Review: Who’s To Say What’s Obscene – Politics, Culture, and Comedy in America Today

Paul Krassner 5.0 out of 5 stars Less Funny, More Provocative–Price is a WOW,November 20, 2011 First, a confession. I am 59 years old and had no idea who Paul Krassner was/is. The more I read through the book the more I marveled at his pioneering endeavors and their continuing relevance as Occupy struggles to …

Chuck Spinney: Screwing the Greeks – Deeply

Below are two eye opening reports/analyses by two of the best counterpunchers in Alexander Cockburn’s and Jeffrey St Clair’s stable of bomb throwers.  The subject is Greece: its political/economic crisis and the myths surrounding average Greeks being the cause of its crisis. In the first, Destroying the Livelihoods of Thirteen Million People: The Myth of Greek Profligacy, …

Vatican, Ethics, & Truth II (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Full Text: Note on financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 2011-10-24 Vatican Radio Please find, below, an unofficial translation of the Note on the reform of the international financial and monetary systems in the context of global public authority, released Monday by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. ****************** Pontifical …

Vatican, Ethics, & Truth I (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

Vatican meets OWS: ‘The economy needs ethics’ Cathy Lynn Grossman USA TODAY, 24 October 2011 St. Peter’s Square, meet Zuccotti Park. The Vatican today elaborated on Pope Benedict XVI’s call for a global entity to bring justice and compassion to the world economy. “The economy needs ethics,” says the new document released today by the …

Penguin: Vatican Calls for World Government…Oopps

As Assisi takes place, Vatican announcement draws some severe commentary.  Photo from the original story. WHOOPS! Vatican Lets Slip Plans For One World Government Michael Brendan Dougherty Business Insider, 24 October 2011 In a widely-expected note on the financial crisis and economic justice, Vatican officials accidently call for the establishment of a One World Global …