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Iran Twice Threatens to Walk Out of ‘Complicated and Difficult’ Talks (Kommersant, Russia)
On Monday and Tuesday, the latest round of talks between the Iran what is currently being referred to as "the six world powers" took place in Moscow. According to this account of events from Russia's Kommersant, the Iranian delegation punctuated 'difficult and very strained' talks with threats to walk out that never materialized. For Kommersant, reporters Yelena Chernenko … [Read more...] about Iran Twice Threatens to Walk Out of ‘Complicated and Difficult’ Talks (Kommersant, Russia)
We’re Not Greece
. SAN FRANCISCO -- If the United States were still governed under the Articles of Confederation, might California be in the position of Greece, Spain or Italy? After all, California has a major budget crisis and all sorts of difficulties governing itself. Its initiative system allows voters to mandate specific forms of spending and to limit tax increases and also make … [Read more...] about We’re Not Greece
Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 1 (Guest Voice) Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science
Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 1 Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science by Robert Fuller [The 21st] century will be defined by a debate that will run through the remainder of its decades: religion versus science. Religion will lose. – John McLaughlin, TV talk show host Former priest John McLaughlin is hardly alone in his pessimism about … [Read more...] about Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship, Part 1 (Guest Voice) Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science
Asses
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Pure Politics
I'm no big fan of Eric Holder - I think a Wall Street lawyer after the economic collapse was a really bad choice for AG. No banksters have been held accountable. That said Representative Darell Issa is a witch hunter - a really vile political hack. A modern day Joseph McCarthy more interested in media face time than truth or justice. Yes. Fast and Furious was a case study … [Read more...] about Pure Politics
If One Birther Argument Doesn’t Convince
If one birther argument doesn't convince, why not just flip it around and create a new conspiracy theory? Question: what about the grassy knoll? … [Read more...] about If One Birther Argument Doesn’t Convince
The Short and Sweet Of Fast and Furious
If you aren't up to speed on the Fast and Furious scandal, I don't blame you. The media was slow to the story, and the Justice Dept has dragged it out for months, but in a nutshell President Obama granted a last minute request by Attorney General Eric Holder to exert executive privilege over Fast and Furious documents to try and head off a contempt vote against Holder by … [Read more...] about The Short and Sweet Of Fast and Furious
Two New Bloomberg Polls Should Cheer Obama
And so the polling see-saw continues: two new Bloomberg polls should cheer President Barack Obama and the Democrats (but not enough to get confident): *Obama seems to be winning the War of the Out of Touchers. He's ahead in a poll and voters consider Romney more out of touch. Barack Obama has opened a significant lead over Mitt Romney in a Bloomberg National Poll that … [Read more...] about Two New Bloomberg Polls Should Cheer Obama
Handicapping The Supreme Court
With the Supreme Court due to rule on the Affordable Care Act either Thursday or Monday I thought I would take some time to do a little handicapping on what the ruling might be. Before I do so I would offer a bit of a cautionary warning. While I have not dealt with the US Supreme Court I have had experience with both state and federal judges. I have found that it is about … [Read more...] about Handicapping The Supreme Court
Institutionalized Misandry
No such thing, right? After recently seeing people give roaring approval to this cartoon, I've decided there's some folks I just can't take reading anymore. Yes, just like some feminists, some men's rights activists are obsessive and over the top and some ought to learn to behave better. But the complete dismissal of the male experience of sexual assault, which is far more … [Read more...] about Institutionalized Misandry
Obama Invokes Executive Privilege on Fast and Furious
President Barack Obama has now joined the long list of Presidents who've invoked executive privilege -- this time over an election-year investigation pushed most strongly by House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California: President Barack Obama has asserted executive privilege over documents sought by a House committee investigating the botched Fast and … [Read more...] about Obama Invokes Executive Privilege on Fast and Furious
Republican Gift to Obama and Democrats? Republicans Lining Up Against Obama’s Immigration Policy Shift
President Barack Obama's shift on immigration has accentuated fissures within the Republican Party. Some Republicans (notably those with longer term strategical thinking) are welcoming it, hoping to get the issue behind them or at least neutralize the GOP's bad image with Latinos. But now there is a growing chorus of Republican elected officials who are coming out against it -- … [Read more...] about Republican Gift to Obama and Democrats? Republicans Lining Up Against Obama’s Immigration Policy Shift
Breaking Update — ‘Disappointed’ Issa May Move to Hold Holder in Contempt (UPDATED)
BREAKING UPDATE: The Hill reports that President Obama has asserted executive privilege over documents sought by a House panel ahead of a scheduled panel vote where Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to be held in contempt of Congress: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was set to vote on Wednesday to hold Holder in contempt of Congress after a … [Read more...] about Breaking Update — ‘Disappointed’ Issa May Move to Hold Holder in Contempt (UPDATED)
Defense Update: Human Moments
War is not pretty. War is not glamorous. War is hell, some say inhuman, but humans fight in them and there are human moments. Here are some: A U.S. paratrooper watches as a fellow U.S. soldier gives candy to a Afghan girl during a break in an operation Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 2, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st … [Read more...] about Defense Update: Human Moments
Obama’s ‘Hope’ Keeps Putin from ‘Window on Paradise’ (Moskovskij Komsomolets, Russia)
What happened in talks between Presidents Obama and Putin at the G20 Summit in Mexico? According to this account from correspondent Viktoriya Prihodko of Russia's Moskovskij Komsomolets, very little new transpired, except that Obama was outmatched by a 'fresh-looking' Putin, whose drawn-out meeting with an 'exhausted looking' Obama, delayed the Russian leader from receiving the … [Read more...] about Obama’s ‘Hope’ Keeps Putin from ‘Window on Paradise’ (Moskovskij Komsomolets, Russia)
Colorado Fire One For The Record Books
The largest wildfire in Colorado is near Ft. Collins and is now reportedly 50 percent contained, after burning for 10 days. But how big is this fire, jumpstarted by lightning? Nationally, last June the average acres burned per fire was 204.8, according to NOAA. In 2002, it was 284.2 acres. In Colorado, the average acres burned per fire from 2000-2009 (pdf) was … [Read more...] about Colorado Fire One For The Record Books
Mr. Rogers Still Inspires
Just before lunch Tuesday, at the Emerging Media Conference in Seattle, I met the Mr. Rogers Remix, courtesy of Pascal Schuback (@Schuback): I'm an oddity among folks my age: I did not watch Mr. Rogers growing up. I know who he is, of course, but neither he or his show is going to accompany me on a memory lane jaunt. But I found this video not only charming and warm … [Read more...] about Mr. Rogers Still Inspires
The Reporter Interrupting Obama: Lowering the Bar Again
If a reporter from an ideologically-anchored publication interrupts a President by shouting out questions right in the middle of his statement and it's unprecedented, will some partisans immediately rush to his side to defend him and claim this is the way real, respectable, professional journalists operate? Yep. Will all his fellow partisans defend him? Happily: Nope. But … [Read more...] about The Reporter Interrupting Obama: Lowering the Bar Again
Sheldon Adelson as Dr. Evil
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