[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
After Hobby Lobby
WASHINGTON -- It's not often that social and corporate conservatives come together, but the five right-of-center justices on the U.S. Supreme Court fashioned exactly this synthesis in their Hobby Lobby decision this week. In a religious freedom case related to birth control, the majority focused on the liberties of the company's owners, not of those who work for them. … [Read more...] about After Hobby Lobby
(Updated) World Cup 2014: Team USA, You Did Great. Tim Howard, You Were Awesome!
President Barack Obama and staff watch the U.S. soccer team vs Belgium in World Cup action in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium, July 1, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Update: The President also called U.S. Men's National Team captain Clint Dempsey and goalkeeper Tim Howard to commend them on their team's performance during … [Read more...] about (Updated) World Cup 2014: Team USA, You Did Great. Tim Howard, You Were Awesome!
Hobby Lobby in Perspective
Damon Linker puts the Hobby Lobby decision in perspective on The Week. Where once the religious right sought to inject a unified ideology of traditionalist Judeo-Christianity into the nation’s politics, now it seeks merely to protect itself against a newly aggressive form of secular social liberalism. Sometimes that liberalism takes the relatively benign and amorphous form … [Read more...] about Hobby Lobby in Perspective
Cartoon: Murdered Israeli Teens
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: Murdered Israeli Teens
Israel’s Latest Threat: Far-Right Jewish Terrorists
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Nearing 103, Amelia Boynton-Robinson Played Crucial Role In Civil Rights March
Fifty years ago today, the monumental and indelible Civil Rights Act was signed into law. For American citizens who endured discrimination and bloodshed or who had ancestors who died, this was an act that came about 175 too late. Nut it would ensure that change had arrived and it would be ever-lasting. The Civil Rights movement encapsulated many names that are forever … [Read more...] about Nearing 103, Amelia Boynton-Robinson Played Crucial Role In Civil Rights March
Mobilize
https://politicalgraffiti.wordpress.com/2014/07/02/mobilize/ Copyright 2014 David Donar. All rights reserved. Copyright Donar, Political Graffiti … [Read more...] about Mobilize
Hillary Clinton’s Ethics Challenged
Softening the political ground for 2016, Hillary Clinton's critics have seized on a case from her early legal career to characterize her as unethical. The controversy reveals the difficulties faced by defense lawyers in the current no-holds-barred political environment. As young attorney just out of law school in the 1970s, Hillary Clinton defended a man accused of sexually … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton’s Ethics Challenged
Why the Hobby Lobby Ruling is More Dangerous Than You Might Have Thought
The Internet has been abuzz with news of craft store Hobby Lobby in light of its favorable Supreme Court ruling. In case you haven't heard, the Court decided Hobby Lobby, a public company founded and owned by a family of conservative Christians, did not have to provide certain types of birth control specified by the Affordable Care Act to its employees. The owners of Hobby … [Read more...] about Why the Hobby Lobby Ruling is More Dangerous Than You Might Have Thought
Quinnipiac Poll: Obama Worst President Since World War II
Get ready for the inevitable denunciations about polling methodology. As I note on many posts about polling, partisans will tout polls they like then denounce or question the methodology of polls they don't like. Quinnipiac's polls are highly respected, but I won't even bother reading many blog posts on this one: conservative blogs will hype it, and many liberal websites will … [Read more...] about Quinnipiac Poll: Obama Worst President Since World War II
Open Carry
Even back in the days of the "wild west" Wyatt Earp banned guns from Dodge City. Within hours of Georgia's new carry everywhere law went into effect two guys drew their guns on each other. Some small businesses and bars in Georgia have posted no guns allowed signs, their right under the law. But this is big: Big Win For Gun Control Groups: Target Bans Guns In Its … [Read more...] about Open Carry
Hobby Lobby Case Shows That To Conservatives Freedom Means “Freedom” To Impose Their Religious Views Upon Others
Conservatives applauding the Supreme Court decision in the Lobby Hobby case are showing, once again, that to them freedom means the "freedom" to impose their religious views upon others. When conservatives oppose the requirement that a business provide insurance to their employees in any condition they might have a consistent libertarian argument, ignoring the fact that many … [Read more...] about Hobby Lobby Case Shows That To Conservatives Freedom Means “Freedom” To Impose Their Religious Views Upon Others
Palestinian Teenager Killed in Possible Revenge Attack
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An Animal Slurry of Activity
GAGGING ON THE G.O.P.’S AG-GAG BILLS MUCKRAKING DIGS UP ANIMALS BURIED ALIVE THE VIEW FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS By John McCarthy TMV Columnist Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina and Utah already have ag-gag laws. Now 18 other states – roughly half the country – also want to use legislation to keep investigative journalists from using … [Read more...] about An Animal Slurry of Activity