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Artist's Visa Complaint Video Goes Viral

Posted 03.19.2013 | Arts

Nick Bertke, aka Pogo, is an Australian mashup artist who has a major beef with the American visa system. Back in 2011, the then-touring musician was ...

Zach Carter

Former Government Regulators Help Keep Banks Too Big To Fail

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The steady flow of officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission into top corporate jobs feeds a regulatory culture of weak law ...

Justice Department Won't Retry Watchdog Whistle-Blower Case

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 01.03.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department said Thursday it will not try again to sue a watchdog group that shared money from a whistleblower settlement wit...

Pogo Delivers Once Again With New Wizard Of Oz Remix

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 08.15.2012 | Arts

The new Pogo remix, "Wizard of Meh," is nothing short of incredible. The Australian master DJ who has remixed everything from Pulp Fiction to Disney's...

A Gore-And-Food-Filled Homage

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 06.21.2012 | Home

We've covered electronic remixer Pogo many, many, many, many times, it's true. Known to his family and friends as Nick Bertke, and to YouTube users as...

The Adorable 'Monsters, Inc.' Club Remix

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 04.05.2012 | Home

The Australian DJ Pogo is a legend around these here internet parts for his ingenious remixes of Disney movies (and other things, but the Disney movie...

'The Fresh Prince' Remixed Into A Song

Posted 01.16.2012 | Home

Pogo is back with one of his most lighthearted remixes yet. The Australian electronic artist, known for mixing movies ("Alice in Wonderland," "Up") an...

Electronic Artist Remixes The Sounds, People Of Bhutan

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 12.07.2011 | Home

Australian electronic artist Pogo (Nick Bertke) puts remix artists to shame whenever he resurfaces. In his latest seamless production, "Kadinchey," Po...

Lockheed Martin's CEO Wants Your Social Security Check

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.21.2011 | Politics
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

Military contractors are crying crocodile tears right now about the "fragility" of their industry. But in fact that industry is flush with cash, and will do or say anything to protect the one thing they care about above all else: profit.

Panetta Starts Singing Contractors' Tune After Closed-Door Meeting

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.16.2011 | Politics
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

Panetta and his counterparts in the war industry can play Chicken Little all they want about war budget spending cuts, but they can't change the simple fact that military spending is terrible at creating jobs.

The War Industry: Bad Job Creators, Bad Bosses, Bad Stewards of Tax Dollars

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.13.2011 | Business
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

As budget cuts come to the fore, military contractors will undoubtedly try to obscure the fact that every $1 billion of military spending costs anywhere between 3,200 and 11,700 jobs or more when compared to other ways of spending the money.

Facing Scrutiny, the Oil and Gas Industry Yet Again Resorts to Ad Hominem Attacks and Tantrums

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 09.10.2011 | Green
Project On Government Oversight

The energy industry is out for blood once again. Over a decade ago, it went after POGO for revealing that the largest oil companies were underpaying royalties to the government. And now it appears they've found a new target.

Whistleblowers: "Rescind Obama's 'Transparency Award' Now!"

Coleen Rowley | Posted 08.14.2011 | Politics
Coleen Rowley

Over 20 noted whistleblowers have just released a petition calling for rescinding a "Transparency Award" President Obama recently received.

WATCH: A Rare Look At Soviet-Era Political Cartoons

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

Using rarely seen footage from the Russian State Film Archives, documentarian Kevin McNeer has produced a fascinating documentary about the late Soviet political cartoonist and propaganda artist Boris Efimov.

Christmas in Brooklyn

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jack Schimmelman

BAY RIDGE By Brian Merlis /Brooklynpix.com Used by Permission I lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn for close to 15 years. During that time I worked at j...

Yes, Pogo: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is US

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Patrick Takahashi

I am afraid that there will not be a global agreement to check climate heating until it is too late.

Dan Froomkin

Congressional Oversight Crippled By Institutional Anemia, Reformer Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Danielle Brian is celebrating her 20th year at the Project on Government Oversight this week. POGO is one of Washington's most productive and respect...

PlayDates for the Lonely

Jessica Rovello | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Jessica Rovello

Attention lonely nerds: your prayers have been answered! A new site just launched where you can play video games with actual girls.

Evolution, Devolution, and Revolution

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Patrick Takahashi

We can either quickly educate the general populace about the coming devolution, or initiate this climate change revolution.

Shahien Nasiripour

Watchdog Group Warns Congress About Wall Street Oversight

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

UPDATE: 7:35 PM -- A spokesman for FINRA has responded to POGO's letter. Scroll down for FINRA's reply. Congress is putting investors and the public ...

One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

Arthur Delaney

How Retired Military Officers Make Bank As Pentagon 'Mentors'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The revolving door is spinning rapidly for retired admirals and generals, more than 125 of whom have been re-hired by the Pentagon to serve as "senior...

It's Not Just ACORN, Says Congressman Grayson

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

I talked with Congressman Alan Grayson in detail about his efforts to stop the government cash flow to contractors that cheat the government and overcharge the American taxpayers.

To the Dems Who Voted to 'Defund ACORN': Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeremy Scahill

Democrats have joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN," yet they have done nothing to stop Blackwater's ongoing taxpayer-funded crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Embassy Whistleblower Fired For Exposing Afghanistan Scandal

The Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The Project on Government Oversight has just learned that one of its sources for exposing apparent acts of physical and sexual harassment by a State D...