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In Public Without A Man = 300 Lashes in Saudi Arabia
By Escape The Illusion on March 9, 2010 | No Comments
Source: http://consciousape.com/news/in-public-without-a-man-300-lashes-in-saudi-arabia/ Saudi woman receives 300 lashes and 18 months in jail for attending court without a male guardian… Close on the heels of an American businesswoman in Saudi Arabia being jailed for having coffee with a man who... -
15 Reasons Why We Need a Revolt in This CountryBy Escape The Illusion on March 8, 2010 | 3 Comments
Government works quite well for big corporations, banks, insurance companies, military contractors, lobbyists, and for the rich and powerful. But it does not work for people. It is time for a revolution. Government does not work for regular people. It appears to work quite well for big corporations,... -
How the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson’s Montice...By Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
Visitors to Monticello don’t learn how Jefferson cultivated poppies, and his personal opium use may as well never have happened. Thomas Jefferson was a drug criminal. But he managed to escape the terrible sword of justice by dying a century before the DEA was created. In 1987 agents from the D... -
200 Days After They Went Missing, Mothers of Jailed U...By Escape The Illusion on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
“We’ve had no contact at all … We haven’t even had a phone call.” AMY GOODMAN: We begin today with an update on the three Americans who have been held in Iran for over six months. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were detained on July 31st after accidentally cr... -
Profiting From Immigration InjusticeBy Escape The Illusion on February 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
When an architect named Norman Pfeiffer designed the Evo DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Ariz., he claimed to have been inspired by its natural surroundings. “From afar,” Pfeiffer told Architecture Week, “the desert tells little of what it knows. … But upon closer scrutiny it rev... -
Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s WoundsBy Escape The Illusion on January 23, 2010 | No Comments
Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions. With a stunning lack of sensitivity, President Barack Obama’s Guantánamo Review Task Force chose the anniversary of the president’s failed promise to close the prison to announce its conclusions regarding the eventual fate of 196 prisoners. As... -
While U.S. debates gay marriage, Uganda considers dea...By Escape The Illusion on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
KAMPALA, Uganda – Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Gay rights activists say the... -
One Day We’ll All Be TerroristsBy Escape The Illusion on December 30, 2009 | 2 Comments
Syed Fahad Hashmi can tell you about the dark heart of America. He knows that our First Amendment rights have become a joke, that habeas corpus no longer exists and that we torture, not only in black sites such as those at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan or at Guantánamo Bay, but also at the federal... -
US investigates why jet bomb suspect still had visaBy Escape The Illusion on December 28, 2009 | 2 Comments
The US homeland security secretary has demanded to know how the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a jet had a visa despite being on a watch list. “We all want to know the answer to that question,” Janet Napolitano said. She also appeared to backtrack on a widely criticised assert...
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The Feds Are Addicted to Pot — Even If You Aren...By Escape The Illusion on November 30, 2009 | 4 Comments
Well, folks I just have to add my humble, but strong (and experienced) opinion here before sharing this article. Let’s talk pot. Marijuana. Mary Jane. Cannabis. Weed. Grass. Etc. For once I wish people would just be HONEST. Though I do live with rosy glasses on my face (or so I’ve been ...
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