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Cartoon: Immigration Vacation
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Governor for Sale
Governor for Sale By Dick Polman Have you ever driven past a car crash and craned your neck to gawk? Felt guilty about indulging your morbid curiosity but did it anyway? What the heck, let's check out the wreckage otherwise known as Mr. and Mrs. Bob McDonnell, the former First Family of Virginia. If you're perversely drawn to petty sleaze, then you won't be able to avert … [Read more...] about Governor for Sale
Does Brennan know too much about Obama?
Does Brennan know too much about Obama? [icopyright one button toolbar] Very possibly, says Conor Friedersdorf. President Obama could surprise the country by axing his former counterterrorism adviser, explaining that under Brennan's management, employees broke laws and undermined the separation of powers core to our democracy. Obama may well make a good-faith effort … [Read more...] about Does Brennan know too much about Obama?
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Justice Ginsberg and retirement
Justice Ginsburg and retirement by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --Amid calls to retire, Justice Ginsburg says she’s catching her second wind --WH not worried about Ginsburg chatter --Justice Ginsburg Hits Back at Liberals Who Want Her to Retire --Left frets on Ginsburg's next steps Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Justice Ginsberg and retirement
Why Gluten-Free Diets May Not Be As Healthy As You Think
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The GOP’s ‘Doozy’ on Immigration
[icopyright one button toolbar] I don’t usually post something without adding my two-cents-worth of commentary and opinion. However, I have already expressed my opinion on how the GOP Congress has handled immigration reform in “Breaking News: Immigration – The GOP Dillydallies, Then Does a Doozy (Updated)” Now, “doozy” can be interpreted in two ways: as being … [Read more...] about The GOP’s ‘Doozy’ on Immigration
A Saturday Picture
A change of pace - a flower picture. The iris is one of my favorite flowers and I have 100s of pictures of them. Below is a favorite: … [Read more...] about A Saturday Picture
West Should Drop Trade Barriers with Russia, Not Raise Them! (de Volkskrant, The Netherlands)
In some way, of all the MH17 content we've posted from the Netherlands, this column by Imre Wessels, an election coordinator for the Libertarian Party, is the most 'Dutch' - in the sense that he expresses that unstinting belief in free markets that made the Netherlands into the dominant trading power of the 1700s. So then, rather than bringing Vladimir Putin to heel, will … [Read more...] about West Should Drop Trade Barriers with Russia, Not Raise Them! (de Volkskrant, The Netherlands)
Kudlow: GOP Growth Plan?
Larry Kudlow asks why his party is suing the President rather than pushing an economic growth plan on National Review. Businesses created over 200,000 new jobs for the sixth straight month. Second-quarter GDP rebounded by 4 percent from the winter-weather doldrums. And the ISM manufacturing report exceeded all expectations, with big gains in new orders and … [Read more...] about Kudlow: GOP Growth Plan?
Health Insurance Premiums In California Expected To Rise Only 4.2 Percent Next Year With Considerable Variation Nation Wide
When the Affordable Care Act went through Congress many of the ideas which would have lowered costs failed to make it, with the final law concentrating more on expanding the number of people who are covered. Insurance has always been very expensive on the individual market, and many are watching to see how rate large increases will be compared to the past. It was expected that … [Read more...] about Health Insurance Premiums In California Expected To Rise Only 4.2 Percent Next Year With Considerable Variation Nation Wide
Weekend History – World War One Edition
I think most now realize that the invasion and occupation of Iraq was a tragic blunder but wars frequently are. I'm 68 but I think I learned more about WWI watching Downton Abbey than I ever did in school. The Iraq war is a minor blunder when compared to WWI, another war, another quagmire and once you get into a quagmire it's really hard to get out and it was also a war that … [Read more...] about Weekend History – World War One Edition
VIDEOS: From Frying Pan Into Fire: John Kerry Faces India Spy Storm (Indian Media)
Yesterday Worldmeets.US posted video from John Kerry's three-day visit to India, where almost every news segment mentions NSA spying on India, and a scandal that has broken out over whether the previous government, comprised of the Congress Party and others, permitted the NSA under a program called 'Rampart A,' to spy not only on fiber optic cables going in and out of the … [Read more...] about VIDEOS: From Frying Pan Into Fire: John Kerry Faces India Spy Storm (Indian Media)
Milbank: GOP Upending of Reason
Dana Milbank is getting intellectual whiplash from Republican switcheroos in The Washington Post. Just the day before, House Republicans had voted to sue Obama for using his executive authority. They called him lawless, a usurper, a monarch, a tyrant — all for postponing deadlines in the implementation of Obamacare. Now they were begging him to take executive action to … [Read more...] about Milbank: GOP Upending of Reason
Breaking News: Immigration – The GOP Dillydallies, Then Does a Doozy (Updated)
Update: And, on the second bill, TalkingsPoinsMemo reports, In a vote likely to exacerbate their party's demographic problems, House Republicans passed legislation on Friday night to effectively require the deportation of everyone in the U.S. illegally, including young people brought as children who attended college or joined the military. . It passed by a vote of … [Read more...] about Breaking News: Immigration – The GOP Dillydallies, Then Does a Doozy (Updated)
Cairo Talks At Risk After Gaza Cease-Fire Collapses
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Cartoon: Impeachment vs Lawsuit
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Give Kerry a break
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State John Kerry was right to push for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza earlier this week. All outside parties should do everything they can to end a war in which both Israel and Hamas have seemed willing to fight to the death of the last Palestinian civilian. Kerry has been slammed as naive for pressing Israel to end its attack, which as of … [Read more...] about Give Kerry a break
Washington and Jerusalem: Forces Beyond their Control (La Stampa, Italy)
Why are there so many seemingly intractable conflicts in the world today, and what's behind the unprecedented deterioration of U.S.-Israeli relations? For Italy's La Stampa, columnist Gianni Riotta writes that it isn't Barack Obama's fault that the American people don't want to police the world, or that a world without two diametrically-opposed poles lacks the leadership it … [Read more...] about Washington and Jerusalem: Forces Beyond their Control (La Stampa, Italy)
Another Frivolous Suit Against Obamacare Thrown Out Of Court
There have been a lot of frivolous suits filed by various Republicans lately, ranging from suits to try to block the Affordable Care Act to the House Republicans’ own suit. While we had contradictory rulings in the case making the absurd argument that the ACA did not intend to allow subsidies to those who obtained coverage on the federal as opposed to a state exchange, another … [Read more...] about Another Frivolous Suit Against Obamacare Thrown Out Of Court