HILLARY’S BONES “Why has there never been a coup in Washington DC?” “There’s no US Embassy there.” -Latin American joke Introduction to a Different Story This is a story, based on some facts… different than the stories we hear from the media.  Facts can be arranged to make a story.  The media had one story.  [...]

Roughed out thoughts during an apparent 40-day rainfall we are having here… gurgle… Everyone who has ever been involved in the military, business, or organizing is familiar with these two terms, and a good number of people share some sense of the distinction between the two. Strategy is the big picture plan, the major objectives [...]

A general call for any links that might be consolidated into a one-stop shop at Insurgent American for How-To’s. If there are sites you know of that have something similar, pass that along, too. One of the things that seems pretty clear is that the future, however fragmented and dystopian it might be, will be [...]

The world may be on the brink of a major new food crisis caused by environmental disasters and rampant market speculators, the UN was warned today at an emergency meeting on food price inflation. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) meeting in Rome today was called last month after a heatwave and wildfires in [...]

Nothing that formal, really. Asking anyone who might be interested to do a movie/tv show review… not a review as much as indulging in some cultural crit. Several “political” films I’d love to hear decons on (together eventually): Children of Men, Syrianna, The Constant Gardener, Michael Clayton, and The Good Shepherd. Emphases… gender!!! certainly, and [...]

Facebook again. I have close to 800 “friends” now, which Dunbar’s number tells us is impossible. If I wait an hour, I’ll have dozens and dozens of posts and links to read. Many of my friends are self-described activists, so I get plenty of bad news. I have friended a lot of political people who [...]