If you want to show your support for veterans, instead of making some jingoistic proclamation about soldiers fighting for your security, why don’t you donate some money to these people: Iraq Veterans Against the War They know what they’re talking about.
Not much to say. Verena, who was a little sick, is feeling better. I’m still gettting annoying headaches, apparently because of my neck – I spend too much time sitting at the computer and working on Phenomenon 32. I’d like to tell you some cool stuff about all the progress …
…the Berlin Wall fell, and the bureaucrats in power became the capitalists in power. Stalinism was replaced by capitalism, political oppression became economic depression. An evil system took the place of a perverted one, like a fallen angel handing the keys to Satan. And we’re supposed to pretend that this …
I don’t read BoingBoing regularly, but Verena does, and she usually points out the interesting stuff to me. Today, while looking through headlines, she found one that sounded really nasty: Police in Venezuela are rounding up gay/lesbian/bi/trans folk into vans and hauling them to jail by the dozens, according to …
The FBI has once again proven its dedication to democracy and human rights, this time by engaging in one of the favourite hobbies of the intelligence community: killing Muslims. Preferably poor ones. Abdullah, 53, was shot 18 times by an FBI “counterterrorism” squad in a warehouse in the suburb of …
This newsletter-type-thing just came in from Jewish Voice for Peace: Dear Jonas, Frankly, I’ve had enough of the lies and distortions surrounding the UN Goldstone Report. I’ve had enough of the maneuvering by Israel, the US, and other countries in order to dismiss the report and its authors and bury …
You may be aware of the recent passing of Stephen Gately, who belonged to a band with the boredom-inducing name of Boyzone. Obviously, given my taste in music, I have no interest whatsoever in this band or their music, and I’m not writing any of this from the perspective of …
I always knew the Nobel Peace Prize was a joke. But Obama. OBAMA? Obama who is continuing the occupation of Iraq? Obama who has intensified the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Obama, whose orders have already killed hundreds of civilians, if not more? Obama who would not prosecute people who …
Working hard on Phenomenon 32 and listening to the new Muse album. The first song, Uprising, is pure poetry. Paranoia is in bloom, The PR transmissions will resume, They’ll try to push drugs that keep us all dumbed down, And hope that we will never see the truth around. (So …
Once more – if you’re in Germany, get out there and vote. You know the CDU and FDP and NPD and Republikaner mainly stand for Evil, but also remember what the SPD and the Greens stand for. My friend Julian posted a partial list: War against Yugoslavia War in Afghanistan …
