Thursday, November 19, 2009
Application to Destroy
In uncharacteristically forthright language, a German mining corporation has applied to the Australian Department of Indigenous Affairs for approval to destroy aboriginal sacred sites and archeological artifacts of the Nyoongar people. Petroglyphs, ancient shelters and ceremonial grounds, pure streams, and dreaming sites are some of the cultural items slated for destruction by the cement manufacturer.
To counter the Nyoongar elders' claims, the corporation has hired an overtly racist anthropologist to dispute the legitimacy of Nyoongar knowledge, identity and culture.
To counter the Nyoongar elders' claims, the corporation has hired an overtly racist anthropologist to dispute the legitimacy of Nyoongar knowledge, identity and culture.
Foxy News
I generally avoid the banter about Rupert Murdoch's Fox News or Reverend Moon's Washington Times or Lyndon LaRouche's Executive Intelligence Review. After all, in a free press, even the insane can have their say. But this item about Fox promoting 2008 presidential campaign video clips as though they were live shots from Palin book rallies was just too good to pass up.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Flash Freeze
New information about the history of ice ages, their catalysts and consequences.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Small Justice
Jesuit institutions in the Pacific Northwest brace themselves for imminent legal battles over restitution to Native American victims of sexual abuse at Indian boarding schools.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Fighting Obama
As the Obama Department of Justice attempts to intimidate independent media in the US, it is important for independent media producers to know their legal rights, and more importantly, to get legal advice before communicating with federal officials.
Partners in Crime
In part one of War Made Easy, Norman Solomon examines how American media and government collude in clouding reality.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Cannabis 2010
The California campaign begins.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Mirror Images
Now that progressives have run out of excuses for Obama's betrayal of trust, we might be able to examine the phenomenon that produced both Barack Obama and Condoleeza Rice as political icons. It's really not that difficult when one is willing to look at their mirror images; riding the wave of affirmative action through elitist institutions of higher education, Barack and Condi sold their souls to corporate America, and were then fast-tracked to political stardom. When all is said and done, token Black icons are not a new phenomenon, phony Nobels notwithstanding.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Corrupt by Design
Whether one views American government as corrupt by design or by accident has more to do with political illiteracy than self-interest. Watching American voters habitually fawn over celebrities like California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, or cult figures like US president Barack Obama, is a portentous reminder that citizenship is as endangered a phenomenon as leadership. As a system for fleecing the gullible and complacent, our government may have no equal, but as a model for social harmony, it is sorely lacking. One can always, of course, find failed states to use as examples of what we're thankful we haven't yet become, but as social services and communal values are savaged by politicians like Arnold and Barack, that psychological exercise offers little comfort. Without a radical change in direction, our future is Somalia.
