French engage Libyan military

SUBHEAD: Libyan Air Force jet shot down over Benghazi by European coallition. Ground forces attacked from air.By Ryan Lucas and Hadeel-Al-Shalchi on 19 March 2011 for AP -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/warplane-shot-down-libya_n_837911.html)Image above: Libyan jet about to crash in Benghazi after engagement with French air force. From original article.French fighter jets fired the

Freedom - Libya yes! - Bahrain no!

SUBHEAD: How is it we sit by and watch peaceful Bahrainis seeking democracy murdered in the street by invading Saudis?By Tom Scocca on 17 March 2011 for Slate.com -(http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2011/03/17/would-a-no-fly-zone-over-america-save-the-democracy-movement-in-bahrain.aspx)Image above: Saudi forces moving across causeway to Bahrain armed with US supplied weapons and

You Must Watch the Empire Bowl

SUBHEAD: Our last super thing is the bread and circuses of this dying empire. Hail Superbowl XLV!By Robert Lipsyte on 30 January 2011 in TomDispatch -(http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175348/tomgram%3A_robert_lipsyte%2C_the_empire_bowl_is_super%21/#more)Image above: Frame from TV animation of Superbowm XLV logo. From (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/nfl-offset-15000-

Civil Unrest

SUBHEAD: The real economic situation continues to deteriorate in the midst of so little appreciation of why it is happening.By Tom Whipple on 12 January 2011 in Falls Church News-Press - (http://www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/8238-the-peak-oil-crisis-civil-unrest.html)Image above: Still from video game Grant Theft Auto IV, man against the system. From (http://game-server-hosting.net/

Jared Got a Gun

SUBHEAD: The shooting took place in a strip mall in a city of strip malls - many of them failing financially.By James Kunstler on 10 January 2011 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/01/jared-got-a-gun.html)Image above: Tea Party rally during midterm campaign in spring 2010. From (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/will-the-tea-partys-legac_b_558444.html).Did anyone else