An understandably vitriolic Special Comment from Keith Olbermann on the recent ‘Supreme’ court decision to allow uncapped corporate spending on political campaigns in the United States.
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Feb 10
Feb 10
Howard Zinn on American Empire
The linked clip is an adaptation from Zinn’s book on American Empire and is worth eight and a half minutes of your day.
Zinn died a week ago and in a recent interview said he’d like to be remembered for “getting more people to realize that the power which rests so far in the hands of people with wealth and guns, that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it.”
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Dec 09
Dec 09
Namibia – ‘God’s own country’
There is something very unnerving about being suspended below a large bag of hot air in a box not much more sturdy than a picnic hamper. Even more worrying is when the picnic hamper is 300 metres above terra firma, filled with about 20 people and captained by a tense looking Frenchman whispering “Merde! Beaucoup de vent ici.” at regular intervals into his two-way radio.
With a huge amount of will power I unclasp my hands from the safety rail, watch the blood rush back to my knuckles and gingerly reach for my camera as the sun breaks the eastern horizon of the Sossusvlei region of Namibia. Famed for its red sand dunes, the balloon ride seems to be the ultimate way to capture this unusual scenery photographically. I turn to the east, frame a photograph, feel my retina scream at me and start to shoot
