Gov. Rick Perry’s a longshot for the White House these days, and his wife knows why. It’s his faith. Apparently, there’s nothing the American people hate more than an honest Christian man from a mainline Protestant denomination. A pained-looking Anita… Read More ›
Government
What the elites in Washington are conniving.
Police Cause Miscarriage After Beating/Pepper Spray at Occupy Seatle
AN OCCUPY protester claims she suffered a miscarriage after police allegedly used pepper spray on her and kicked her in the stomach. Jennifer Fox, 19, who says she was two months pregnant, told weekly newspaper The Stranger that she attacked… Read More ›
Pizza is a Vegetable? Congress Defies Logic, Betrays Our Children
If there were any lingering doubts as to whom our elected representatives really work for, they were put to rest Tuesday when Congress announced that frozen pizza was a vegetable. The United States Congress voted to rebuke new USDA guidelines… Read More ›
Judge upholds eviction of Wall St. protesters
(Reuters) – A judge upheld New York City’s right to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park on Tuesday after baton-wielding police in riot gear broke up a two-month-old demonstration against economic inequality. Protesters who had been kicked out… Read More ›
Department of Justice Court Filing: Alabama’s Immigration Law is Unconstitutional
ATLANTA (CNN) — Alabama’s immigration law is unconstitutional and aims to threaten “the most basic human needs,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing. “The Constitution leaves no room for such a state immigration-enforcement scheme,” the department… Read More ›
Occupy Wall Street: NYPD attempt media blackout at Zuccotti Park
Journalists report aggressive treatment as media blocked from protest camp during surprise police raid New York police attempted to impose a media blackout as they cleared Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park late last night. As police swooped on… Read More ›
Police Move to Evict Occupy Oakland Protesters
Oakland police handed out eviction notices at an anti-Wall Street encampment and officials elsewhere urged an end to similar gatherings as pressures against Occupy protest sites mounted in the wake of three deaths in different cities, including two by gunfire…. Read More ›
US-Trained Mexican Marines Routinely Rape, Torture, Harass and Murder Civilians
In its report, New York-based Human Rights Watch documents 234 cases which the group says represent serious abuse by U.S.-trained marines and other security forces in several Mexican states. By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times November 10, 2011 Reporting from… Read More ›
Ohio Votes Against Union-Busting Bill
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The state’s new collective bargaining law was defeated Tuesday after an expensive union-backed campaign that pitted firefighters, police officers and teachers against the Republican establishment. In a political blow to GOP Gov. John Kasich, voters handily… Read More ›
Poorest poor in US hits new record: 1 in 15 people
The ranks of America’s poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people — spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs… Read More ›
Remembering America’s Eugenics Program
Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967. The state ordered that… Read More ›
Apartheid and the occupation of Palestine
As the Russell Tribunal convenes to discuss apartheid, Israel has already surpassed South Africa’s racist era. This week, the Russell Tribunal on Palestine will consider the question of whether Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) constitute the crime… Read More ›
Oakland police beat and hospitalize another veteran
Kayvan Sabehgi in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after protests in Oakland, a week after Scott Olsen was hurt. He says police beat him with batons A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police… Read More ›