Bad News For Brits: The First Filmed ‘James Bond’ Was An American!
The birth of Bond, Jimmy Bond Who was the first James Bond on film? Sean Connery? Yes, that is true if you go strictly by movie films. Could … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
Something More Than Just People Are Dead In Denver
There is a strain of psychic illness prevalent in certain social strata of the Denver area of the Colorado Front Range. It is a sickness that has spread … Read more
The Vertical Man Revisited
“We must honor while we can
The vertical man
Though we value none
But the horizontal one.”
W.H. Auden
A good friend of mine posted a c…
Human-Powered Flight: The Helicopter
I don’t know what it is about human-powered flight that fascinates me so. Maybe it’s because I first heard the legend of Icarus when I was very young. I know that I am not alone in this though, else there would not be things lik…
Four Ways the Ohio GOP Is Working to Steal the Election in 2012
By Harvey Wasserman, Bob Fitrakis, Reader Supported News The Ohio Republican Party has moved four ways to steal the election this year. The Buckeye State is almost certain … Read more
Is It Safe?
In the nearly eleven years since the events of September eleventh 2001 the United States has embarked upon somewhere between two and seven wars, depending on how one defines one’s conflicts in this brave new wor…
Greg Palast Introduces His New Book, ‘Billionaires & Ballot Bandits’
By Greg Palast If you’re not sick and outraged and ready to vomit, then don’t talk to me. When I see a cruel bucket of garbage and winky-winky … Read more
Could John Lennon Have Foreseen Paul Ryan While Writing Nowhere Man?
Folks just can’t stop talking about Paul Ryan’s speech last night, which, according to many, was riddled with inaccuracies and outright lies. One person, who studies prophetical writings, … Read more
Whale-Eating Sea Gulls
Sea gulls off the coast of Argentina have lately taken to taking a bite out of Southern Right Whales when they breach to take on air. This opens a wound for them to tear a few chunks of meat from before the whale submerges. The…
RNC Opens with Pol Who ‘Should be in Jail’
What RNC pol Tim Griffin did isn’t just sick, it’s a crime By Greg Palast “Tim Griffin should be in jail.” That’s the conclusion of civil rights attorney … Read more
