Are You Pissed Off?

Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:58 PM EDT ()

Uhm, let's see. While this is an editorial, the guy simply cries emotion while throwing facts at the reader. "Hey, we gave Bank of America $1 trillion, yet they don't pay taxes?!" is a common retort. While crude, it is somewhat effective, and really gets to the point.

How to Eat Animals and Respect Them Too

Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:53 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

In the world of agriculture and food-related business, Joel Salatin is one of my heros. This man is refocusing the aspect of farming in the US, shifting the tone from simple meat fodder for the masses and, instead, reverting back to traditional farming methods.

House progressives offer budget plan: Tax the rich, end the wars, slash oil subsidies, invest in jobs

Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:45 PM EDT (Raw Story)

As usual, this straight-forward bill has not been seen in the news whatsoever. Even on "liberal sites" such as alternet or others, they usually are extremely butthurt about the conservatives and focus solely on the poor logic/conservative culture.

The Koch Brothers: Dark Lords of Derivatives

Seeded on Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:39 PM EDT (EXILED ONLINE - MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE)

Well, as we all know, wall street is becoming a big cluster@!$%# that toys around with our economy. This article lays out the mindset of the multi-national corporations when it comes to wall st.

An Exposé of Our Glorious Puppetmasters Named Charles and David Koch.

Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:29 PM EDT

Americans have always applauded those who have succeeded and overcome surmountable hurdles to go on and “win it all” so to speak. Americans are also somewhat obsessed with certain families, such as the Kennedy family.

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Defining Journalism in the 21st Century: A Narrative of the Cablegate Phenomena in the American Media. Part One: Lionization

Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:13 PM EST

Wikileaks is a non-profit organization for whistle-blowers to submit sensitive information out into the public without ruining their name and status. The site, which has been active since about 2006, has previously achieved recognition before for their leaks.

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world-news

On the Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/19/hunt-loch-ness-monster/#ixzz1EYibNWAU

Seeded on Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:08 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

This is total bull@!$%#. The fact that this type of story should be seen on the front page of fox just shows how terrible of a source this news channel is. The picture in the article has been proven to be a fake.

loch-ness

12 Things You Need to Know About the Uprising in Wisconsin

Seeded on Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:00 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

It's rare that you see concise information with supported links for each bullet in mainstream news. While it does not give the reader the full story in one reading, at the very least, it does alert the reader to the story much more effectively than a more traditional news story.

politics

Greenspan's Incompetence Badgers Wisconsin's Workers

Seeded on Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:54 PM EST (Truthout - All Articles)

Quite honestly, I've yet to see any major connection between the Greenspan and the situation in Wisconsin. Yes, he's been in charge of the money (or at least a large portion of it) and congressmen are too scared to bite the hand that feeds them.

politics

The War Nerd On Af-Pak: Losing the Long War, One Man at A Time

Seeded on Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:44 PM EST (EXILED ONLINE - MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE)

The War Nerd, Gary Brecher, is usually right on the nail on the topic of war, especially with this one. Unlike most war journalists, who only relay the news they hear from the commanders on the field or at the HQ, Brecher regularly discusses tactics in his articles..

afghanistan, exiled, us-military, war-nerd, gary-brecher

Changes brewing in 'not so isolated' North

Seeded on Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:14 PM EST (koreaherald)

The article basically drives the viewpoint of the south koreans to their northern neighbor as a backwards little brother.

south-korean, north-korean, world-news, south-korean-tv

Year of bullying, bluff and bailouts leaves euro fighting for its life

Seeded on Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:50 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

It comes as no surprise that the Euro is failing. This article also shows a bit of a desire by Germany to somewhat flaunt its economic power in the EU. By re-calling nostalgia with the Mark, it also somewhat implies that the Germans may back out from the Euro.

germany, spain, ireland, portugal, euro, greece, world-news, november-european, richard-sul-k

WikiLeaks: Power politics at play

Seeded on Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:39 PM EST (AL JAZEERA)

Overall, this article suggests closed door bullying by the United States to pressure smaller countries to follow the rule of their hegemony.

nuclear, new-zealand, george-w-bush, world-news, helen-clark, new-zealanders, us-department

Enfermedad de Fidel Castro Castro rechazó ser operado tras la primera hemorragia en un avión. (Fidel Castro refused to be operated after the first bleeding in a plane)

Seeded on Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:17 PM EST (ELPAIS.com)

In response of the wikileaks scandal, the international papers which have received direct feeds from the leaks (times, guardian, pais, spiegel, and le monde), have been considerably tireless in response to their journalistic actions.

world-news, el-pais, estados-unidos, fidel-castro-cable, internacional-version

Skull Alley: Yet another one bites the dust.

Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:50 PM EST

Music, especially live music, needs a home. For the last part of the 2000's, much of Louisville's local scene was concentrated around a single venue, Skull Alley.

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music, louisville, venue, skull-alley

WikiLeaks: BP had major blowout in Azerbaijan

Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:13 PM EST

By The Associated Press, HOPD (Clipped by Aaron Palmer)

- A blowout on a BP facility in Azerbaijan had striking similarities to the Gulf of Mexico disaster 18 months later, The Guardian newspaper reports, citing leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.

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mexico, gulf, azerbaijan, blowout, guardian, cables, only-on-msnbc-com, deepwater-horizon, wikileaks-in-security, former-bp-ceo-tony-hayward

The Gulag Mentality

Mon Nov 8, 2010 10:40 PM EST

This story, which is probably the most important of all Red Hog stories shows the audience how prisons are changing. This can be applied to our class by forcing us to examine our own lives and use our first amendment rights to criticism the system that we are in.

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journalism, committing-journalism

Richard Kemp: White on White

Mon Nov 8, 2010 10:05 PM EST

This article is extremely important for us journalism students. We must think about all perspectives, even if you think or hear misconceptions about a certain group's ideas or viewpoints.

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journalism, us-news, committing-journalism

AIDS: The View from a Prison Cell

Mon Nov 8, 2010 9:55 PM EST

The very first story that Red Hog wrote was probably the most impacting, at least to the audience at the time. During the 80's when this story was written, not much was known about AIDS.

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journalism, class, us-news

Titus Andronicus: Our Punk Rock Saviors?

Mon Nov 8, 2010 9:50 PM EST

It was the poster that caught my attention. In early March of 2010, I was walking past the former ear X-tacy building and the flyer for their free show caught my eye. On that blue and beige picture, I saw the forlorn faces of the soldiers from the civil war.

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entertainment, ear-x-tacy, titus-andronicus

Impacts of a Changing Regime: The Cuban Model

Mon Nov 8, 2010 9:48 PM EST

In a critical interview by The Atlantic magazine, Fidel Castro was quoted as saying "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore." This simple statement sent shock waves throughout the media, with numerous analysts chirping their sides of the issues and Castro himself cl …

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cuba, politics, castro, the-atlantic, atherton

Workers in Europe Protest Austerity Measures

Seeded on Fri Oct 1, 2010 6:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Heavy industry in Spain and parts of the nation's transportation network were brought to a standstill by the country's first general strike in eight years.

spain, politics, workers, debt, austerity

Activists Denounce FBI Raids on Anti-war and Solidarity Activists Homes

Seeded on Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:49 PM EDT ()

The FBI has silenced numerous anti-war protesters who are supporting the struggles of the Palestinian and Colombian peoples against U.S. funded occupation and war. The protesters cite that their first amendments rights have been violated.

fbi, columbia, obama, palestine, us-news, protesters, students-for-a-democratic-society, palestine-solidarity-group, the-twin-cities-anti-war-committee, the-colombia-action-network

From Microscopic to International: How the Oil Spill in the Gulf Affects Us.

Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:17 PM EDT

The fallen Deepwater Horizon oil rig has finally stopped leaking. After first bursting on April 20th, the engineers and other workers at British Petroleum successfully managed to cap the wellhead on July 15th with a 75 ton well cap.

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oil, mexico, nigeria, epa, bp, environment, saudi-arabia, pemex, saudi-aramco, deepwater-horizon