Obama Sells Out The Sioux

by Victoria F. Skyrise

America's own Real Estate Shyster-in-Chief, Barack Obama, is selling out *two* nations with a new Sioux Indian land grab by the IRS. His hypocritical Christmas gift is a deal for a wind energy cartel but steals taxpayers' money and a tribe's future.»

What Holiday You Wish For

by Victoria F. Skyrise

What if...Christians lost their majority in the USA? In American schools based on XYZ beliefs, could a Christian child take off Christmas or Easter? Imagine parents juggling job schedules as minorities at a typical XYZ-majority workplace. Or is the truly American way secular and constitutional from top to bottom?»

and The War President drones on

by Victoria F. Skyrise

Little else can unite Pakistanis like a hypocritical Peace Through War policy of an arrogant U.S. president, deciding their fate at his leisure half a world away. Is he different from Bush? The warmonger's acceptance of a Nobel peace prize is the latest bitter irony that Obama is worse than Bush's harshest critics imagined.»

Scrooge’s Gift of Song:
Microcents vs. Macrosensibility {update}

by Victoria F. Skyrise

If you buy music at Amazon.com and Apple's iTunes, maybe you'll get discounts and convenience. But what will the musician get? Do you expect big corporations to give her a fair share of your money? Find "why it makes sense to buy direct from the artist" like composer-pianist Jessica Williams.»

Casting Out Our Lesser Evil

by Victoria F. Skyrise

Barack H. Obama doesn't represent the American people. Now we face the challenge of casting this lesser evil out of our system. Impeachment would be the best way to knock Obama off his clay feet. But chalk up another point for Irony because the value of impeachment is exactly what Americans have trouble seeing.»

A Very British Christmas on Telly 2009 (First Look)

by Kathryn Cann

It's that time of year again, and in keeping with a great British tradition here is my "Christmas TV is rubbish" rant... Once again there is nothing much worth watching, too many repeats, too much reality tv, blah blah blah, and so on. Well not quite, now that's out of the way, I can write...»

Thanks to Life (Gracias a la Vida)

by Victoria F. Skyrise

Alive and warm, I give thanks for Being Here. I am grateful to not be in New Orleans or Khartoum, though my life is touched by strong and smart patriots there who keep on fighting the good fight to bring Liberty and Justice for all.»

Liberty for Lubna

by Victoria F. Skyrise

Journalist and activist Lubna Hussein was released from prison in September, on condition she not leave the country. Now she has escaped from Islamist-occupied Sudan and is in France to promote her autobiography, Forty Lashes for a Pair of Trousers.»

Justice in NOLA?

by Victoria F. Skyrise

U.S. Dist. Court Judge Stanwood Duval ruled the Army Corps of Engineers at fault for MR-GO flooding that breached the Reach 2 Levee in New Orleans. The Army Corps is *not* entitled to immunity under 1928's Flood Control Act ยง702c nor to Torts Claim Act protections.»

Men’s Tools, Women’s Gardens :
Exposing False Negatives About Breast Cancer Screening

by Victoria F. Skyrise

An all-or-nothing debate on mammograms is raging in America. Though digital mammography now can screen a wider age range than before, MRI and ultrasound are better for pre-menopausal women. One single screening method can't fit every woman. We need more options for accurate, affordable cancer-detection tools.»