Human Rights
Olympic dream vs. Vancouver reality
video report via The Real News Here’s a look at what mainstream media largely ignored at the Winter Olympics.. More at The Real News »
Free the weed? (and tax it)
Surely we are grown up enough now to see the futility of our past lawmaking? At a time of economic turmoil, when politicians are chasing their tails around and the media following them, people are beginning to open their minds up to new ideas, new possibilities. You get all this marketing babble about , “a... »
Posthumous apology to Alan Turing
The British Government today issued an apology to Alan Turing Click here for UK Gov statement BBC coverage here »
BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream
West Yorkshire Police have been storing DNA samples from suspects and car crash victims in a freezer also used for ice cream, a watchdogs’ report has said. Full report here: - BBC NEWS | UK | Police stored DNA with ice cream . »
A lens on Iran
photo credit: misterarasmus So what is going on in Iran? Now that our trusty western media has been kicked out we are getting our news from the ground. The rise of social media and citizen journalism is playing a noteworthy role here. But I have to admit that I am suspicious of the whole situation. What is... »
The Filth and The Fury
It’s scarcely believable, the things I’ve heard over the past few days. The publishing of the report from the Ryan Commission’s investigation into child abuse in Ireland’s industrial schools blew the lid on the the whole festering cluster-fuck we like to call “Catholicism” in this country. 800 priests, nuns, Christian Brothers and various others... »
Abuse of Power : Another “G” Death
photo credit: theimpressionist10@co.uk On a more serious note concerning the events surrounding the G20 meetings in London over the past week we are faced again with the issue of police brutality striking a fatal blow. The fatal shooting of Carlo Giuliani at the G8 demonstrations in Genoa was certainly a call to question the methods... »
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