It's Memorial day. I have reached the point in my life where I have far more people to remember than still live. It's been almost 11 years since my father died and a little over 4 months since my mother passed away. I will spend the day remembering the good times. My father lived to be 87 but last 10 years lacked quality because of assorted medical problems but 77 good … [Read more...] about Memorial Day
Bob Dole: He, Reagan and Nixon Wouldn’t Have Made It In Today’s Republican Party (UPDATED)
Former Republican Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bob Dole has now articulated what many moderate Republicans and traditional conservatives have long said: neither he, nor Richard Nixon nor Ronald Reagan would make it in today's Republican Party: Dole said in his Fox News interview that he isn’t sure there would be a place for him and other big-time Republicans of his … [Read more...] about Bob Dole: He, Reagan and Nixon Wouldn’t Have Made It In Today’s Republican Party (UPDATED)
11 Arrested Development Food Scenes (+ Bluth-Approved Recipes)
11 Arrested Development Food Scenes (+ Bluth-Approved Recipes) (via Food 52) Strip down to your jorts, paint yourself blue, and grab the nearest banana: the Arrested Development season premiere is almost here! Whether you’ve been a diehard fan from the beginning or you’ve made a huge mistake and missed the first three seasons, it’s hard not to be swept up in the hoopla… … [Read more...] about 11 Arrested Development Food Scenes (+ Bluth-Approved Recipes)
Putting an end to George W. Bush, finally.
W.’s library highlights his role in launching the Global War on Terror, an Orwellian phrase designed to conflate the sins of Osama, who was responsible for 9/11, and the sins of Saddam, who was not. That was the fatal mistake and hallmark of the Bush era. W., Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld declared war on a tactic, stoked fear as a smokescreen and treated pre-emptive attacks … [Read more...] about Putting an end to George W. Bush, finally.
What’s Next for the U.S. Drone Campaign as Obama Tries to End a Decade of War? (Guest Voice)
What's Next for the U.S. Drone Campaign as Obama Tries to End a Decade of War? (via PBS News Hour) JEFFREY BROWN: For more than 1,000 Midshipmen at the Naval Academy, this was commencement day. For the president, it was also a chance to address key military and national security issues in his graduation speech at Annapolis. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: The superintendent told … [Read more...] about What’s Next for the U.S. Drone Campaign as Obama Tries to End a Decade of War? (Guest Voice)
One Giant Leap toward Science Fiction: Neurological Breakthrough in Linking Two Rats’ Brains
One Giant Leap toward Science Fiction: Neurological Breakthrough in Linking Two Rats’ Brains (via Nvate) Alison K. Lanier Forget the Vulcan Mind Meld. In what many headlines are comparing to a Spock-like telepathy, scientists at Duke University have taken neurological research to a new level by essentially transmitting data from one rat brain to another. Using electrodes … [Read more...] about One Giant Leap toward Science Fiction: Neurological Breakthrough in Linking Two Rats’ Brains
The Tangled Tango (Guest Voice)
The Tangled Tango Raging Moderate, by Will Durst As part of the brash rash of wire-brush scouring on the Teflon coating that routinely seals the Obama presidency, a large heavy-duty cast-iron deal has been made of the IRS conducting audits on Tea Party-affiliated organizations. But scratch the surface and it makes a sort of perverse sense. Tea Party and Associates are … [Read more...] about The Tangled Tango (Guest Voice)
British soldier murder suspect was held in Kenya
British soldier murder suspect was held in Kenya (via AFP) One of the main suspects in the brutal murder of a soldier in Britain was arrested in Kenya three years ago and questioned over alleged links to a group of Islamist insurgents, it emerged on Sunday. The Kenyan government confirmed that Michael Adebolajo was detained in 2010 under a false name and handed… … [Read more...] about British soldier murder suspect was held in Kenya
‘Hypnotized’ Western Public Wakes Up to Obama Abuses (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany)
Has President Obama lost Europe? And has power corrupted him to the point that he has betrayed not only his professed ideals, but his Nobel Peace Prize? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung columnist Matthias Rub finds the events leading up to his administration's confluence of scandal too suspicious to be written off as mere coincidence. In just one of a series of articles … [Read more...] about ‘Hypnotized’ Western Public Wakes Up to Obama Abuses (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany)
‘The Path of the Warrior’
The following video, “The Path of the Warrior” produced by the Humanity Healing Network in 2009 is timeless and needs no introduction, except for perhaps advising viewers to keep a handkerchief or tissue close at hand Humanity Healing International is a humanitarian, nonpolitical, nondenominational spiritual organization promoting Spiritual Activism as a … [Read more...] about ‘The Path of the Warrior’
Russell Senate Building Should Be Renamed For Clair Engle
In a recent piece, I made my case that the Russell Senate Office Building on Capital Hill should be stripped of it’s name. It is borne for Richard Russell, a legendary Georgia Senator but one who was avowed segregationist. Russell more than anyone else held up passage of a Civil Rights law. I won’t reiterate my reasoning but I will make my case for who I think it should be … [Read more...] about Russell Senate Building Should Be Renamed For Clair Engle
Court Finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio Uses Racial Profiling
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona [metro-Phoenix and environs] likes to puff up and promote himself as “America’s Toughest Sheriff”. To support the self-promotion he points to housing short term County inmates in Tent City, making inmates wear pink underwear and feeding them day old bread and bologna. He’s also notorious for launching unfounded investigations … [Read more...] about Court Finds Sheriff Joe Arpaio Uses Racial Profiling
Domestic Violence Revelations: Men, anger, and grief
Join us on Domestic Violence Revelations with Erin Pizzey, episode 2: Men, anger, and grief. Discussion will center around how men react to abuse and pain and grief, and how men process their emotions. Our special guest this week is noted men’s scholar and psychotherapist Tom Golden, author of Swallowed by a Snake: the Gift of the Masculine Side of Healing and its followup The … [Read more...] about Domestic Violence Revelations: Men, anger, and grief
On Netflix, Streaming Entertainment Is New ‘Development’ for Traditional TV
On Netflix, Streaming Entertainment Is New 'Development' for Traditional TV (via PBS News Hour) JEFFREY BROWN: Next: A new season and a new phenomenon hit computer screens this Sunday. Gwen Ifill looks at the latest evolution of the entertainment industry. JASON BATEMAN, Actor: Oh, dear lord. Because I'm looking to make a new start. Oh, mother of God! GWEN IFILL: … [Read more...] about On Netflix, Streaming Entertainment Is New ‘Development’ for Traditional TV
MI5 ‘tried to recruit’ Islamist attacker
MI5 'tried to recruit' Islamist attacker (via AFP) Britain's intelligence agencies came under fresh scrutiny on Saturday over claims that MI5 tried to recruit one of two Islamists accused of butchering a soldier in London. Abu Nusaybah, who says he is a childhood friend of murder suspect Michael Adebolajo, was arrested by counter-terrorism police shortly… … [Read more...] about MI5 ‘tried to recruit’ Islamist attacker
Obama’s struggle: How free should the press be?
Obama’s struggle: How free should the press be? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View President Obama talks about national security at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington on Thursday. Responding to critics, the president also announced that Attorney General Eric Holder will conduct a review of the guidelines governing … [Read more...] about Obama’s struggle: How free should the press be?
“How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler:…”
The comments here are interesting too. Dont think it will affect Obama, but Kennedy legacy is seemingly made only important by the fact he was killed, not that he was a great leader. from same article above: "'Fascism?' wrote the youthful president-to-be in one. 'The right thing for Germany.' In another; 'What are the evils of fascism compared to communism?' And on … [Read more...] about “How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler:…”
This Memorial Day, Let Us Honor and also Resolve
This is the sixth year in a row that I have the opportunity and the privilege to write a message honoring all the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in military service. Memorial Day should be the Day to honor and remember the fallen of wars past -- and it is. As has always been an American tradition, a lot will be said and written in honor … [Read more...] about This Memorial Day, Let Us Honor and also Resolve
The Only Really Good Tax Idea: Tax the Rich More, The Middle Class Less
Conservatives want to reduce taxes on the rich in order the shrink the size of government. Liberals want to increase taxes on the rich in order to increase the size of government. Both conservative and liberals use convoluted arguments that purport to show their own idea would help the middle class. Neither argument is very convincing. There's really only one way to help the … [Read more...] about The Only Really Good Tax Idea: Tax the Rich More, The Middle Class Less
Why Republican Attacks in Obama Scandals Aren’t Sticking
Karl Rove has predicted Benghazi will be "corrosive" to President Barack Obama. Fox News political maven Roger Ailes in an email to Fox News employees compares the Obama administration's actions against his company to McCarthyism and predicts they will fail. Is Barack Obama on the political ropes going down for the count -- to become yet one more unpopular second term … [Read more...] about Why Republican Attacks in Obama Scandals Aren’t Sticking