The Expeditionary Combat Support System, designed to save money by combining hundreds of existing computer system, has been deemed a failure. Sen. John McCain described it as ‘one of the most egregious examples of mismanagement in recent memory.
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, spoke out this Friday about drones, targeted killing and President Obama’s ‘Kill List’ while speaking with Bill Maher. Assange noted that: You can be killed by someone in the White House, the president on down, completely arbitrary reasons. You won’t know you’re on the kill list until you’re dead. Lawyers, if […]
Our prison system is a beast, gobbling resources that should be going to communities. The United States claims the world’s highest incarceration rate. Currently, there are 2.3 million incarcerated people in U.S. Watch this video to find out why. Then get involved at http://beyondbars.org. This video was done in partnership with the ACLU, Equal Justice […]
Libby Phelps Alvarez, whose grandfather founded the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, told the Today Show that the Westboro Baptist Church was not satisfied with just protesting the funerals of fallen soldiers – that they began praying for people to die. “There was a point when we started praying for people to die,” she said. “I […]
Have you ever seen two people beg in the same subway car at the same time? A cast of the most eclectic public transit beggars, including a bag lady, a Wall Street broker, a candy salesman, a circus ringmaster, a mariachi band, a cop and yuppies were put together in this video by Comedian Gary Lee […]