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What Football Means to Me (Guest Voice)
What Football Means to Me by Mike Pisciotta It’s FINALLY that time of year! Opening weekend! The grass is fresh, the players amped and hope springs eternal for that elusive item called the Lombardi Trophy. [icopyright one button toolbar] Here we are in September. The year is almost three quarters over. For me, football carries a lot of different meanings. It means my … [Read more...] about What Football Means to Me (Guest Voice)
The collective trauma of James Foley and Steven Sotloff’s deaths
BOSTON — I didn’t know Jim Foley. We weren’t colleagues in the field and there are no stark photos of the two of us all dusty from covering a war. In fact, I have never covered a war. But two weeks ago when a video released showing his captors beheading him, I felt, like many other… graphic via shutterstock.com … [Read more...] about The collective trauma of James Foley and Steven Sotloff’s deaths
Senate actually holding a vote for Campaign Finance Reform (Sortof) [by Slamfu, Guest Voice]
image: wikimedia Senate actually holding a vote for Campaign Finance Reform by slamfu Well, imagine my surprise when I found out that after all the whining from people like myself about how campaign finance laws have handed this country over to the wealthiest elites, the corporations, and anyone with deep pockets and an axe to grind, it turns out the Senateis actually … [Read more...] about Senate actually holding a vote for Campaign Finance Reform (Sortof) [by Slamfu, Guest Voice]
This Week In Pantsuit Politics: In Somalia, One Brave Woman Seeks The Highest Office In The Land
One need only look at the Oval Office to see that when it comes to politics, we've got a bit of a gender discrepancy. In this weekly roundup, Ravishly.com focuses on powerful political women in the news who are helping to break the proverbial glass ceiling of policy-making around the world. Politicos, move aside. We bring you . . . politicas. For more on female politicians to … [Read more...] about This Week In Pantsuit Politics: In Somalia, One Brave Woman Seeks The Highest Office In The Land
Democrat Drops Out Of Kansas Senate Race, Giving Independent Candidate A Chance To Win
In late August I wrote about the Senate race in Kansas, where there was felt to be a real chance of defeating Republican Pat Roberts if the Democratic candidate, Chad Taylor were to drop out. In that situation, polls show that independent Greg Orman has a real chance to beat Roberts. Orman has run as a Democrat in the past, and Democrats hope that he will caucus with them if he … [Read more...] about Democrat Drops Out Of Kansas Senate Race, Giving Independent Candidate A Chance To Win
Apparently There is No Limit to the Madness
He has been called a Muslim. A Socialist. A Communist. The anti-Christ. Here we go again. Erik Rush, a frequent guest on Hannity and columnist for WorldNetDaily has pole vaulted the shark with a column entitled "Obama: The Head of the ISIS Snake". Right Wing Watch reports on how insane the Obama Derangement Syndrome is in this "pundit". Honestly, I just can't bring myself to … [Read more...] about Apparently There is No Limit to the Madness
Cartoon: Joan Rivers
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Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide
Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide by Miriam Raftery September 4, 2014 (San Diego)--Fast food workers across America on Thursday put down their burger flippers and picked up picket signs. Workers went out on strike at an estimated 150 fast food restaurants nationwide. The workers want wages raised to $15 an hour . They point out that it’s not just kids working at fast … [Read more...] about Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide
Joan Rivers R.I.P: A Sad Ending To An Often Painful Life Story
Joan Rivers’ humor was not for the faint of heart, or the thin-skinned. The sometimes ruthless comedienne, who died on Thursday at the age of 81, took no prisoners when it came to put-down comedy; even a breezy stroll down the red carpet had the potential to become a roast when she was around. You'd be… … [Read more...] about Joan Rivers R.I.P: A Sad Ending To An Often Painful Life Story
Our challenge with Islam
WASHINGTON -- Destroying, degrading or containing the Islamic State -- whichever goal President Obama chooses -- will be the easy part. Finding ways for fundamentalist Islam to express itself peacefully is a bigger, tougher and more important project. In his remarks Tuesday following the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff, Obama offered a smorgasbord of options. … [Read more...] about Our challenge with Islam
Coming GOP War on Tax Policy
Matt O'Brien predicts intra-GOP conflict in tax policy in Wonkblog in The Washington Post. For the last 35 years, the GOP has monomaniacally focused on lowering taxes on the rich. It's one part economic theory, and another party political mythology. The theory is that letting high-earners keep more of their money gives them the incentive to make and invest even more, which … [Read more...] about Coming GOP War on Tax Policy
Full D.C. Court to revisit decision defunding ObamaCare (ACA) subsidies
The full D.C. appellate court will revisit a July ruling made by three of its judges (2-1) that defunded portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka ObamaCare). On July 22, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled in Halbig v. Burwell that federal exchanges could not issue tax subsidies to offset the cost health insurance. The decision overturned the lower court ruling. The same … [Read more...] about Full D.C. Court to revisit decision defunding ObamaCare (ACA) subsidies
Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell & Wife Found Guilty of Public Corruption
Ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were found guilty of public corruption. They face decades in prison. The McDonnells will be sentenced on January 6, the Washington Post reports. A federal jury found Bob McDonnell, a one-time rising star in the Republican Party, guilty on 11 counts, and his wife guilty on nine counts. The couple was accused of … [Read more...] about Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell & Wife Found Guilty of Public Corruption
Comedian Joan Rivers Dies at Age 81
Award-winning comedian Joan Rivers died at age 81. She was hospitalized last week after going into cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure on her throat. Rivers daughter, Melissa, said: "My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh ... I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon." Melissa Rivers said her mother died peacefully, … [Read more...] about Comedian Joan Rivers Dies at Age 81
The ‘Caliphate Effect’: New Horizons for Global Jihad (Le Figaro, France)
Beyond the media hype, its challenge to al-Qaeda Inc, and its devilishly-effective video atrocities, what is the threat posed by the rise of the Islamic State? For Le Figaro, international editor in chief Arnaud de La Grange writes that the greatest danger posed by IS is the inspiration it provides to the lost, to the desperate, and to the angry, 'from Fallujah to the suburbs … [Read more...] about The ‘Caliphate Effect’: New Horizons for Global Jihad (Le Figaro, France)
Book Review: “Talk: A Novel” by Michael Smerconish rips the scab off talk radio
You'd think by now with its addictive impact on America, there'd be a good novel about ideological talk radio, a mega-bucks business that has enriched corporations, turned once-serious and spirited political debate into the equivalent of verbal political professional wrestling, and redefined the once-cherished concepts of consensus and compromise into dirty words among many. … [Read more...] about Book Review: “Talk: A Novel” by Michael Smerconish rips the scab off talk radio
‘Don’t Make Same Mistake With Putin As We Made With Hitler’
David Cameron has warned that the mistakes made in appeasing Adolf Hitler during the 1930s must not be repeated in the treatment of Vladimir Putin. Speaking behind closed doors at an EU summit in Brussels, the prime minster warned European leaders that Putin must be prevented from seizing all of the Ukraine to avoid the situation… … [Read more...] about ‘Don’t Make Same Mistake With Putin As We Made With Hitler’
Life, Liberty and the Right of a Child to Fire an Uzi
The news made many Americans do a double-take. Wait a minute: this news story says a 9-year-old girl accidentally killed her gun instructor while he was teaching her to use...an Uzi? An UZI?! One of those Israeli-designed compact sub automatic machine guns? That gun that can fire 600 rounds per minute? It just had to be a bad joke.[icopyright one button toolbar] But it … [Read more...] about Life, Liberty and the Right of a Child to Fire an Uzi
Cartoon: ISIS vs Western Modernity
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