A couple of quick Tuesday morning links... Our own Origami Isopod pointed me to this article about a defense attorney who demands to be called “Captain Justice.” I think that if the tighty-righties are really anxious about the idea of New York City turning (back?…real New...
Ugh: An Alabama man convicted of raping a teenage girl will serve no prison time. On Wednesday, a judge in Athens, Alabama, ruled that the rapist will be punished by.
This came up in a thread last week, and deserves its own post/thread. One of the more stunning upsets in this year’s election was the election of Kshama Sawant, who.
It seems a good Monday evening tradition here would be to show a Georges Méliès film. After all, he only directed 553 films, according to IMDB. Plus, their weirdness and his magic show/science fiction orientation is fun for modern audiences, yet most people haven't seen his...
Are you familiar with MindHut? No? Well, the only thing you need to know about the site is that it features whimsically-painted Stormtrooper masks. Which makes it incredibly relevant. The.
Obviously the real victims here are the white people made to understand that white supremacy is offensive. McAdory High School has issued a public apology for a "Trail of Tears".
Apparently the paradigm is lacking a certain proactive strategic dynamism: It is a good story, as well manicured as a college quad during homecoming weekend. But there's a problem: The man who started this revolution no longer believes the hype. "I'd aspired to give people a...
Long-term unemployment? Who cares about long-term unemployment? Things are great! The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index stalled after hitting record highs on Monday as investors.
Got to give it to Wal-Mart--like the Henry Clay Fricks and J.P. Morgans of old, it lays the system of inequality out for everyone to see: A Cleveland Wal-Mart store.
What could possibly go wrong with plunging into full-scale fracking and assuming the petroleum industry will do things the right way? An oil company will pay a $60,000 penalty for discharging fracking fluid into an unlined pit in Kern County. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control...
Last week, there was a major civil rights victory involving the Roberts Court -- a settlement prevented the Roberts Court from gutting the Fair Housing Act. As an addendum, Serwer's.
Last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, “Live Bait,” marks the return of the Governor, the former leader of Woodbury, who led a failed attack against the prison after one.