President Bush just vetoed a bill banning waterboarding because it would “take away one of the most valuable
tools on the war on terror.” He added: “This is no time for Congress to abandon practices that have a proven track record of keeping America safe.”
I know we’ve been all focused on eco-terrorists and Patrick Swazye and [...]
i used to be the biggest Edward Abbey fan in the world. He wrote the Monkey Wrench Gang, about “eco-terrorists” on a spree around the west downing billboards and derailing development; the book loosely inspired the formation of the group Earth First. When I was 17 I thought I was hot shit because i cut [...]
** A coalition of activist groups stopped the construction of a completely unnecessary prison in the South Bronx. Good people do win, sometimes, and it’s always nice to see.
** This batshit crazy State Legislator in Arizona wants to make it legal to have guns on college campuses as a deterrent to people being shot by [...]
I woke up at 4:35 this morning, perhaps subconsciously aware that the last ballots in Cuyahoga County, OH had just been counted and maybe they put Barack Obama over the top in Ohio. They didn’t, since Ohioans, in an effort to get NAFTA repealed, voted for the candidate who is running on 35 years of [...]
Saw this from USA Today this morning, under the outrageous headline “Om My:”
The Thai government said Tuesday it was investigating claims that supposedly celibate Buddhist monks have been using a U.S.-based social networking website to flirt with women.
Okay fearless readers, go for it. Let’s say that you’re a devout Buddhist monk in Thailand and you’re [...]
Have you ever been to Vancouver? I have. It’s stunning and it looks like the future. Three years ago I went to a dinner there at the University of British Columbia demonstration farm: we ate at long tables with white table cloths in the middle of a corn field overlooking the Pacific, feasting on a [...]
Dear America,
On Tuesday, voters in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont will have their chance to add their voices to the millions across the country calling for change. Over the course of this election, we have been building a broad collition of Democrats, Independant, and even some Republicans, so that we can have a working [...]
It’s Emily Valentine again, your fearless Pinko movie critic. I trudge out to the theaters to see whatever kind of crap is out there so you don’t have to. This week in review: The Other Boleyn Girl starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johannson and Eric Bana.
This film depicts the semi-fictionalized story of Anne and [...]
BIG month. Insert obligatory February is the longest month of the year-ism here. The Pinko family grew, welcoming fabulous new contributors: Emily Valentine, Elicia, Matthew, Ying-sun, Dinelle, Arlaina and Sandy. More importantly, we all learned something this month. ["Oh Ben do tell us! What are the highlights!? Will they include a slightly disgusting and possibly [...]
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