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Our guests will be sociologist Sarah Sobieraj on ‘The Perils of Media-Centered Activism,’ journalist Nicholas Shaxson ‘Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens,’ Historian Jo Guldi describes how ‘Britain Invents the Infrastructure State,’ and Christopher Strain will be ‘Rethinking Violence in American Life.’

Bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz posts his second weekly blog post. Today’s discusses the clash between order and freedom in a democracy.

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Our guests were ex-CIA officer Paul Pillar on Iran, the Gay Liberation Network’s Andy Thayer on this coming May’s G8/NATO protests in Chicago, historian Lisa Keller on “Democracy and Public Space,” former Seattle police chief during the 1999 WTO demonstrations Norm Stamper, and Tom Frank on ‘The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Come Back of the Right.” Dan ‘the Auto Man’ Litchfield talked cars and Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – today’s nine most hellish news stories, including two bonus stories on Newt Gingrich, an additional #Occupy link, another piece on the eurozone, and an extra article on Iran-Western tensions, are … President Gingrich overrules Supreme Court, Wisconsin plays politics with health, Shares owned for 22 seconds on average, Obama’s donors get government perks, US House investigates #OccupyDC, Hedge funds hold Greek bailout hostage, Iran says US support a “dangerous position,” Syrian monitors “in a big mess,” and Space junk a “serious risk.”

On Wednesday, January 18, we took down the This is Hell! web site in protest of bills currently being considered in the US House and Senate. Called SOPA and PIPA, these bills threaten to destroy the Internet as we know it.
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Today’s Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – the nine most hellish news stories, including a bonus story ‘scary’ gas and an extra article on the frightening new online-piracy bill, are … US savings disappear, Obama accepts Bank of America nomination, Old wells and fracking, EU Iran oil ban, Peace Corps recall volunteers from violence, ‘Occupy the Courts,’ The controversial online-piracy bill, and Army wants ‘D’ out of PTSD.

The staff of This is Hell! has taken today off in recognition of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Instead of reading the Nine Circles! today, spend some time online taking in the words of Dr. King. Can you imagine how Fox News Channel would have reported King’s life had the network been around while [...]

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – is posted each weekday. While we post the nine most hellish news stories we can find Monday through Friday, our Sunday Edition! features writing from the past week – including opinion pieces – by nine of our past guests [...]

http://nationalpinballmuseum.org In honor of their opening day today in Baltimore.  Art, science and pop culture collide!

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – today’s nine most hellish news stories, including a bonus story on US-Iran tensions, are … N’Orleans has 17 shootings in 18 hours, Lawmakers want Homeland Security to watch social media more, Equity firm gives founders $138 million each, American threatened by Iranian nuclear scientist killing, Nigerian strikes brings people together, Simple anti-climate change measures not so simple, Internet addiction, and Deodorant and breast cancer.

The Nine Circles of Hell! – all the news that gives you fits in print – today’s nine most hellish news stories, including a bonus story on the two-state solution and an extra article on more bad economic news, are … US poverty to rise, Did Marines piss on Taliban?, UN brought cholera to Haiti, Loggers burn girl alive, Egyptian railway strike, Two-state solution threatened, Israel’s ‘Rosa Parks,’ Palestinian executions criticized, and China, US will have a bad 2013.