"There are a lot of ways to practice the art of journalism, and one of them is to use your art like a hammer to destroy the right people" - Hunter S. Thompson
By: Tom Prigg
Floating bear – Creative Commons
On Saturday, May 11th, the New York Times published a story, “Heat-Trapping Gas Passes Milestone, Raising Fears,” that reported about the highest day’s average of CO2 concentrations in human … Read more…
Here’s UK PM Cameron (video below) talking on the news last night about British casualties of the recent Algerian gas plant drama. While some comment is expected, at 1:30 or so he slips in remarks … Read more…
I heard this wad, CEO of Whole Foods, calling Obamacare “fascism” in an interview with NPR the other night. Today, I see he’s already worrying about this profit margins so he’s walking his statement back. … Read more…
I have a question for you all. How can you tell the difference between a good Jihad and a bad Jihad?
We might have to ask French President François Hollande who seems to have a … Read more…
Russia Today news (RT) recently reported that the NDAA 2013 has authorized a pre-emptive nuclear attack against China. The new law is a supposed contingency plan for countering a possible attack from China’s stockpile of … Read more…
The series is called “The Real Toy Story” by artist Michael Wolf.
The West, Part II
Further into the flat dry plains of the New Mexico desert, my bride and I pushed our tinny little old Japanese shitbox car. The effects of what little food I had ingested … Read more…
My drive cross-country from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh can be easily divided into two categories, The West and The South.
The West
A submission by Bethania Palma Markus
A good friend recently presented me with a Change.org petition demanding Spencer’s quit making misogynistic T-shirts, after the Internet sleuths at Buzzfeed found these beauties.
Not familiar with Spencer’s? Lucky you. … Read more…
This is a submission from James Christopher
Things are sucking these days down in Raleigh Bottom. I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure that’s what this slate-covered valley is called. I grew up just down the … Read more…
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