Iran today successfully stared down a new move by the US, France, Britain and Germany to push it to the wall despite a strongly worded United Nations watchdog agency report that it might still be trying to build nuclear weapons. Few qualified observers doubt that Iran is covertly conducting a nuclear weapons program and controversy continues over whether it is a year or a … [Read more...] about Iran stares down America and the UN over its nuclear hopes
Herman Cain Suggests Taliban Have Taken Control of Libya
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain earlier this week raised quite a few eyebrows when he said that the United States needed a "leader not a reader," as if you couldn't be one and not another. He was offering the latest in his medley of defensive statements (on comments about China and nukes, sexual harassment allegations, brain-freeze on Libya, and decision to kiss off … [Read more...] about Herman Cain Suggests Taliban Have Taken Control of Libya
Pressure Mounts on Syria
Pressure is now mounting on Syria -- and if trending continues, look for it to increasingly be a world hotspot. And a major problem. The Periscope Post reports: Syria is looking increasingly isolated on the world stage, as the Arab League turns on one of its own and gives the al-Assad regime until November 19 to end its bloody repression of opposition protesters. … [Read more...] about Pressure Mounts on Syria
Newt Nomination
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Crazy Lazy Politics (Guest Voice)
Crazy, Lazy Politics by Peter Funt First, President Obama accused Americans of being "soft." Then, he said we're "lazy." How dare he! If you're a undisciplined campaigner who's willing to take unrelated quotes out of context and combine them in one thoroughly bastardized attack, you come up with: President Obama thinks we're all soft and lazy! On the GOP campaign … [Read more...] about Crazy Lazy Politics (Guest Voice)
New Penn State Twist: Paterno has Lung Cancer
A new twist in the Penn State scandal: Joe Paterno has "treatable" lung cancer. CNN reports: Some of CNN's latest report:' Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who lost his job amid allegations of child sex abuse against his former defensive coordinator, has a treatable form of lung cancer, his son said Friday. The family learned of the diagnosis after … [Read more...] about New Penn State Twist: Paterno has Lung Cancer
Why Obama is Sending Hillary Clinton to Myanmar
Amid America's preoccupation with domestic politics, President Barack Obama is sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a mission to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The Christian Science Monitor reports: President Obama’s decision to send Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the southeast Asian country of Burma (Myanmar) next month reflects the US desire to … [Read more...] about Why Obama is Sending Hillary Clinton to Myanmar
Ron Paul Can Win on Arithmetic – Not Just Philosophy
There is a man who's working on Obama's campaign right now -- just as he did in 2007 and '08 -- who will be voting for Ron Paul in the general election if he's on the ballot. I know because we have a mutual friend who told me about a conversation she had with him. That's one hell of a political cross-over. And there's plenty more where that came from. This week, … [Read more...] about Ron Paul Can Win on Arithmetic – Not Just Philosophy
Gingrich Rising: Nearly Ties Mitt Romney in New Hampshire Poll
So much for New Hampshire being in former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney's back yard and being a place he can count on to rack up a huge primary victory. He is now in a virtual tie there with one of his competitors -- and it isn't Herman Cain: The latest NH Journal poll of likely Republican primary voters conducted by Magellan Strategies shows Romney and Gingrich in a … [Read more...] about Gingrich Rising: Nearly Ties Mitt Romney in New Hampshire Poll
OMG! Ann Coulter Endorses Mitt Romney
WASHINGTON - There are so many alternative headlines on this one. Alert the media! Ann Coulter Makes Sense. That's just one. But I couldn't resist Ms. Coulter's latest column on Townhall, mainly because it actually makes the perfect case for Romney, especially when she mentions the suburban women's vote. However, it's her take down of Newt that is so delicious. So … [Read more...] about OMG! Ann Coulter Endorses Mitt Romney
Book Reviews: Krebs’ ‘A Most Dangerous Book’ & Hockensmith’s ‘Holmes on the Range’
TACITUS ON A ROMAN COIN One of the more fascinating if perverse aspects of the Third Reich was what I'll call, for want of a better word, Nazi esotericism. This was the quest to find the roots of the Aryan race and the beginnings of Germany in an effort to gird Hitler's policies with historical and cultural underpinnings, never mind if they really existed, in order to … [Read more...] about Book Reviews: Krebs’ ‘A Most Dangerous Book’ & Hockensmith’s ‘Holmes on the Range’
Oh Euro, My Euro (With apologies to Walt Whitman)
Oh euro, my euro, 'twas said your time had come, You'd withstood all the early flack, your doubters seemed undone; With francs a ghost, with liras toast, and deutschmarks just a mem'ry, Around the globe, your worth was sold, in circles monetary. But now, alas, that time has past, A new day has arrived, With traders asking could it be The euro won't survive? Oh euro, … [Read more...] about Oh Euro, My Euro (With apologies to Walt Whitman)
Your Week In Republican Politics: Rick Perry’s Desperation Hail Mary Pass & Much Much More
How desperate is Rick Perry as he tanks in the polls? Well, with the last seconds ticking down in the fourth quarter of his run for the Republican presidential nomination, he is airing a new television commercial that is a wall-to-wall distortion of the truth in claiming President Obama called Americans "lazy" and grew up a child of privilege. The ad begins with a clip of … [Read more...] about Your Week In Republican Politics: Rick Perry’s Desperation Hail Mary Pass & Much Much More
Occupy What Next? A Geezer Take
As powers-that-be sweep away the Occupy movement, where does the animating spirit go now? With apologies to generations who have lodged “99 percent” into the American vocabulary, this will come as unwanted advice for those whose have made visible hidden rage against a financial system that brought the economy to its knees and still keeps profiting while the rest of us … [Read more...] about Occupy What Next? A Geezer Take
History Lesson
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Herman Cain Going Down the Drain: Cain Say Occupy Wall Street is Danger to America
Former Godfather's Pizza CEO seems to be less involved in a race for the 2012 Republican nomination than in a race to offer one of the most inept campaigns in recent memory. Forget the quick melt down of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Cain's damaging comments, his handling of the sexual harassment allegations in a way that suggests Mel Gibson was contracted to handle his damage … [Read more...] about Herman Cain Going Down the Drain: Cain Say Occupy Wall Street is Danger to America
GOP Magnifying Glass
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Still Occupied
NEW YORK -- Occupy Wall Street may not occupy Zuccotti Park anymore, but it refuses to surrender its place in the national discourse. Up close, you get the sense that the movement may have only just begun. Demonstrators staged a "day of action" Thursday, following the eviction of their two-month-old encampment earlier this week. The idea was, well, to occupy Wall Street … [Read more...] about Still Occupied
Ten Years of Madness
Two dozen millionaires from Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength lobbied congress and gave them this message - raise our taxes. Fink tells it like it is: Kate Bolduan: One argument that many Republicans make is that taxing the job creators will hurt job creation. Charlie Fink: I think that's a lie. Every consideration regarding an employee … [Read more...] about Ten Years of Madness
Bill “Family Circus” Keane dies
Bill Keane, the creator of Family Circus has died at the age of 89. Keane died of heart failure on November 8th. Those little one panel cartoons may have been seen by some as outdated or old fashioned but I always found they brought a little smile to my face. For some dotted line walks down memory line check out the official site. … [Read more...] about Bill “Family Circus” Keane dies