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    Chomsky on Geithner (and some Colbert Comedy)

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3

    Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video)

    The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls [...]



    The Columbian gives cover to Radical Homophobic Agenda

    It seems that The Columbian equates giving religious fundamentalist fringe “a seat at the table” with bestowing a high honor on one of its leaders. The following is my response to their latest Cheers & Jeers:

    After the hyperpartisanship and ideologically driven policy that marked the outgoing administration there is no disagreement that it is a necessary and admirable endeavor for Obama to be [...]



    because mccain is so reticent to talk about his p.o.w. experience [/snark],

    he had an actor do it for him. You can read Fred Thompson‘s war porn speech from last night, or you can just watch Pulp Fiction and see Christopher Walken play the same role, only better:

    The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He’d be damned if any slopes gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy’s [...]



    Snakes in Suits

    Review of Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work by Paul Babiak and Robert Hare – Regan Books, N.Y. 2006

    A Review by Omahkohkiaayo i’poyi

    I cannot recommend enough, to enough people, the book “Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work by Paul Babiak and Robert Hare. These authors, both highly qualified on the subject of psychopathy, walk us through, and so [...]



    a sign of the times

    This morning’s “One on One” business plug in the Columbian, which usually singles out a new business or technology, or a player in a growing business sector, features bail bondsman Jeremy Hubbard:

    You manage a statewide network of bail agents. How did you get into the bail bond business? By chance. I was working at a dance club in downtown Portland and somebody [...]



    and the i-can’t-bear-to-look:

    I have been reading Naomi Klien’s The Shock Doctrine, but I haven’t finished it yet.

    Why?

    It is the only book I’ve ever read where the facts are so horrendous that I have to put the book down to keep from becoming physically ill.

    I think this is because when I read most books about geopolitical atrocities, they are about a certain moment [...]



    Senior Citizens Commission

    The Outsider

    A Newsletter for the Real Citizens of Vancouver Washington

    Friday, October 12, 2007

     

     

    Senior Citizens Commission

    There is a real need for a senior citizens’ commission in the city of Vancouver USA. The current senior population in the city of Vancouver is about one third [...]

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