Category Archives: News To Make You Furious
News To Make You Furious- VAULT OF VENOM!
Greg Palast’s 2009 jaw-dropping article on the 20th anniversary of Exxon’s Valdez oil disaster made us angry. In fact, it made us furious. And one of the most infuriating things about it was that no one else was furious because no one was paying … Continue reading
It’s the FINAL FURY!- Our ”News To Make You Furious” column goes into the Vault
Greg Palast’s 2009 jaw-dropping article on the 20th anniversary of Exxon’s Valdez oil disaster made us angry. In fact, it made us furious. And one of the most infuriating things about it was that no one else was furious because no one was paying … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- Don’t like paying for other folks pollution? Frack you.
Don’t want to pay to clean up other people’s greed? Frack YOU! From Eoin Higgins at Common Dreams “A devastating new report from the New York Times details how as fracking companies are going out of business they are leaving … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- The Voter Suppression Happening in Plain Sight
As we write this the June 23 primary results still aren’t complete, and the General Election is about 5 months away. Kentucky looked like it would have a massive voting meltdown with confusion in absentee ballots and a 95% cut … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- Dismissing the Generals
Dismissing the Generals The Nixon administration was a carnival of corruption, but politicians of the day weren’t the demagogues and ideologues of today. Granted, they weren’t MUCH better, but they were at least able to look at the rubble left … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- There WAS a plan. They just ignored it.
There WAS a plan. They just ignored it. The Coronavirus plague is not Donald Trump’s fault. It’s an odd sort of pleasure to say that, because it burns a couple Righty Strawmen all at once. Point to any of the … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- Prostituting God for fun, plague, and profit
Prostituting God for fun, plague, and profit The Coronavirus is bringing out the best and worst in humanity. This being News To Make You Furious, we’ll ignore the best of humanity and concentrate on the worst, but unfortunately that still … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- Relax… they’re just here to protect and serve
One stereotype of a certain type of Trump supporter is an overweight paranoid stockpiling weapons against the day the “government’s jackbooted thugs” come kicking in doors. Such a person should be facing some severely mixed … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious- Citizens United Turns 10!
Our “News To Make You Furious” column began with the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska. Now, 10 years later, there’s another anniversary to recognize… Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling declaring corporations are people and money … Continue reading
News To Make You Furious for December 2019
We started our News To Make You Furious column in simpler times. 2010 brought the 20th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster, and investigative reporter Greg Palast seemed ready to recognize the event even if the rest of the Media … Continue reading