After Glenn Beck finished his hate rally last Saturday, he went on Faux News and stated that Obama's religion is "a perversion of the gospel of Jesus Christ as most Christians know it."Anybody who has even a rudimentary understanding of Mormonism kno… more »

According to AP:The federal government said engineers will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing out of BP's blown-out Gulf well so that crews can raise a key piece of equipment from the seabed.Retired Coast… more »

There are only two kinds of people who support Republicans: 1. People who are rich.2. People who have shit for brains. more »

The recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, striking down California's Proposition 8 gay marriage ban, won't ever make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. In fact, I'm betting that the appeal to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by proponents… more »

Congress finally got around to approving the extension of unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, it offers nothing for the 99ers (or 93ers in Texas) who have already exhausted all of their benefit extensions. Below is a C/P of the latest information avail… more »

Ccntrary to the propaganda spin being put out by the LEDA Liars Club, the economic situation continues to deteriorate in Lubbock and the surrounding South Plains communities. Since the beginning of the Great Recession in late 2007, the South Plains Food… more »

The EPA has issued a new report on its continuing remedial efforts to cleanup groundwater contamination at a Superfund site along State Hwy. 114 west of Levelland, Texas. Some background information: The State Road 114 Ground Water Plume site, as i… more »

The Obama Administration, in a continuation of the Gestapo tactics initiated under George Bush, is using the Department of Homeland Security to direct police-state actions nationwide against photographers. Whether you're a professional photojournalist or… more »

As politicians gather today at a memorial service for the late Senator Robert Byrd, it would be nice if more of them were like Robert Byrd. Not as he was as a U.S. Senator from West Virginia, but as he is today at this very moment. more »

The American capitalist economy is a house of cards built primarily on consumer spending. About 70 percent of the economy consists of consumer spending. Such an economy is unsustainable and is driven entirely by consumers taking on ever-greater amounts o… more »