[Because DeAnander is still trying to figure out which way is up in Canuckistan [editorial note: this was intended as a satire on US wingnut usage, but I now realise it may give real offence, so apologies from DeAnander -- see thread below] we have been rather short of Friday Film Reviews. This one is [...]

Stan re-posts: The dialogue in a federal courtroom here evolved into a healing balm, revealing a nation, the United States, that the world has grown weary of, and a growing number of aging Americans willing to serve time in prison to expose the cancer within. Torture was again on trial in federal court in Tucson [...]

Posted by Stan, from Huffingtonpost: For many of us, feminism is not separate from the struggle against violence, war, racism and economic injustice. Gender hierarchy and race hierarchy are not separate and parallel dynamics. The empowerment of women is contingent upon all these things. Despite the fact that we know that identity does not equal [...]

If you have a job, hang onto it. If you have cash, do not invest it in securities (rouble-denominated hydrocarbons might be the exception). When you get your “consumer” tax rebate in May, do not consume… save it. If you can pay down the principle on debt, do it now, as fast as you can… [...]

Of course, like any “economics” journal, this one fails to acknowledge the ways in which energy, finance, and food are bound together like a Gordian knot. Nonetheless, this article raises a lot of points obliquely. What is interesting is how the points are raised, the way they are framed. The real solution, that is, permaculture-like, [...]