Screaming About Socialism
Posted on September 9, 2012 in Political Cartoons
I wonder if Munch thought his work would ever be used for shit like this.
What’s Holding Palestine Back
Posted on September 9, 2012 in Articles
The Article: Occupation, Not Culture, Is Holding Palestinians Back by Munib Masri in The New York Times.
The Text: EARLIER this week, while Israel’s cheerleaders and Las Vegas casino moguls were parsing every syllable uttered by Mitt Romney in Jerusalem as fastidiously as the Olympic judges were scrutinizing every back flip in London, millions of Palestinians issued a giant collective yawn.
There was little anger when Mr. Romney made thinly veiled racist allusions to the supposed inferiority of Palestinian culture and genuflected at the altar of distant fund-raising thrones in New York and Los Angeles.
Of course, Hamas sputtered rejections and the Iranians hyperbolically accused Romney of “kissing the foot” of Israel — shrill criticisms easily dismissed in the West.
Mad About ‘Madness’
Posted on September 8, 2012 in Videos
Drawing from the likes of Queen, U2 and 80s synth, the rock steady beat of Muse’s latest track, Madness, is enough to make you insane.
That Damned Liberal Media Bias
Posted on September 8, 2012 in Political Cartoons
…is frankly untrue.
Profiting From Immigration Detention
Posted on September 8, 2012 in Articles
The Article: Private Prisons Spend $45 Million on Lobbying, Rake in $5.1 Billion for Immigrant Detention Alone by Aviva Shen in TruthOut.
The Text: Nearly half of all immigrants detained by federal officials are held in facilities run by private prison companies, at an average cost for each detained immigrant is $166 a night. That’s added up to massive profits for Corrections Corporation of America, The GEO Group and other private prison companies:
A decade ago, more than 3,300 criminal immigrants were sent to private prisons under two 10-year contracts the Federal Bureau of Prisons signed with CCA worth $760 million. Now, the agency is paying the private companies $5.1 billion to hold more than 23,000 criminal immigrants through 13 contracts of varying lengths.
CCA was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2000 due to lawsuits, management problems and dwindling contracts. Last year, the company reaped $162 million in net income. Federal contracts made up 43 percent of its total revenues, in part thanks to rising immigrant detention. GEO, which cites the immigration agency as its largest client, saw its net income jump from $16.9 million to $78.6 million since 2000.
