Climate Change Policy Gap Between USA and Europe Widens, as Norway Announces World’s Largest Carbon Tax (via Planetsave) In the latest example of the widening gap in climate change policies between the USA and Europe, the Government of Norway last week announced the world’s largest new tax on carbon emissions, stating in explicit terms its desire to reduce … [Read more...] about Climate Change Policy Gap Between USA and Europe Widens, as Norway Announces World’s Largest Carbon Tax (Guest Voice)
Starbucks Launches First Cafe in India
Starbucks launches first cafe in India (via AFP) Starbucks, the world's biggest coffee chain, launched its first Indian outlet Friday in an upscale part of Mumbai, becoming the latest global firm to tap the urban youth's growing taste for caffeine. The Seattle-based firm has finally entered the vast Indian market in a joint venture with the country… … [Read more...] about Starbucks Launches First Cafe in India
Is This Election Really All About Race and National Identity? (Guest Voice)
Is this election really all about race and national identity? (via GlobalPost) Many see Obamaâ??s policies of inclusion as undermining whitesâ?? view of citizenship. H.D.S. Greenway BOSTON — There are several ways to parse this year’s presidential election. Some say it is about a more muscular foreign policy, a return to the Bush-Cheney approach versus the less … [Read more...] about Is This Election Really All About Race and National Identity? (Guest Voice)
Mitt Washington (Cartoon)
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Obama, Romney Gear Up for Final Debate
Obama, Romney gear up for final debate (via AFP) US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, on Saturday began preparing for their final debate, with Obama hunkering down at Camp David and Romney staying in Florida. The third and last of their debates is scheduled for Monday at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. On Friday… … [Read more...] about Obama, Romney Gear Up for Final Debate
Salt Lake Tribune Backs President Obama’s Reelections, Slams GOP Rival as “Too Many Mitts”
The Salt Lake Tribune endorsed Barack Obama as it laid out a scathing rebuke of Mitt Romney -- all the different versions of the GOP presidential candidate, in other words, too many Mitts: "Sadly, it is not the only Romney, as his campaign for the White House has made abundantly clear, first in his servile courtship of the tea party in order to win the nomination, and now as … [Read more...] about Salt Lake Tribune Backs President Obama’s Reelections, Slams GOP Rival as “Too Many Mitts”
Romney on the Nuclear Trigger: How Safe?
At Harvard today scholars commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, 13 days when the world held its breath in the shadow of a nuclear war that John F. Kennedy said could have led to “ultimate destruction of the human race.” In interviews afterward, the President told me, “Too many people want to blow up the world...In Cuba, a lot of people thought we … [Read more...] about Romney on the Nuclear Trigger: How Safe?
Obama Tags Romney with Amnesia Gag (With Video)
Obama tags Romney with amnesia gag (via AFP) US President Barack Obama set an aggressive tone Friday ahead of his final debate with White House challenger Mitt Romney, accusing the Republican of suffering from policy "Romnesia." One night earlier, both men had traded light-hearted banter at a charity dinner but on Friday the barbs turned nasty… … [Read more...] about Obama Tags Romney with Amnesia Gag (With Video)
What about the poor?
Now that Martin Luther King Jr. has been enshrined in stone, it appears the poor have been forgotten. One thing is certain, neither candidate is talking about the poor. Doug Blogs at Fairlyspiritual.org … [Read more...] about What about the poor?
General Tommy Franks?
Let's suppose you are running against a President that ordered the operation that resulted in the Death of Osama bin Laden what general would you chose to endorse and advise you? If you are Mitt Romney it would be the general that lost Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora. If you're a presidential candidate looking to establish your national security cred with a war-weary … [Read more...] about General Tommy Franks?
Romney’s Ingenious Economic Plan and Moderator Bias
Economists have reduced Mitt Romney’s 5 point economic proposal to two salient points. 1. Mitt Romney is not President Obama. 2. By not being President Obama, Mitt Romney will improve the economy. So far this two point plan has won over a large percentage of the electorate. It seems Romney has proven himself to not be Obama on many different occasions. Some voters … [Read more...] about Romney’s Ingenious Economic Plan and Moderator Bias
Blue Republican Movement Endorses Dennis, Crowell & Casida
In California, an incumbent Congresswoman, who has voted for the indefinite detention of citizens without trial (NDAA) and the surveillance state (Patriot Act, etc.), is expecting the voters of her district to return her to office. She does not believe that Americans should enjoy their fourth amendment right to privacy or their fifth amendment right to due process. She voted … [Read more...] about Blue Republican Movement Endorses Dennis, Crowell & Casida
Political Standoff has US on Path to ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Political standoff has US on path to 'fiscal cliff' (via AFP) As the US candidates battle it out in the final weeks of the campaign another showdown looms, with the world's largest economy coasting towards a potentially disastrous "fiscal cliff." If President Barack Obama's Democrats and Republicans in Congress cannot strike a deal by December 31, then the … [Read more...] about Political Standoff has US on Path to ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Political Reality TV (Guest Voice)
Political Reality TV by Peter Funt Tuesday's "town hall" debate roused the passion of both Democrats and Republicans, because it combined two entertainment forms that most Americans understand and enjoy far more than politics: sports and reality TV. The N.Y. Post headline, "Mitt, Bam go blow to blow," was indistinguishable from how the tabloid would cover a boxing match. … [Read more...] about Political Reality TV (Guest Voice)
Self-Destruct (Cartoon)
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Pakistan Girl Shot by Taliban Stands Up for First Time
Pakistan girl shot by Taliban stands up for first time (via AFP) Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, has been able to stand with help for the first time, doctors treating her at a British hospital said Friday. She is unable to talk because a breathing tube has been inserted into her windpipe but she can communicate by … [Read more...] about Pakistan Girl Shot by Taliban Stands Up for First Time
Raising Cain with Romney’s Tax Plan
Anyone for 9-9-9? Memories of Herman Cain come back as Democrats zestfully demolish the 2012 tax scam of their opposing Composite Candidate. Only a year ago Mitt Romney was beleaguered in the GOP primaries but survived and, like some giant squid, has since fattened on carcasses of the bottom-dwellers he defeated. From Newt Gingrich he absorbed debate feistiness served up … [Read more...] about Raising Cain with Romney’s Tax Plan
Obama Strikes Back with a Left to the Chin: the Second Debate as Political Slugfest
I miss the days when heavyweight boxing loomed large over the American cultural landscape. The great champs were men of mythic stature -- Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and (most mythic of all) Muhammad Ali. Then the sport deteriorated like a jack o' lantern two weeks after Halloween. The hulking, ear-biting Mike Tyson is the last heavyweight champ whose face I can … [Read more...] about Obama Strikes Back with a Left to the Chin: the Second Debate as Political Slugfest
How Far Should We Go To Help ??
In recent weeks one of the local stories in the news has been about an ADA lawyer being sued by his employees for a variety of offenses. The news has brought a little schadenfreude to those long tired of his abuse of the laws deigned to protect the disabled He is well known for "suing" businesses by claiming that they are not accessible to the handicapped but quickly settles … [Read more...] about How Far Should We Go To Help ??
In Blue Seattle, A Paper Goes Very Red
Over here on the left coast, you don't get a lot more blue than Seattle. And for sure, it's the bluest part of Washington State. But the city's only printed daily newspaper - the Seattle Times - has often thrown its editorial support behind Republican gubernatorial candidates, even though there hasn't been a Republican governor in Washington since John Spellman, who was … [Read more...] about In Blue Seattle, A Paper Goes Very Red