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Huckabee Blasts Romney and GOP Establishment Attempt to Force Akin Out
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney's upcoming lovefest in Tampa will be held in the context of some increasingly bitter party squabbling over the attempt by the GOP establishment to get Rep. Todd Akin to drop out as the Republican Senate nominee in Missouri so the GOP will have a better chance of winning the seat and a Senate majority. Former Arkansas Governor and Fox … [Read more...] about Huckabee Blasts Romney and GOP Establishment Attempt to Force Akin Out
No Exceptions (Cartoon)
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Nursing Your Sweet Tooth (Infographic)
Here's a fascinating infographic on the impact of sugar: Created by: www.OnlineNursingPrograms.com … [Read more...] about Nursing Your Sweet Tooth (Infographic)
We’re All Broderists Now?
A majority of Americans have negative views of the two major parties, and a full 40% consider themselves independents. This year I voted in the Michigan Republican presidential primary (no point in voting in the Democratic primary) and, I voted in the Democratic primary a week or two ago for all the other offices, as there was a LaRouchie on the ballot who needed defeating. … [Read more...] about We’re All Broderists Now?
Afghanistan ‘Green-on-Blue’ Attacks: What the Chain of Command Says (Update)
President Barack Obama speaks about insider attacks in Afghanistan during a news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 20, 2012. Obama said he, senior coalition and Afghan military leaders would continue to intensify measures to thwart the spate of attacks against coalition forces by people wearing Afghan military and police uniforms. … [Read more...] about Afghanistan ‘Green-on-Blue’ Attacks: What the Chain of Command Says (Update)
(Video) Bill Clinton to the Rescue? Bill Clinton Does Political Ad for Barack Obama
Polls show that former President Bill Clinton is now one of the most popular political figures in the country. In recent weeks the Romney campaign has suggested that President Barack Obama is the kind of left wing Democrat the more centrist Bill Clinton supplanted to win the White House. Suddenly Bill Clinton has become the GOP's best bud. Only Bill Clinton doesn't see it that … [Read more...] about (Video) Bill Clinton to the Rescue? Bill Clinton Does Political Ad for Barack Obama
A Train Derailment, a Tropical Storm and the Guantanamo Terrorists Hearings
Sailors pile sandbags against the walls of Naval Security Forces headquarters at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Aug. 22, 2012, in preparation for wind and rain from tropical storm Isaac. (DOD photo by Cheryl Pellerin) We have all been shocked by the coal-train derailment in suburban Baltimore in the early hours of Aug. 21 that killed two young women. We have also … [Read more...] about A Train Derailment, a Tropical Storm and the Guantanamo Terrorists Hearings
Akin Gaffe (Cartoon)
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Romney Losing on Health Care
Short and sweet: new poll. 60/40. Key states. After more than a week of frenzied campaigning on the issue, Medicare ranks as the third-most crucial issue to likely voters in Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin — behind the economy and health care, according to new Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS News polls of the three swing states. The Republican proposal to retool … [Read more...] about Romney Losing on Health Care
Apathetic Voter (Cartoon)
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Professor’s Past Reliable Election Model Predicts A Romney Win In November
An election model that reportedly has correctly predicted the outcomes of past presidential elections is predicting an easy win for presumptive Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney: Mitt Romney will win the popular vote and take the White House with more than 300 electoral votes, according to an election model that correctly determines the winner when applied to … [Read more...] about Professor’s Past Reliable Election Model Predicts A Romney Win In November
The Republican Establishment Go Rogue for Missouri
WASHINGTON - It's hard to not go back to what drove my brother from the Republican Party and caused his political troubles in Missouri when I look at the Todd Akin rape victim, spastic tubes, "legitimate" versus "forcible" versus "non-forcible" phenomenon, which stipulates that women are expected to be incubators for rapists, which by the way, is a view Paul Ryan shares. Ryan … [Read more...] about The Republican Establishment Go Rogue for Missouri
Why This Is No Split Ticket Year
Bracing for two weeks of convention goo, voters must face up to the hardest fact of 2012—-that every name on the ballot has become an ideological test. In that sense, Republicans and their Tea Party masters have succeeded in transforming American politics from rational choices among human beings into litmus tests for wall-to-wall prejudice. Those with old-fashioned … [Read more...] about Why This Is No Split Ticket Year
China Must Show ‘Courage of its Convictions’ in Face of Japan-U.S. Hostility (Huanqiu, People’s Republic of China)
Is Japan preparing for an armed conflict with China over territories claimed by both nations? And is Tokyo attempting to lasso America into participating in such a conflict? This editorial from China's state-run Huanqiu argues that whatever the goals of Japan-U.S. war games that began today, if China has the 'courage of its convictions,' it will be able to 'smash the existing … [Read more...] about China Must Show ‘Courage of its Convictions’ in Face of Japan-U.S. Hostility (Huanqiu, People’s Republic of China)
And Now A Word From Our Zygote …
Evidently the zeitgeist has a well-known liberal bias. Keeping identical language from 2004 and 2008 the GOP platform committee was in the wrong place with the wrong platform plank at the wrong moment ... GOP rejects rape exception in platform By JAMES HOHMANN | 8/21/12 1:20 PM EDT Updated: 8/21/12 11:08 PM EDT Politico TAMPA, Fla. — Even as Mitt Romney sought to quash … [Read more...] about And Now A Word From Our Zygote …
Elizabeth Warren vs. Mr. Personality
BOSTON -- Elizabeth Warren is the kind of person Massachusetts has always liked to send to the U.S. Senate. She would instantly become a national leader, which appeals in a state that has sent to Washington Democrats such as John and Edward Kennedy and Republicans such as Henry Cabot Lodge and Edward Brooke. The Harvard Law School professor who warned of abuses in the … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren vs. Mr. Personality
Poll: Obama Has Big Lead With Latinos But Enthusiasm is Tepid
A new NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll gives President Barack Obama a whopping lead over presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney among Latino voters -- but Latino voters enthusiasm isn't terrific: President Barack Obama continues to lead presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by wide margins with Latinos, according to the latest NBC News-Wall … [Read more...] about Poll: Obama Has Big Lead With Latinos But Enthusiasm is Tepid
Akin (Cartoon)
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Dr. E. Speaks on Evil: Coast to Coast AM Radio tonight with George Noory
From 1am - 3am MOUNTAIN TIME tonight, I will be on George Noory's show on Coast to Coast AM radio. [please go to this webpage to see times and radio stations in your area.] We will be discussing the phenomenon of 'evil' in our time and in ancient times. I'll be bring my usual perspective in three ways: psychological, religious and metaphysical ways we speak about evil. … [Read more...] about Dr. E. Speaks on Evil: Coast to Coast AM Radio tonight with George Noory