China bars online images as Hong Kong explodes

Bill Weinberg Conspiranoids to descend on Hong Kong Once again, users of China’s micro-blog Sina Weibo are taking measures to outwit censors. After authorities banned the hashtags #OccupyCentral and #OccupyHongKong,…

Strikes spread across China

Bill Weinberg “The workers are animals. Let’s replace them with robots.” Frank Pasquale writes on the Balkinization blog, Jan. 20: Among the billionaires at the vanguard of global capital, Terry…

US air-strikes fueling growth of ISIS?

Bill Weinberg ‘Hey ISIS, you were bombed by a woman. Have a nice day.’ That’s the Facebook meme produced by none other than Fox News—a reference to Maj. Mariam al-Mansouri, the…

Trump-Putin breach: real or charade?

Bill Weinberg North Korea blasts China: another sign of Trump-Xi convergence? A North Korean media statement blasting China may be further indication of a Trump-Xi convergence, leaving Pyongyang feeling betrayed. “A…

NSPD-51: Bush prepares martial law

…anthem, as well as the national prayer and corporate logo, should be selected by national referendum, putting those voting machines to work in November ’08 after all. Bill Weinberg Nuclear…

Conscientious objection in Eritrea

Anonymous Why now Why are you Eriterians complaining now. This is what you wanted and get “INDEPENDENCE” and become “LITTLE TAIWAN”. Observer Weinberg, push the US to order Ethiopia to…