Monthly Archives: February 2012

FARMER JOHN / The Tidal Waves Michigan Garage 1965

Pane Gamisou

Europe’s economic powers have issued the Greek cabinet a last bail-out plan. The indebted birthplace of democracy will receive 130 billion Euros in loans and 107 billion Euros in write-downs, but only if the government agrees to slashing more services and jobs from the public sector. A similar pact in 2010 was met by riots. […]

God Is Dog

Back in the last century condensation formed on a window at my hometown’s hospital. A devout Christian spotted the face of Jesus in the opaque dew and the faithful gathered to pray beneath the mirage. The miracle vanished with the sun breaking through the clouds and a local fundamentalist preacher claimed the Son of God […]

66 Days

Khader Adnan has terminated his hunger strike after 66 days without any solid foods. The 33 year-old baker from the West bank has spent most of his current imprisonment shackled to his hospital bed to prevent his escape from custody. Israel authorities will end his ‘administrative detention’ April 17, unless new evidence emerged that link […]

64 Days

Khader Adnan has entered the 64th day of his hunger strike. The 33 year-old has lost a third of his body weight and remains chained to his hospital bed. Israeli authorities insist that the Palestinian spokesman for the Islamic Jihad posed a clear and present threat to their nation. The Israeli courts have yet to […]