencer, who tested positive for Ebola Thursday, is a New York emergency physician who recently worked with Doctors Without Borders treating patients in West...
View ArticleEasy Pasta Salad in the Kitchen
Randall e-mailed requesting "a simple and really easy, I mean simple as possible, recipe for pasta salad."Okay.Pasta salad has to have pasta.So start by determining what pasta you want to use. You can...
View ArticleStarving children (here in America)
This weekend saw two music reviews -- Kat's "Kat's Korner: Stevie Nicks' 24 Karat Classic" and "Kat's Korner: Aretha Knew You Were Waiting For This" -- and Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Barack...
View ArticleDetroit
This is from Workers World:U.N. rapporteurs visit DetroitBy Jerry Goldberg on October 28, 2014 Protest at Detroit Water & Sewerage headquarters, June 6, 2014.WW photo: Kris HamelAfter a three-day...
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