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Whatever It Is, I'm Against It
http://whateveritisimagainstit.blogspot.com
Left-wing analysis of politics and world events.
- Added on: Mar 10th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Today -100: December 4, 1909: Of women in unions and hats in museums
Striking shirtwaist makers marched to NY City Hall to protest the “insults, intimidations, and... abuses” of strikers by the police, including arresting them but not the “toughs” hired by the employers after skirmishes. Mayor George McClella...
Just in case you were confused about whether they were supposed to do that
AP headline: “Renegade Soldiers in Guinea Open Fire on President.”Probably could have left out the word “renegade.” ...
Note on the 25th anniversary of Bhopal
It might be easier to treat victims, prevent birth defects etc if Union Carbide/Dow Chemical had not refused, as it continues to refuse, to tell what chemicals were released. ...
Today -100: December 3, 1909: Of lepers
The NYT reports that while other Central American governments aren’t that happy with Zelaya, the US’s de-recognition of his presidency scares the piss out of them.Otherwise, a slow news day, so let’s focus on Man in the News John P. Early, who ...
Camels are very sturdy animals
Now another breathtaking edition of Here Are Some News Stories, Write Your Own Damn Jokes, I Have a Headache:Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) told Hillary Clinton that Obama’s Afghanistan strategy reminds him of the old adage that a camel is a horse designed...
Today -100, December 2, 1909: Of diplomatic breaks, startled mules, what the black cat said to the monkey, and pshaws
Taft breaks off diplomatic relations with Zelaya’s government and opens “unofficial” relations with the Estradaites (General Estrada, by the way, is governor of Zelaya province) while telling the charge d’affaires of the Zelaya government, wh...
