How Memorial Day Has Become the Day of the Jobless
Day in and day out, media of all types deliver the same message: war is a global business the United States dominates.
This Memorial Day...
Selfie as in This Is Me!
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013 is “selfie.” It’s an informal noun (plural: selfies) defined as “a photograph that one has...
The New York Times: Yesterday a “fraise des bois,” Today a President
Francois Hollande wins the French Presidency, ... and Carla serves Sarko with
papers (which are not billet d'amour, thepothole correspondent tells us).
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The Perils of Translating Putang Ina
In a statement released on Tuesday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said that he was sorry for using ambiguous words.
When I called President Barack Obama a...
WikiLeaks Cannot Hurt the US Government, Judge Kollar-Kotelly Decided
I used to applaud the decisions of Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the United States District Court in Washington, especially the one describing the Bush...
Scalia: Too Slow to Stay Alive
Breaking News from a deathbed in Texas:
During oral arguments in a pivotal case to defend his life, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had to...
Glasshole in Kiev (Hollywood, 2014)
FADE IN:CLOSE ON the middle aged woman with braided blond hairA card: Kiev.She’s in her early sixties. Her dress is not very crisp....
On Facebook, NSA Replaced Weiner’s Puny Parts with Gosling’s. Facebook Rejoices
With the whole world occupied wih guessing the name of the new royal baby boy, Anthony Weiner convinces his humble wife to pose with...
Interfaith Agreements – This Land is Your Land. This Land Is My Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aEHere, each hole starts on Wednesdays and this is what fell through this past week, in more than one way or day:
On Wednesday, July...
Bono’s Appendix to His Little Book to Humanity
TPV is greatful to be able to reproduce Bono's appendix to his little book published a few days ago on his website.
If this is...
Kiss you once, shame on you. Kiss you again, sexual harassment on me
Our nation is in the midst of a public school make-over. We need leaders. So, why not improve our education with a better curriculum;...
Breaking News: Sweden – the Best US Ally in the War against Free Speech
Henning Mankell, the acclaimed Swedish mystery writer, is rumored to be resurrecting his Kurt Wallander series with the new installment: Sweden One Step Ahead...
Folk Ballad for the Harvard Whore
Larry, having become a badly aged eyesore
Avoided his image in the mirror,
But bathroom breaks - much needed -provoked one day uproar
What did he see?
“A...
The New York Times Approves of the Mayor’s Job Performance
For the last few days, since I glanced at The New York Times headline, “City Voters Approve of Mayor’s Overall Job Performance,” I have...
