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Posts from ‘February, 2011’

People of Iran rebelling against entrenched regime

Iran demonstration 14 feb 2011 – People in Tehran are burning pictures of Khomeini and Khamenei In this first video people are saying, “After Mubarak it is time for Seyyed Ali (Khamenei the supreme leader) to leave”! Iran Shiraz 25 Bahman 14 Feb 2011 Protestors chanting Death to Dictator p69 An Iranian diplomat told me [...]

Wisconsin Is a Battleground Against the Billionaire Kochs’ Plan to Break Labor’s Back

Note: The Koch Brothers, the billionaires who started and fund the supposedly “grassroots” Tea Party movement, are sons of Fred Koch, one of the founders of the John Birch Society. The war on Wisconsin employees isn’t just about the budget or Wisconsin: Koch toady Gov. Walker is just one soldier in the billionaire’s offensive to kill [...]

7 of the Worst Dictators the U.S. Is Backing to the Hilt

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, whose regime has received billions in U.S. aid, has been in the global media spotlight of late. He’s long been our bastard, but he’s not alone. Let’s take a look at the other dictators from around the planet who are fortunate enough to be on Uncle [...]

Eddie Izzard Comedy

Eddie Izzard: “Ich bin ein Berliner”   ( John Kennedy in Berlin: )  Eddie Izzard: “Stonehenge”

AE911Truth Project: Censored

By Shawn Hamilton It’s been a year since AE911Truth secured the signatures of at least 1000 licensed/degreed architects and engineers who supported the group’s effort to effect a new, independent investigation of events that occurred on 9/11. I didn’t know what a “truther” was when I went to San Francisco to cover this story, but [...]

Project Censored Annual Awards Event

  Project Censored Annual Awards Event – Top 25 Censored Stories: 2009-2010 & Censored 2011 Book Celebration Saturday, 5 February 2011, (2:30-9:00) Location: Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists                       @1924 Cedar (at Bonita), Berkeley, CA.             Schedule of the Day’s Events: 2:30-3:45 P.M- Truth Emergency Panel (Fireside Room, BFUU on Bonita, not wheel chair accessible) –    [...]

Conscious Party-Ziggy Marley

                                    “Conscious Party” Interview: Ziggy Marley talks about his father, the legendary Bob Marley                                      Bob Marley

FOIA Electronic Reading Room-Homeland Security

FOIA Electronic Reading Room Here you can access documents made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised-Gil Scott-Heron/Egypt

In solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Egypt! The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Violence Against Journalists amid Cairo Clashes Lyrics    

165 euphemisms for sex

http://amog.com/lifestyle/sex-euphemisms/ How do you say you had sex? Do you tell your friends you banged her? She might say you made love. There is an infinite number of ways to say “having sex” without actually saying… “having sex.” With as many euphemisms as there are for sex, it seems as if we have no better way [...]