A IS FOR ASTHMA
on Nov 15, 2009by Scott T. Starbuck“Corporations spend $2 billion each year targeted specifically on the young, intending to lure them into a life of unthinking consumption. [ . . . .] Young people on average can recognize over 1000 corporate logos but only a ha...

THE SHORT SELL
on Nov 13, 2009by Del DoughtyThe guy who lives across the streethas got chapped hands and got sore feet.Works all day for the D.O.T.then pulls second shift at a factory.It’s hard to get a good job in this townso most folks hold three shit ones down.My neighbor’...

MY INTERPRETATION OF AN EXECUTION
on Nov 10, 2009by Andrew Hilbertdefiant to the bitter endtoe tapping as the injectionswent inthere were no final words.he appeared "stoic"so the reporter saysbut she did mention his toetappingsomething i do when nervousperhapshe was nervous about whathappens nextpe...

FALLING
on Nov 9, 2009by CB Follett  Business has no apex.On the curve of fortune,all pinnacles are hindsight.You don't know you've been thereuntil you hit the slippery downsideof the curve and look back up.Success is a house of cards.Layer on layer, each depend...

STAR GAZERS
on Nov 8, 2009by David FeelaI hope those three college friendshad only stars in their heartswhen the jeep they were drivingslipped from the roadover the embankment and intoits grave of pond water.The next day the search planespotted the white jeep shiningfrom belo...

PANDEMIC
on Nov 6, 2009by Jon WesickThanks to the guywho coughed pork virusover every commuter in the train car.Thanks for the fatigue and body achesfor days spend shivering under thick blankets.Thanks for the depth charges of nauseaand emergency runs to the toilet.Thanks...

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH . . .
on Nov 5, 2009by George Held The Today Show reported that big banks like Citi and Goldman Sachs have been shipped private stocks of the H1N1 vaccination while at-risk Americans are still waiting to get their shots.I wish I could feel the outrage this newsOught to...

ABOUT THE EKE-ONOMY STOOPID
on Nov 5, 2009Poem by Charles Frederickson; Graphic by Saknarin Chinayote&NowWorthless vanity put on holdDiversified self of worldly goodsImmeasurable bad habits thrown inEking out barely living existenceLess is More usually LeastNo account checkbook iffy balanceS...

FUN GAMES
on Nov 3, 2009by Andrew Hilbert"Russia Infuriates Poland With "Simulated' Nuclear Attack"--telegraph.co.ukrussia,today i guess,simulateda nuclear attackon polandoh,it was reallyno big dealyou know,it's forjust in casewe ever wantto bomb the shitout of youwe know b...

A PIECE OF THE WALL
on Nov 2, 2009by Meredith EscudierLike a chip off the old block,a splinter from its mother ship,a shred of exploded concretefound on the ground.Stilled in grey dullness,compact in craggy roughness,just one of many to crash downand resound.Checkpoint Charlie was yo...