The Long Strange Posthumous Life of Leon Trotsky

Who is the most oppressive and unjust?
A former Iranian vice president has been sentenced to six years in jail after being accused of fomenting unrest to overthrow the government, his lawyer said today.Mohammad Ali Abtahi is the most senior reformer to face imprisonment following the disputed presidential election in June. Abtahi was vice president for parliamentary and legal affairs during the 1997-2005 presidency of Mohammad Khatami.Read the story here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/22/mohammad-ali-abtahi-iran-protests-jailedThe government cited above is, by Ame

Rally held, charges of racism against Kennett, MO
KENNETT, MO (KAIT) – Supporters from across the country converged on the Dunklin County Courthouse Monday to voice public outrage against the Kennett Police Department and Dunklin County Prosecutor’s Office. Heather Ellis, 24, cut in line at the Kennett Wal-Mart on January 6, 2007 and created a disturbance after police were called, court documents said. According to court filings, Ellis assaulted two white police officers who told her to leave the premises. She was arrested on two felony counts of assaulting a police officer and two misdemeanor violations.Ellis, a black school teacher in Louisiana, was in college at the time of her arrest. She charges customers a

When "Confidential" isn't really that confidential
Does anyone else see a problem with the following excerpt from Yahoo! News?Senior Obama administration officials have stepped up consultations with key allies, laying the ground for an announcement on strategy and troop levels.In his confidential troop request, McChrystal said 40,000 additional troops were needed to help secure Afghan population centers and to give NATO some additional resources to take on Taliban and al Qaeda fighters in outlying areas.When it is reported on Yaho

Does anyone else find it odd...
Does anyone else find it odd that:Our lawmakers will pass an $800b bill that funds mass murder in foreign lands without batting an eye but seems paralyzed and polarized when it comes to spending a fraction ($90b) of that figure to save American lives with health care reform?When 90 or more people are killed by a robot at a wedding or funeral in a foreign land it is referred to as an unfortunate incident, if it is acknowledged at all, yet when 13 soldiers are killed in their own country by one of their own where they are trained to kill it is referred to as "a massacre"? I'm just sayin'...

"Cash for Clunkers" just put more clunkers back on the road... ones with bank notes, thoug
WASHINGTON (AP) - The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.The single most common swap - which occurred more than 8,200 times - involved Ford F150 pickup owners who took advantage of a government rebate to trade their old trucks for new Ford F150s. They were 17 times more likely to buy a new F150 than, say, a Toyota Prius. The fuel econom