http://www.thorninpaw.com/ A blog covering everything from the silly to the sublime. en-us 2012-01-16T11:04:37-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002262.html Politics Wintermute 2 2012-01-16T11:04:37-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002261.html Politics Wintermute 2 2012-01-14T17:16:11-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002260.html Dudeism.com Dudeism is a religion whose primary objective is to promote a philosophy and lifestyle consistent with the original form of Chinese Taoism, outlined in Tao and Laozi (6th century B.C.), blended with Greek concepts by Epicurus (341-270 B.C.),... Wintermute Wintermute 2 2011-12-18T14:31:26-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002259.html Striking The Root of Wall Street Corruption Rootstrikers.org... Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-26T12:28:25-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002258.html The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class's venality Naomi Wolf Guardian.co.UK US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality... Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-26T07:50:19-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002257.html Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-22T19:52:55-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002256.html Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-22T10:11:00-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002255.html Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-19T08:42:59-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002254.html Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-19T08:33:49-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002253.html The Guardian Protester and three-tour American veteran Kayvan Sabehgi was beaten by Oakland police during the Occupy protest's general strike on 2 November. Sabehgi, who was 'completely peaceful', according to witnesses, was left with a lacerated spleen... Wintermute 2 2011-11-18T20:03:08-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002252.html Wintermute Wintermute 2 2011-11-13T09:27:24-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002251.html Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-12T11:17:52-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002250.html Rolling Stone Matt Taibbi Federal judge Jed Rakoff, a former prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s office here in New York, is fast becoming a sort of legal hero of our time. He showed that again yesterday when he shat... Wintermute 2 2011-11-12T11:14:08-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002248.html By Sean Gallagher Arstechina "we petition the obama administration to: We demand a vapid, condescending, meaningless, politically safe response to this petition. Since these petitions are ignored apart from an occasional patronizing and inane political statement amounting to nothing... Politics Wintermute 2 2011-11-08T18:31:24-05:00 http://www.thorninpaw.com/mt/archives/002247.html Ultra-filtering Removes Pollen, Hides Honey Origins by Andrew Schneider | Nov 07, 2011 More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The... Food Wintermute 2 2011-11-08T18:15:01-05:00