The U.S. Supreme Court says the controversial Texas voter ID law can be used for the November election. Early voting begins on Monday.[icopyright one button toolbar] SCOTUS rejected an emergency appeal from the Department of Justice and civil rights groups to bar the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to vote. The law … [Read more...] about SCOTUS Rejects DOJ’s Emergency Request to Ban Texas Voter ID Law
Sunnis Won’t Oppose ISIS
Peter Van Buren explains the hole in Obama's ISIS strategy in The American Conservative. There is no path by which America can succeed in its goals in Iraq—repel ISIS and keep the country together—without the active participation of the Sunnis. It is very unlikely that will happen.[icopyright one button toolbar] Obama’s strategy rests on the assumption that the … [Read more...] about Sunnis Won’t Oppose ISIS
Ebola hysteria is going viral. Don’t fall for these 5 myths
EDITOR's NOTE: This is being reposted and put higher on top since comments had been turned off due to a technical glitch. YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS ARE WELCOME. NAIROBI, Kenya — In the US, Ebola hysteria is spreading way faster than the virus itself. Commentators on cable news are the worst offenders, stoking fears with paranoid soothsaying and inventing apocalyptic future … [Read more...] about Ebola hysteria is going viral. Don’t fall for these 5 myths
Pennsylvania’s Politics of Virtue: Senate Shoots Down Pigeon Shoots
by Walter Brasch The Pennsylvania Senate, possibly for the first time in its history, stood up against the NRA leadership and extreme gun-rights groups, and voted to ban pigeon shoots. The senators correctly called the ban a matter not of gun rights but of eliminating animal cruelty. [icopyright one button toolbar] The International Olympic Committee in 1900 banned … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania’s Politics of Virtue: Senate Shoots Down Pigeon Shoots
What’s Wrong With American Healthcare
The recent Ebola cases have demonstrated major problems of the "best healthcare system in the world". It is not so much the government but for profit hospitals. If you want an example you have to look no further than Florida governor Rick Scott and his former company Hospital Corporation of America. The United States is not ready for Ebola and the Dallas hospital is only one … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong With American Healthcare
California Study Debunks Claims That Medicaid Expansion Will Increase ER Utilization Long Term And Excessively Increase Costs
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion have often twisted the results of a study in Oregon showing an increase in Emergency Room utilization after their expansion of Medicaid. Subsequent studies have debunked claims that Medicaid patients are abusing Emergency Rooms and studies of the Medicaid expansion in Ohio showed that better management of the Medicaid … [Read more...] about California Study Debunks Claims That Medicaid Expansion Will Increase ER Utilization Long Term And Excessively Increase Costs
Operation ‘United Assistance’ in Images
[icopyright one button toolbar] We have been doing our best to report on the training, deployment and activities of our troops who are helping in the fight against the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa: Operation United Assistance. The Department of Defense has an entire web site devoted to Operation United Assistance. There is a wealth of information at … [Read more...] about Operation ‘United Assistance’ in Images
What would you do if you were groped in public?
In the shadow of #gamergate*, here's a refreshing story of empowerment and focused anger. And another way your smartphone is your friend.[icopyright one button toolbar] Nude photos, rape threats, mass shooting scares: Welcome to the disturbing chaos of #Gamergate http://t.co/4Hd5ZgLz5r pic.twitter.com/5SfMKCD0M6 — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 16, 2014 Imagine … [Read more...] about What would you do if you were groped in public?
Why The Ebola Crisis Is Only The Latest Government-Scripted Disaster
DOES THE EBOLA VIRUS VOTE DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN? The news that the Centers for Disease Control was unprepared for the ebola virus now that it has made landfall in the U.S. is not exactly a bolt from the blue. Government agencies have been failing us for many years.[icopyright one button toolbar] The CDC, it turns out, had issued lax guidelines to … [Read more...] about Why The Ebola Crisis Is Only The Latest Government-Scripted Disaster
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Rick Scott and Fangate
Rick Scott and Fangate by Mike Peters Of Related Interest: --Fangate overshadows sharp debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist --WATCH: Rick Scott Spouts Gibberish While Explaining Fan Delay In Debate --Gov. Rick Scott's #fangate revolt: Did he just lose Florida governor's race? --Charlie Crist and his portable fan have a history together Mike Peters is … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Rick Scott and Fangate
MELTDOWN! Rick Scott’s refusal to come out at a debate due to Crist’s fan probably didn’t win him fans
Even if it did involve a rule being violated, or a genuine misunderstanding it was akin to one of two job applicants appearing to throw an infantile tantrum when an employer has called them to meet him together so he could compare the two. Republican Gov. Rick Scott stalled his debate with challenger former Governor Charlie Crist, a former Republican now running as a Democrat, … [Read more...] about MELTDOWN! Rick Scott’s refusal to come out at a debate due to Crist’s fan probably didn’t win him fans
Obama Authorizes Call-up of National Guard Troops to Fight Ebola, If Needed
[icopyright one button toolbar] President Obama today signed an Executive Order authorizing The Department of Defense to order to active duty reserve and National Guard personnel "as necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation United Assistance, which is providing support to civilian-led humanitarian assistance and … [Read more...] about Obama Authorizes Call-up of National Guard Troops to Fight Ebola, If Needed
UN Human Rights agency in crisis
[one_third_last]Human rights violations are increasing around the world but the United Nations agency responsible for protecting helpless people is in crisis. “By comparison with the needs, our capacity to deliver is paper thin,” its chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein lamented today.[icopyright one button toolbar] His agency is “being asked to use a boat and a bucket to cope with … [Read more...] about UN Human Rights agency in crisis
Media Lets Republicans Get Away With Absurd Statements On Obamacare & Other Issues
Republicans have been successful at “playing the refs” with false claims of liberal bias, helping them get away with spreading their misinformation. Liberal blogs and magazines, have commented a lot on Mitch McConnell’s absurd statement in support of the popular and successful Kynect exchange site while attacking Obamacare, which makes Kynect possible. Fact checkers have … [Read more...] about Media Lets Republicans Get Away With Absurd Statements On Obamacare & Other Issues
When Government was Good
THORNDALE, Pa. -- Tom Wolf's mood is sunny but his words are serious. He's answering teachers' questions at an elementary school featured last year in a New York Times story about the costs of overcrowding and underinvestment. The Democratic nominee for governor, Wolf criticizes Pennsylvania incumbent Tom Corbett for education cuts, but he is not terribly partisan about … [Read more...] about When Government was Good
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Obama and Ebola
OF RELATED INTEREST: --Obama Sightings Will Be Rare This Election Season --Poll shows Obama approval low, GOP enthusiasm higher than Democrats’ --Ebola is the 2014 election’s October surprise --Democrats Say GOP Budget Cuts Hurt Ebola Response Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Obama and Ebola
Fear is What We Need to Fear Most
The latest news suggests that the two health care workers who have been infected with ebola oughtn't be a great surprise: Presbyterian workers wore no hazmat suits for two days while treating Ebola patient Dianna Hunt / Dallas Morning News Health care workers treating Thomas Eric Duncan in a hospital isolation unit didn't wear protective hazardous-material suits for two … [Read more...] about Fear is What We Need to Fear Most
Ebola, Islamic State fears hurt Democrats’ chances of keeping Senate majority
As fear sweeps the nation about the prospect of Islamic State terrorists winning in Iraq and the Ebola virus spreading in the United States, President Obama's job approval rating is taking a beating and some Democrats' hopes for keeping the Senate majority are losing ground. Sen. Kay R. Hagan of North Carolina, who entered the race… … [Read more...] about Ebola, Islamic State fears hurt Democrats’ chances of keeping Senate majority
Cartoon: Distancing Dems
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: Distancing Dems
Misnomer ‘Islamic State’ Highlights Dangerous Societal Deceit (Publico, Portugal)
What's wrong with calling the newest terrorist scourge 'the Islamic State'? Beyond handing the group an easy propaganda victory by conferring upon it attributes it lacks and doesn't deserve, it contributes to the destruction of language and discourse by assigning false names and descriptions to all kinds of things, concepts and people. Columnist Jose Vitor Malheiros of … [Read more...] about Misnomer ‘Islamic State’ Highlights Dangerous Societal Deceit (Publico, Portugal)