August 28, 2008

Maple Leaf: Recall Our Government Instead

This is a delicate issue.  And a challenging topic.  Because of the legalities involved, I don’t want to do or say anything more than just ask some questions about what has happened with this outbreak of disease. More than a dozen deaths are linked to Maple Leaf Foods, most of which have been recalled.  I personally can’t shop anymore without questioning the value of all […]

August 16, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 64 (The Great 08 Quake)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 64 of the my online book “Excited Delirium”. Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index . The vague and distant tremors felt in Beijing might have been mistaken for a train rushing through town. Or joyous celebrations in […]

August 16, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 63 (Sasha Pigeon’s Funeral)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 63 of the my online book "Excited Delirium". Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index . Sasha Pigeon would have taken great pleasure in knowing that his wake was the same day as the start of the Olympics […]

August 10, 2008

Putting Tasers in Schools

I don’t know a lot about the context of this school and what the rationale might be for doing something so severe as to use Tasers against children, but I do know this: Treating people like criminals will have one major result. They’ll become criminals. Full story here . Tasers have already been desrcibed by the United Nations as a tool of torture and yet […]

August 10, 2008

U SBehind Russia-Georgia War?

YouTube video here . At the same time that everyone in the world is distracted by the Olympics in China, we get this nonsense erupting. Of note as well is the build-up in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding area. Is the US getting ready to pounce on Iran?