CONFESSION ZERO

Shuttle Discovery lifts off The executioner lifts his wrath-shaped blade that sprayed our limbs, all that worship this, death’s enraged use- are given an eyeless mongrel, one that cannot gaze upon man’s achievement, only rumble that he not live. Aid appeal for Ethiopian children It’s a tall shame that we spend so much time spending. A towering shame we do not ration more of it openhanded. How long must we witness this? Endure it? Allow the foul air to churn? We’ve seen their pitiable expression for too many Goddamned fly-ridden years! How many more shall pass before their faces turn out to be ours? One soldier dead and 6 wounded in Afghan suicide blast Good news, American Empire. Good news indeed. Out of the six blast-shredded flesh that were sent tapping, none embodied Old Glory! Different State of Race Relations When it comes to the races, we’re all the same, old kings and queens, kingdom’s whores wearing the same weary faces. Obama Leaves Chicago...

Some 6,000 people have fled a wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa, which has left at least 22 dead, aid workers say. "This is a classic refugee situation," Rachel Cohen from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) told the BBC. Many of those who have sought refuge in police stations, churches and community halls are Zimbabweans, who have fled violence and poverty at home. Up to three million Zimbabweans are thought to be in South Africa. The BBC's Caroline Hawley in Johannesburg says the immigrants have become a scapegoat for social problems, such as unemployment, crime and a lack of housing. ( Read more ...) JOHANNESBURG BLADE They arrived that morning, in their ragged and born souls, slipping through the tall grassland like murmuring insects, fearless, save for that which remained hidden, voiceless, the glowering grumble of an unconvinced horror, clanging sabers, improvised tools, a honed blade to tap between the fleeing bone and the undead. From ...

‘No Hope’ for Children Buried in Earthquake O the People’s Republic severely tremble, children from the caverns shriek anxiously… unheard. Bangladesh ferry capsize kills 32 Everywhere it seems things are tipping the ground, the sky, the occupied. McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change No. We are all in the same mess. Shatter the tall untidiness down and the whole lot will end. Racism Alarms Obama Backers "Hang that darky from a tree!" "White people look out for white people, and black people look out for black people." Do not fear such blind hatred or waver at such ignorance. Carry our humanity forward with your seeking and let them toddle backward. 3 dead in Japanese 'detergent suicide' pact O sad souls! You’ve found a mix to do the deed! Horrors, this void in you, reach out and grasp hold for the news of such selfishness is growing. Don’t you see? You’re not alone in your dying. © 2008 mrp/tpm

Cost of veterans' care set to soar The wounded moved along the gorge, down the path where silent vultures spanned their patient circles, anxious to arrive, their legs carried on until the sun doused its candle. Gaza blackouts as fuel runs low They call to each other across the gloom, the brave and long worn faces whose hope is eaten away by the shadows. US flying cyclone aid to "outpost of tyranny" The gods and their tempest-spilled calamity sang their rages upon the border of cruelty as mortal Achilles moved swift to dispatch Troilus. The Pundit Analyzing Obama? Some TV Upstart Named Rove The swine of wretched dishonor still councils his treasonous lips upon the air with cunning, a viper offering snakebite remedies. Tenuous Cease-Fire Takes Hold in Sadr City On the other side of the city where the last shot was fired the frail union starts to wobble and thrash. Reports of this begin to move in a circle. © 2008 mrp/tpm

Georgia executes killer Behind the thud of the pulse, small holes are pierced through and death scurries in to greet with pleasure the pinch of our breathing in its fading light. Disease stalks survivors of huge Myanmar cyclone At some point the disaster ends its attack. It is the way things have been, the way they are and will always be. Come another, nothing will change, save for the numbers. 3,500 US troops to head home from Iraq Yes. Come home, dear soldiers. Come home. But why stop at such a lovely figure? Why such a pretty number like 3,500 instead of 4,073? I suppose that would never do, not round enough, knows how to carry more pain than freedom or living. Iraqi Citizen Sues US Contractors Over Abu Ghraib Torture No longer hanging upside down, bloody, naked and drowning, you seek justice in a counterfeit democracy- scream scream scream scream scream scream scream. Pause. Scream scream scream scream scream scream scream. Pause. Laura Bush Slams Burma After Cyclone...

Lawyer says Austrian incest father "a broken man" Within the walls of an unheard from grief, amidst a father’s breaking, stood the truly broken, flesh and blood, children and grandchildren, spirits ridden to stillness, broken like horses. Hezbollah Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say A rat a tat tat boom bam clang. Listen for the drums again. A rat a tat tat boom bam clang. Hezbollah trains in Iran. A rat a tat tat boom bam clang. Listen for the drums again. A rat a tat tat boom bam clang. Empire aim’s for the Iranians. A rat a tat tat boom bam clang. Now listen for the drums again. Girl has mother killed to save honor O child, was there any honor in the deal you made to have your mother sent to grave? It wasn’t a family’s honor you sought, it was its love. (It would seem your mother had more.) USS Cole Plotters Are Free (escaped and/or released) It is easier to blindly run through a torrent of rain and escape over a heavily fortified wall than it is to run headlon...

Twisters hit central US, 7 die Then a light flipped through the shattered beam, seven lay spent in this, natures shock and awe. And the light flipped through the shattered beam. Wreckage could not hold back nature’s assessment standing tall, marveling of such fine work. We’re more akin to her than we’ll confess. US jobs data eases fears The exhausted numbers settle in from their dawdle as the money masters ready the windswept cradles. Sleep now. Sleep. For tomorrow you need rise rested, ready, full of breath, and wide-eyed to swoon the disbelieving tide. Bush details extra $70 billion for wars in next fiscal year This is for the heirs of angst whose limbs will feel its wealth. This is for the martyrs whose voice is marked for death. This is for us, over here, whose influence no longer matters. This is for sightlessness now gripping our blind justice and for the wordless torment that will surely follow. Somali militants vow to avenge US airstrike O on the eve of Wrath, the i...