Toronto Mayor Rob Ford seeking treatment after second crack smoking tape surfaces (via FreakOutNation) Finally, according to the Toronto Sun, Mayor/Crackhead Rob Ford has decided he needs to “take a break” and “go get help”. This announcement follows reports of a new video which surfaced allegedly showing the embattled Mayor smoking crack.… … [Read more...] about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford seeking treatment after second crack smoking tape surfaces
Cartoon: Adam Silver
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: Adam Silver
Syria: Obama makes small gain amid tatters and UN frustration
President Barack Obama’s sorely vexed Syria policy has scored a small gain. President Bashar al Assad’s military no longer has the capabilities to make or use chemical weapons. Just 7 percent of necessary components for weapons remain inside Syria but none is lethal on its own. The rest have been removed or destroyed. However, other more important humanitarian aspects of … [Read more...] about Syria: Obama makes small gain amid tatters and UN frustration
Dying to see our post-antibiotic future
The old diseases are coming back. We fought them to a standstill in the Twentieth Century and the Twenty-first seems ripe for their comeback. Staphylococcus (which means 'bunch of grapes' for obvious reasons) Just in time for Walpurgisnacht, The World Health Organization has released a chilling new report, the Washington Post reveals: Planet headed toward … [Read more...] about Dying to see our post-antibiotic future
Hall’s Solid Advancements For Oklahoma Will Be Forever Obscured By Conviction
Historic Quote: “The word is not covert, it’s overt. Covert means you’re out in the open. Overt is what I did. That means you’re undercover.” Ex-Nevada Senator Chic Hecht Unlike Ray Blanton, a fellow Democratic Governor in the 1970s who would also end up in jail, David Hall’s administration was far from mediocre. In fact, it was quite accomplished. But a scandal would not … [Read more...] about Hall’s Solid Advancements For Oklahoma Will Be Forever Obscured By Conviction
When It Rains, It Snowdens
Will Mitt Run Again Or Just His Money Offshore? Turning Turtle in Tortola, BVI: The View From The Virgin Islands By John McCarthy TMV Columnist Mitt Romney made tax havens like the Cayman Islands household words. But even Willard might blush at how much money the BVI took in last year. That’s right, while I was eating cheese and bread, my neighbors 40 miles to … [Read more...] about When It Rains, It Snowdens
National Bigot Association (Cartoon)
https://politicalgraffiti.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/national-bigot-association/ Copyright 2014 David Donar. All rights reserved. Copyright Donar, Political Graffiti … [Read more...] about National Bigot Association (Cartoon)
Even some conservatives think Sarah Palin is an extraordinary idiot (not least for her gleeful torture enthusiasm)
So, yes, Sarah Palin, clamoring for attention, said that -- if I may paraphrase -- she's a gleeful torture enthusiast. And, yes, her gleeful torture enthusiasm went over really well with the the NRA gunfest in Indianapolis. And, also, gleeful torture enthusiasm is alive and well on the right, and throughout the Republican Party, where human degradation thrives at its core and … [Read more...] about Even some conservatives think Sarah Palin is an extraordinary idiot (not least for her gleeful torture enthusiasm)
Oklahoma inmate ‘tortured’ in shockingly botched execution
US inmate 'tortured' in botched execution (via AFP) An Oklahoma death row inmate writhed in agony and mumbled incoherently in a botched execution using untested drugs, before dying of a heart attack 40 minutes into the ordeal, news reports said. The gruesome end to the life of Clayton Lockett, a convicted murderer… … [Read more...] about Oklahoma inmate ‘tortured’ in shockingly botched execution
A wake up call to the post-Obama generation
I have recently started reading Solomon Northup’s 12 Years a Slave and it just happened to coincide with Donald Sterling’s recent comments and, closer to home, the tweet by a UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) candidate advising Lenny Henry to move to a ‘black country’. I’ve realised that the older I get, the more contradictory my views on race become. On one hand, I … [Read more...] about A wake up call to the post-Obama generation
Z Is For Zoom
I know this is a bit of a stretch but I wanted to retell this story and I had a long day at work. So Z is for zooming in to see the real sotry Check out this cool link During World War 2 they wanted to hide an aircraft factory in Burbank because they were afraid of Japanese air raids. So they disguised it as a housing development. The pictures are amazing. … [Read more...] about Z Is For Zoom
Military (Half-) Week in Photos
I won’t have the opportunity to post this coming weekend, so here goes half a week of military related photos and news. (I know readers have been waiting with bated breath) As deadly tornadoes continue to sweep though our southern states, National Guard members are assisting in the search and rescue, medical evacuation, traffic control and other first-responder … [Read more...] about Military (Half-) Week in Photos
Cartoon Time: Cartoonists look at Donald Sterling
Cartoonists are having a field day skewering Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Here's a bit of their work: 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 Time: Cartoonists look at Donald Sterling
Fast Food Pulls a Fast One
Fast Food Pulls a Fast One Our tax dollars are subsidizing both the fast-food workers who need the help and the companies' CEOs who don’t. By Michael Winship Bad enough that the empty calories of many a fast-food meal have all the nutritional value of a fingernail paring. Even worse, the vast profits this industry pulls in are lining the pockets of its CEOs while many … [Read more...] about Fast Food Pulls a Fast One
All Rise for Dignity
This is the nineteenth and final part of the serialization of All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett-Koehler, 2006). The ideas in this book are further developed in my recent novel The Rowan Tree. AFTERWORD: ALL RISE FOR DIGNITY If there is no struggle, there is no progress....This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and … [Read more...] about All Rise for Dignity
Reaction pours in on NBA’s Adam Silver’s breathtaking lifetime ban for Donald Sterling
Damn, Why Didn’t I Think Of This?
The inestimable Rod Dreher finally figures out who Para Salin is. … [Read more...] about Damn, Why Didn’t I Think Of This?
BREAKING: NBA Bans Clippers Owner Sterling “for life” due to racist comments (UPDATED wil Silver VIDEO)
Breaking News -- and it's a huge sports and general media story. CNN reports: The National Basketball Association has banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from basketball for life and fined him $2.5 million racist remarks attributed to him in recordings posted online, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday. Here's Silver's press conference which was … [Read more...] about BREAKING: NBA Bans Clippers Owner Sterling “for life” due to racist comments (UPDATED wil Silver VIDEO)
Poll: Democrats in danger in 2014 as Obama’s poll numbers fall
In a poll that will justifiably raise concerns among Democrats, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that Democrats are increasingly at risk in the 2014 mid-term elections as President Barack Obama's polling numbers go south. But this poll is even more bad news than that: it specifically asks whether voters would like a Republican Congress to check Obama's agenda -- and … [Read more...] about Poll: Democrats in danger in 2014 as Obama’s poll numbers fall
Conservative Victims And Science Fiction Fandom
In principle I agree with the general argument made by Glenn Reynolds that politics doesn't belong in science fiction, but knowing how conservative love to claim to be victims, I am skeptical as to the circumstances he described. He wrote: That's certainly been the experience of Larry Correia, who was nominated for a Hugo this year. Correia, the author of numerous highly … [Read more...] about Conservative Victims And Science Fiction Fandom