The Sochi Olympic Women's Figure Skating finished yesterday, with Adelina Sotnikova of Russia winning gold, and defending champion Yun...

I've never studied Vietnamese. If born a few years earlier, I'd perhaps have been sent by my government to Vietnam as  (choose o...

Last Friday my former school district (where I was a student) decided to layoff 42 staff members, including eleven regular teachers, due to...

The Republican Party of the USA treats people as idiots. They gave us Vice-President Dan Quayle, who dreaded travel to Latin America caus...

      Complacency  =  Consent  =  Captivity

Corruption & blackmail are cunning, quick-growing, costly parasites. Americans today are taught it's discourteous to talk politic...

It's foolish to slowly release the "Snowstorm snippets" of Edward Snowden. Snowy and his cohorts could be terminated any ti...

What if 2 teams forever challenged the Super Bowl? Their fans choose the lineup. Seems like a bad idea? Welcome to politics USA, where ...

Let's assume the NSA is well-meaning and truly trying to promote public welfare. (In fact, I'm skeptical - I believe the NSA and ...

I've been a transient, I've been an immigrant. They are different conditions. Communities invest in themselves, which creates a p...

Most media serves the interests of its corporate owners or our political masters. There was no independent media in Nazi Germany or Fasci...

Our modern society is worse than the Victorians in terms of avoiding unpalatable discussions. They avoided sexuality, we avoid poverty &...

Who is Stanley Fischer? He's a highly trained economist & former MIT professor. He's a former Vice-Chairman of Citigroup Inc....

Should the NSA be part of everything we do online? I don't think so. The pervasive secret police magnify any threat. The spy system...

We read horrible news, of illegality, blackmail, corruption and espionage that reaches into every home & pocket in America and around t...

The NSA network of global spying is creepy story of the year. Thanks to Mr. Edward Snowden, Mr. Glenn Greenwald & Ms. Laura Poitras !  ...

Here's (link) an interesting article on  distrust " Japanese Don't Trust Korea, China " http://english.chosun.com/site...

I don't like the Affordable Care Act. I don't like President Obama. I don't like the nickname "Obamacare" -- it&...

I don't agree that governments should execute criminals. There are far too many criminal executions in the USA and around the world. ...

Making war in Vietnam was outrageous. Growing up as a young man in America, I was personally threatened. There's been no apology. T...

--  by Genki Mr. Banker & Ms. Politician claim : You're Entirely A LOAN

Open letter from Peter Kofod & US - UK national security agents -- from The Guardian 11 Dec. 2013  (quote): At least since the a...

Governments around the world are being criticized for spying & espionage, against each other and against their own citizenry. But the...

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is situated next to Pilgrim Nuclear Waste Dump in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It's just a short walk to the ...

          by Genki Poor are people. Our poor people. Damn many we are.. All of us lazy? Richy claims we're deadbeats. 'Cour...

As big corporate media tries to sanitize Nelson Mandela, some of his statements commanding activism are available at CommonDreams.org (link...

Nearly six years into his horrible administration, US President Barack Obama gave a speech yesterday seeking remedies for economic collapse...

I formerly enjoyed thelocal.se to see details of Swedish happenings. Their business has been good, and they successfully expanded to othe...

Thanksgiving Day. Though many parts of the world suffer from predation without accountability, the European Union has developed many posi...