The Damned, A New Blood
The previous installment of teenage Chloe Bradshaw's dark tale is here. I bring out my sword. The metal of the blade reflects light into my companion's eyes. I give him a malicious smile before...
Obama the “socialist boogeyman”
So the McCain campaign won't let go of Joe the Plumber. He's still being trotted out in speeches by McCain and Palin. They mention again and again how Obama wants to "spread" Joe's wealth. Aside from...
Sarah Palin: the 150K Woman and the garment industry
It seems as though controversy and Governor Palin are going to be wedded to each other until Election Day. In this week’s startling revelation the public learned that 150 thousand in RNC donations...
A Tale of a Scary Black Man: Ashley Todd admits mutilation story false
On October 23, it was reported that a McCain volunteer was robbed and assaulted by a black man. She claimed that after robbing her, her assailant noticed a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on her car,...
Celebrity catfight champions
Not satisfied with the disproportionate amount of acclaim and wealth shoved at them by drooling zombies otherwise known as the human race, celebrities manage to lock themselves in titanic struggles...
Volunteering for Obama: what it’s really like
I'll say it right away: the campaign trail is not for the thin-skinned. You will have doors slammed in your face, sometimes by sweet old ladies who take one look at your button and scream "NO!"...
Springtime for skinheads: murdering people for the colour of their shoelaces
I didn't find out about this murder in Irkutsk, Russia, on the news. I discovered this first through the blog of a friend of a friend. An independent media source has highlighted this incident, the...
John McCain: I am not George Wallace
America is a country that is undergoing the throes of racial animosity. For many the recent election process has brought to light the racial tension that has been brimming under the surface. The...
Joe Six-Pack, the Man Who Was Not There
I have spent the past weeks trying to find Joe Six-Pack, AKA Joe Average, AKA the real American, a political heavyweight with more aliases than the average Wu Tang Clan member. I'm in a pretty...
Faith and the Village Pond: the anti-Christian violence in Orissa
Suffering has an uncanny fondness for poverty; it seeks and locates people living on the brink of survival only to push them further towards the precipice. In a place where reaching adulthood through...