In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven [...]

Did the GOP shoot itself in the condom?

by Tom Lydon
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Did the GOP shoot itself in the condom when it got the administration to drop the funding for birth control and sex education from the Stimulus Bill?
Let’s take all of the emotional issues out of this debate, and look at some facts. I don’t know how many total funding dollars were in the [...]

Understanding our financial hole

This is a short, simple, clear explanation of our nation’s financial state. If you want to understand what’s happening, this is the video to watch.
We’re on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an [...]

This is a very important, must watch report: “Kill The Messenger”

Sibel Edmonds, a 32-year-old Turkish-American, was hired as a translator by the FBI shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 because of her knowledge of Middle Eastern languages. She was fired less than a year later in March 2002 for reporting shoddy work and security breaches to her supervisors that could have prevented [...]

The Food Lobby goes to school

Wow, who’d a thunk Pepsi was on welfare?

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse

Silence, they say, is the voice of complicity.
But silence is impossible.
Silence screams.
Silence is a message, just as doing nothing is an act.
Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and every deed.
Yes, become who you are.
There’s no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility.
What you do is who you are.
You are [...]

“Living a Nightmare: Animal Factories in Michigan”

A 24-minute documentary about the horrors of industrial agriculture in Michigan. When you hear politicians pining about the family farm way of life, be aware; this is what they are really causing with their lack of inaction and outright collusion with industrial agriculture concerns.

Who’s killing who?

A not often seen scene from inside Gaza.

JFK telling us the 9-11-01 truth

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