Josef Miles, 9-year-old, protests Westboro Baptist Church protests in Topeka
When nine-year-old Josef Miles spotted members of Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church doing their hate-mongering thing on the Washburn University campus in Topeka, he asked his mother, Patty Akrouche, if More...
Oh the Humanities – Rants & Raves
There is a lot of talk about the Quebec university students who are protesting the proposed tuition hikes. A lot of the talk has centered around the violence committed by protesters, who have mostly been revealed More...
US Embassy in Syria closed, violence spreads as Russia ramps up pressure
Syria Renews Bombardment as U.S. Closes Embassy and Russia Sends Envoys That’s the headline this morning in the Telegraph. The US Embassy in Syria has been abandoned as violence spreads. Homs continues to More...
Still at large: Angry protester tossing dead raccoon at City Hall
This is actually a police release published by the Burlington Free Press: The Burlington Police Department is currently investigating an incident where an unidentified female had thrown the carcass of raccoon upon More...
UN Reports: Syria in civil war
Syria Bashar al Assad billboard syria public domain Photo/Darth Kalweijt via Wikicommons It’s official: Syria will be the next target for NATO, UN/America drones. The AP officially reports that the UN recognizes More...
Occupy Oakland photos & videos
OAKLAND, Calif. – Police and protesters supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement clashed downtown following a day of peaceful protests throughout Oakland. The confrontation began after protesters started More...
Greece protests intensify and turn even more violent
(Reuters) – Clashes between rival groups of protesters broke out in front of the Greek parliament on Thursday, interrupting a rally by tens of thousands against a tough new package of austerity measures due More...
Libya celebrates – violence escalates in Syria
(CNN) — Military personnel were killed and injured when Syrian soldiers and gunmen believed to be dissidents battled on Thursday, an activist group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the clashes More...
Zuccotti Park cleanup postponed for Occupy Wall Street protests to continue
NY TIMES BLOG: The cleanup of the Lower Manhattan park that has been occupied by protesters for nearly a month was canceled Friday shortly before it was supposed to begin, averting a feared showdown between the More...
Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street
First – this is a great commentary by Peter Schiff with regard to Occupy Wall Street and Michael Moore. Personally, I think Occupy Wall Street (AKA American Autumn) is another “Obama and Friends” More...
