When you picture the idea of an resort hotel in exotic Africa you probably don't think about people in need. But sometimes the two can come together, as is the case with Maji Zuwa. Maji Zuwa is a combination of a resort hotel, an orphanage and a center for the community. It was started by Matt Maroon, an American who went to Malawi for a year of service but has ended up … [Read more...] about A Cause Worth Donating To: Maji Zuwa
Defense Olympics Update: Latest Results (Updated)
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program rifle shooter Sgt. Vincent Hancock proudly displays his Olympic gold medal after winning the shooting competition in men's skeet at the 2012 Olympic Games. He earned a gold medal in the same event in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, and with this year's victory became the first shooter to win back-to-back gold medals in the … [Read more...] about Defense Olympics Update: Latest Results (Updated)
Einstein’s Question: Is the Universe Friendly?
[This is the 20th and last in the series. All twenty posts have been collected into a free eBook which can be downloaded at Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship?] We are as gods and have to get good at it. – Stewart Brand The shift from opportunistic predation to inviolate universal dignity is an epochal one, and arguably, it's one we now find ourselves making. … [Read more...] about Einstein’s Question: Is the Universe Friendly?
Coburn’s Tactics On Stalled Judge Gives Winning Gymnast Team Run For Money
By Scott Crass On the eve of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team capturing a gold medal, Tom Coburn’s maneuvering’s on the nomination of a home-state Judge would without question give the team a run for money. When Robert Bacharach was nominated for a seat on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in January, Coburn lamented out loud that his fellow Oklahoman might fall victim to … [Read more...] about Coburn’s Tactics On Stalled Judge Gives Winning Gymnast Team Run For Money
Decoding Mitt’s Magical Mystery Tour
As he lurches homeward, what have we learned? Beyond the gaffefest, is there a sharper focus on the man who would be president in this time of dangerous turmoil? Parsing Mitt Romney's trip may require a cultural context rather than political, starting with the Beatles’ 1967 LP and TV film, “Magical Mystery Tour,” which was also greeted as “a disaster” by British … [Read more...] about Decoding Mitt’s Magical Mystery Tour
Obama Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll: Obama Hits 50% In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania
A new, major poll -- the latest in a parade of see-saw polls this campaign season -- finds President Barack Obama has hit the "magic" 50 percent mark in several key swing states: President Barack Obama hits the magic 50 percent mark against Gov. Mitt Romney among likely voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, with wide support for his plan to hike federal income taxes … [Read more...] about Obama Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times Swing State Poll: Obama Hits 50% In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania
National Disasters And The Growth Of Alternative Energy
Monday and Tuesday of this week India's power grid went down leaving 600 million people without electricity in the dead of summer. It happened for a variety of reasons including the fact that in agricultural parts of the country a lot of power was being siphoned off to run irrigation equipment. Irrigation equipment helping cause a power shortage? Read on. Rain in parts … [Read more...] about National Disasters And The Growth Of Alternative Energy
Mumble Mumble
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Quote of the Day: The Center Can’t Hold in Congress and GOP Branding
Our political Quote of the Day is actually three quotes of the day via MSNBC's political wise and informative First Read, which notes the sorry state of what had ONCE been Congress's political center, the continuing shift of the GOP rightwards amid yet another triumph for the Tea Party and former Alaska Gov Sarah Palin -- and how the GOP brand is not in good shape despite what … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: The Center Can’t Hold in Congress and GOP Branding
Welcome Home, Love Barack
WASHINGTON - MITT ROMNEY scripted this one himself. The Twitter hashtag is #RomneyShambles. Taylor Marsh, a veteran political analyst and former Huffington Post contributor, is the author of The Hillary Effect, available at Barnes and Noble and on Amazon. Her new-media blog www.taylormarsh.com covers national politics, women and power. … [Read more...] about Welcome Home, Love Barack
Voter Suppression
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Is Media Coverage Like Orwell’s 1984? The Madness May be Upon Us
George Orwell died at age 47, awfully young to know so much about subterfuge-- the overuse of over and over and over again messages, similar to the incessant and hellish tv commercials by Obama or Mitt that interfere with music, with game shows, with family shows, with mystery shows... We MUST see over and over the faces, and we MUST be sentenced to hear the same voices over … [Read more...] about Is Media Coverage Like Orwell’s 1984? The Madness May be Upon Us
Mitt Romney’s Gorka said, “…Kiss my ass, this is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”
Top two brainless-hypocritical things people bray ( in order of most brainless first.) 1. Gorka said, "...Kiss my ass, this is a holy site for the Polish people.” (implication is that use of the obicularis oris applied to the gluteus maximus of another is in itself 'an approved holy act' that shows great respect for people of another nation, and that this gesture is so … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney’s Gorka said, “…Kiss my ass, this is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”
Pew: Democrats and Independents Support Gay Marriage
It may be the litmus test for the 2012 election cycle. It's certainly shaping up that way for a lot of Democrats. Two-thirds of democrats and half the independents polled by the Pew Forum on Religion and Life last month support gay marriage. And although only 24 percent of Republicans share this attitude today, even the GOP shows a steady growth in support over … [Read more...] about Pew: Democrats and Independents Support Gay Marriage
A Gaffe A Day Keeps Substance Away (Guest Voice)
A Gaffe a Day Keeps Substance Away by Ruth Marcus Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON -- The 2012 presidential campaign has become a festival of gaffe-hopping. The candidates skitter along on the surface of politics, issuing vague pronouncements or taking predictable shots at each other. But these seem like increasingly brief interludes, mere campaign … [Read more...] about A Gaffe A Day Keeps Substance Away (Guest Voice)
‘Always the Opposite of Obama’ is a Tricky Platform (Guest Voice)
'Always the Opposite of Obama' is a Tricky Platform by Tina Dupuy If Barack Obama had been the Democratic president who said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," Republicans would call it capitulation. "Obama surrenders to America's enemies!" Commentators on Fox News would opine it's actually an Islamic saying he picked up in a madrassa in Indonesia. "The … [Read more...] about ‘Always the Opposite of Obama’ is a Tricky Platform (Guest Voice)
Mitt’s Misses
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Gore Vidal Dies At 86
Celebrated author Gore Vidal has died at the age of 86. Vidal had a long and diverse life, and while I did not always agree with his politics his writings were always a joy to read. Wikipedia has a good entry on his life and his works … [Read more...] about Gore Vidal Dies At 86
Western Bais Against ‘Chinese Talent’ Behind Ye Shiwen Doping Claims (Global Times, People’s Republic of China)
Is there a reluctance in the West to see Chinese athletes and people in general make 'breakthroughs'? According to this editorial from China's state-run Global Times, charges first made by an American coach that 16-year-old swimming phenom Ye Shiwen may have used performance enhancing drugs is a result of long-held Western stereotypes that no longer have any relevance. The … [Read more...] about Western Bais Against ‘Chinese Talent’ Behind Ye Shiwen Doping Claims (Global Times, People’s Republic of China)
Peasants With Pitchforks (AR15s)
Billionaire Jeff Greene is getting a little nervous: Greene gazes across the bay at the multi-million-dollar houses peeking from behind the trees. I assume he’s quietly contemplating acquiring even more of the shoreline, but then he says something surprising. “If somebody wanted to go after a rich person,” he observes, “they have got their pick of the litter out here.” I've … [Read more...] about Peasants With Pitchforks (AR15s)