Mad Magazine Editor Tickled Counterculture’s Funnybone
"What --- me worry?" was the moronic mantra of Alfred E. Neuman, the grinning, gap-toothed and mirthful mascot of Mad magazine for nearly 60 years. Longtime Mad editor Al Feldstein…
The Privatization Scam: 5 Horror Stories of Gov’t Outsourcing to Greedy Private Companies
Here's the scam: For decades we've been subjected to constant propaganda that government is inefficient and bureaucratic and expensive. We're told that the answer is to "privatize," or "outsource" government…
Cop Shoots Dead an Unarmed, Tased and Subdued Teen, “We don’t have time for this” Bang!
Tragedy, another child is dead because of police aggression. Keith Vidal, who had just celebrated his 18th birthday last month, was killed by a police officer who responded to the…
The Right has Finally Abandoned Its Remaining Shred of Humanity
It used to be that the right wing pretended to have a moral compass. Pretended, in fact, to have the only true moral compass. It wasn't that they hated women and…
Watch: Darrell Issa’s Wall Street Hypocrisy Exposed
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is outraged that the IRS reportedly paid out $2.8 million in bonuses over a two-year period to employees who had been disciplined by the agency. That's…