When renowned author and environmental activist Vandana Shiva writes about ‘Mad Cows and Sacred Cows’ she makes a compelling case against the trade policies of the global cattle industry. That cows are sacred in Indian culture almost goes without saying, but few consider the practical, economic and environmental uses of cattle – especially on poor […]
According to J. Samuel Walker in Prompt & Utter Destruction, the five fundamental considerations which led to the use of the atomic bomb grew out of circumstances that existed in the summer of 1945, when an especially brutal island-by-island military offensive was still being waged in the Pacific. The battle of Okinawa had sacrificed tens […]
The government of Japan had many reasons to resist the Potsdam Declaration initially. As discussed in J. Samuel Walker’s Prompt & Utter Destruction, The Declaration – also known as the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender – was a document outlining the conditions for Japan’s surrender in World War II issued by the US, Great […]
Hallelujah, one of the most evil men in the world has died. Rejoice! The man who once declared the constitution “dead, dead, dead” is now as dead as that worthless piece of paper. Antonin Scalia was full of hate. He despised anyone who wasn’t a corporation and he used his position to make life miserable […]
Somehow the pundits on social media hailed Beyoncé’s performance as a profound political statement. Seriously? I hate to break this to America, but Beyoncé Knowles awful half-time show at Stupor Bowl 2016 was embarrassing to watch. There’s no other way to put it. Beyoncé’s musical statement was merely a cynical way to promote herself and her […]
The Stupor Bowl is the American version of the Nazi party rallies from the 1930s. The first twenty minutes of the Stupor Bowl telecast this year was essentially a free commercial for the Pentagon; promoting war and militarism and a glorification of violence. We got to see lots of clean-cut American soldiers in uniforms smiling […]
Last week PoliTech, a non-partisan student political group at Texas Tech in Lubbock released a video, Politically Challenged. In the edited video host Courtney Plunk asks Tech students basic questions such as, “who is the vice president of the United States?” “From which country did America gain its independence?” and “Who won the Civil War?” […]
Noam Chomsky’s The Responsibility Of Intellectuals is a stinging rebuke to the Main Stream Media’s (MSM) role in spreading disinformation and the “spin” that accompanies all information which threatens the status quo. The piece was written back in 1967 at the height of the US Cold War with the Soviet Union and on the cusp of […]
I Feel Fine marked an important turning point for The Beatles. It was a great tune, and one of their favorite songs to perform live: it opened every set post-1964, and they played it right up until their final concert at Candlestick Park in August of 1966. I Feel Fine stayed at No. 1 for […]
Federalist Paper #10 is a continuation of Federalist Paper #9, entitled, The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection, in which James Madison argues for the need of a successful Union to “break the control and violence of faction.” According to Madison, these factions are “diseases” born of dangerous vices. […]
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