Category Archives: Sunlight

Advice to Bush on How to Avoid War Crimes

If you know you are doing something or going to do something illegal, but don’t want to be caught, it is natural to try and cover your tracks. It appears that is exactly what Bush and his administration did in January and February of 2002 as they set up Guantanamo. On the advice of then White [...]
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Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Reviews

Ever wondered what you were putting in your hair, on your face slathering over your skin? Well. It will frighten you to know that it isn’t good! Cosmetics, hair and skin care products and the ingredients companies put in them are virtually unregulated and as a non-profit recently found out, are teeming with toxic chemicals known to [...]
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Anatomy of a Crash

If you think that the current economic collapse is a result of anything other than the result of more than a decades efforts by Wall Street, Federal Regulators, Congress, banks and mega-companies than this excellent graph by Jess Bachman of Wall Stats for Barry Ritzholtz’s book Bailout Nation should blow your understanding apart. anatomy-of-a-crash.png 1029×792 pixels. Help Spread [...]
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The failing of the Dark

We have won. We have lost much and we must not be fooled into thinking that our suffering is over with just the changing of a numeral, but tonight the darkness is lifting. Our 8 year battle against the forces of ignorance, hate and fear has left our nation fractured and teetering on the brink [...]
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McCain-Palin Haiku Hysteria

Religious zealot, Cultivating ignorance. Ya betcha my friend. The bridge to “no” where. Steady hand on the tiller. Bold-faced lies. Nothing else. McCain and Palin. They’re peddling ignorance. Obama for me. And more… Polar bear, wild wolf, threatened and under attack. Palin’s Alaska. Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight… Seventeen times in one night. Vote for hope and light. Can the right do more than fight, fight, fight? I vote for Obama and change. What’cha [...]
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