I'm a baby boomer at 68. When I got divorced 18 years ago I downsized buying a very small condo. It had many advantages including less cost and there was a lot less to clean. I was still making good money so I was able to salt money away which came in handy when I lost my job because of outsourcing in my late 50s with little hope of getting another job. A recent survey … [Read more...] about A New American Dream?
Happy Canada Day: “We’re 147 Years Old”
TMV Editor's Note: While Americans celebrated the 4th of July, three days earlier was an important and cherished holiday to our friends and neighbors up north: Canada Day. Here's TMV Assistant Editor Michael Sticking's homage that ran on his blog The Reaction: Born in 1867... To all my Canadian friends and family, have a safe and happy day. And to everyone else, to all of … [Read more...] about Happy Canada Day: “We’re 147 Years Old”
Everything You Need To Know About Urine, Plus 18 Strange Facts [VIDEO]
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Cartoon: The Roberts Doctrine
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: The Roberts Doctrine
Conservatives’ Women Troubles
[ Conservatives' Women Troubles By Tina Dupuy Grab your smelling salts and brace yourself—I'm going to talk about sex. Not graphically, the children don't need to leave the room or anything. But I'm going to talk about the idea of sex as an underlying basis for policy. In the wake of the truly misguided Hobby Lobby decision, which endowed a legal entity with the right … [Read more...] about Conservatives’ Women Troubles
Cartoon: Target Gun Ban
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Mid East Crisis Worsens: Autopsy shows Palestinian Teen Burned Alive
The crisis in the Middle East has now gotten even worse: the kidnapped Palestinian teen believed killed in retaliation for the kidnapped and killed three Israeli teens was burned alive, an autopsy now shows. This all is apparentely part of the Bibical and now cliched "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," but the barbareity of kidnapping and murdering kids to make political … [Read more...] about Mid East Crisis Worsens: Autopsy shows Palestinian Teen Burned Alive
Mitt Romney
James Joyner protests the comparison of Richard Nixon and Mitt Romney by Emil Henry in Politico. For the most part I agree with James but I think he gives Romney too much credit. He admits that Romney is a flip flopper but then claims he thinks Romney has a record of of being a good manager. I have seen no evidence of that. Mitt Romney's father was a good manager and a … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney
Russian President Putin Congratulates President Obama on Independence Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President Obama on Independence Day and called for the ties between both countries to continue to develop on a "pragmatic and equal basis." Seems to me Putin stuck his finger in America's eye by granting NSA leaker Edward Snowden temporary asylum and thumbing his nose when he invaded the Crimean region. In his message of … [Read more...] about Russian President Putin Congratulates President Obama on Independence Day
Fourth of July Fast Facts
Fourth of July Fast Facts By Tom Purcell "I'm confused. I thought July 4 was the day our country declared independence from King George III of Great Britain." "Actually, according to ConstitutionFacts.com, that's not so. The Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776." "Then why do we celebrate our independence on the Fourth every … [Read more...] about Fourth of July Fast Facts
A Generational Slap In The Face
[icopyright one button toolbar] Better Than The Twinkie Defense The Cobb County Crucible on HLN The View From The Virgin Islands By John McCarthy TMV Columnist If the O.J. Simpson trial was the crime of the last century, then the “hot car death” of Cooper Harris is the “alleged” murder of the new century. H.L. Mencken called the kidnapping and murder trial of the … [Read more...] about A Generational Slap In The Face
The Tea Party and the GOP
Theda Skocpol thinks the Tea Party's influence on the GOP is bigger than election results suggest on Talking Points Memo. An obsession with toting up wins and losses in primaries completely misreads how Tea Party forces work, how they have moved the governing agendas of the Republican Party ever further right and maintained a stranglehold on federal government action. As … [Read more...] about The Tea Party and the GOP
Veterans of Foreign Wars ‘Doing Good Things’
On previous Independence Days I have expressed my thoughts and feelings about the day's significance and meaning in different ways. The thoughts and feelings that are most consistently expressed on this celebration of our nation's independence are freedom, justice, love of country -- in short, patriotism. Mark Twain in his unique, perhaps somewhat satirical style, … [Read more...] about Veterans of Foreign Wars ‘Doing Good Things’
Another Happy 4th Of July
OK, I use the same picture every year but it fits me. A picture I took in Berkeley, CA in the mid 70s. So a happy 4th and a recycled picture. … [Read more...] about Another Happy 4th Of July
Dr Oz’s Dead End Brick Road
[icopyright one button toolbar] Pity poor Dr. Mehmet Oz. He gets big bucks hosting the popular Opra Winfrey-syndicated "The Dr. Oz Show" on TV. But now he's come under fire in Congress, in the media, and on the Internet for promoting health supplements that sold big due to his effusive recommendations -- products now considered by many to be largely useless. How did he … [Read more...] about Dr Oz’s Dead End Brick Road
The spirit of revenge
WASHINGTON -- As we celebrate the Fourth of July, who can argue that our democracy is working the way the Founders intended? And who can deny that most of the blame for dysfunction must fall to the Republican Party? George Washington distrusted all political parties. He warned in his farewell address that as they alternated power, parties would act in "the spirit of … [Read more...] about The spirit of revenge
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
From all of us here at TMV to you and yours: Have a HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! graphic via shutterstock.com … [Read more...] about HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
A Cynical Look At Burger King’s Pride Whopper
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Trouble for the right comes from the right
Conservatives were ecstatic about the court’s ruling Monday that Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, because of their owners’ religious beliefs, could not be required under the ACA to include certain types of contraception in their employee health plans. But Democrats have the better hand. ...AlJazeera When the Supreme Court issued its Hobby Lobby decision, campaign … [Read more...] about Trouble for the right comes from the right
Infographic: Beer Prices Around The World Compared: The Cheapest, Most Expensive And Most Popular Beer Brands
Right in time for the Fourth of July. As you buy beer, here via Financesonline's David Adelman is a great infographic that shows you beer use and beer prices around the world: … [Read more...] about Infographic: Beer Prices Around The World Compared: The Cheapest, Most Expensive And Most Popular Beer Brands