Let's not get our hair mussed, Dr. Stragelove

nothing short of brilliant - I often think how this movie changed the world.

The Definition of Insanity
Truthouts piece is perfect reading for this clip, on the use of Orwellian speak in the current campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Pakistan and Yemen.

US Government medical experiments of the past

The apology for this incident may be half a century late, but it was delivered - this pales in comparison to what the Japanese did during WWII, and I still find it trouble how we accepted the ethics of integrating those responsible for the Japanese and German atrocities into our Country in the name of Freedom.
 
US government deliberately infected Guatemalans with STDs in medical experiment

Links to interesting articles

Analysis of Capitalism

17 Questions about the BP Oil Spill

Delegate with Fireworks, July 1976