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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 Those little one panel cartoons may have been seen by some as outdated or old fashioned but I always found they brought a little smile to my face.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
Syria lurches to civil war as UN scurries to find pressure points
The Arab league today gave a three-day extension to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people or face expulsion from it, despite being a founding member. This is big. The Arab League, notorious in the Arab world for decades of mealy-mouthed equivocation, is suddenly roaring led by Qatar, a sliver of gas-rich sand with less than 300,000 citizens. Syria, where … [Read more...] about Syria lurches to civil war as UN scurries to find pressure points
Now Cain Offends New Hampshire’s Big Republican Newspaper
How often do Republicans running in New Hampshire seemingly go out of their way to offend the state's big, famous Republican-editorial-position newspaper? And do it in way that is so transparently an attempt at image control that it hits the journalistic hot-buttons of the paper's bigwigs? The Huffington Post reports that Herman Cain seems to be doing just … [Read more...] about Now Cain Offends New Hampshire’s Big Republican Newspaper
America Deliberately Denies Weapons and Training to Iraq (Sotal Iraq, Iraq)
Has Washington intentionally set things up so that Iraq will have no choice but to allow U.S. forces to remain in the country past 2011? According to Sotal Iraq columnist Qasim Al-Kafaji, the U.S. has no intention of pulling out, which explains its 16,000 'diplomats' at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and its failure to fully prepare Iraqis to take contol of their own … [Read more...] about America Deliberately Denies Weapons and Training to Iraq (Sotal Iraq, Iraq)
Proposition 8 Supporters Do Have Standing
The California Supreme Court has just issued a ruling saying that the supporters of Proposition 8 who stepped in to defend the lawsuit against it did have standing to do so. So what does this mean ? Well assuming the 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals agrees with the ruling then the case would continue to proceed through the federal courts for a determination of the validity of … [Read more...] about Proposition 8 Supporters Do Have Standing
Things Aren’t Going Well For Mitt Romney
That seems like a pretty stupid statement, doesn't it? I mean, he's by far the most "electable" of the GOP candidates for president. He's got solid ground campaigns all across the country. Rove and the moneyed establishment seems to be behind him. His rivals on the right have proven to be embarrassing disasters, either rising quickly to the top and burning out … [Read more...] about Things Aren’t Going Well For Mitt Romney
Time To Listen To Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, a read so turgid it makes Das Kapital seem like a John Grisham novel, is the acknowledged inspiration of some leaders in the House of Representatives such as Paul Ryan. Even House Speaker Boehner the other day made a reference to this Rand ideological pot boiler, suggesting that America's present economic malaise is related to the rich going on a kind … [Read more...] about Time To Listen To Ayn Rand
Operation Destroy Occupy, It’s Making The Bosses Nervous
WASHINGTON - The CBS report says it all, no hedging: part of a day of mass gatherings in response to efforts to break up Occupy Wall Street camps nationwide. At two months, that's where Occupy stands, with political and corporate establishment forces utilizing law enforcement at all levels to stop the movement. Occupy Wall Street people understand that not only are more … [Read more...] about Operation Destroy Occupy, It’s Making The Bosses Nervous
Nude Egyptian Blogger Draws Fire And Praise
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy isn’t new to controversy. She and her boyfriend Kareem Amir were thrown out of a public park for engaging in public displays of affection earlier this year. Elmahdy responded to the incident by posting a video of the two of them arguing with the park managers who expelled them. That seems mild now. To protest limitations on free expression in Egypt, … [Read more...] about Nude Egyptian Blogger Draws Fire And Praise
Newt Gingrich Redux: Now Its His Turn To Drive The GOP Presidential Clown Car
I was going to wait until next week to write about the Newt Gingrich boomlet, but given the speed with which the keys to the Republican presidential clown car are being passed on that might be too late. As predictably as Gingrich then Donald Trump then Michele Bachmann then Rick Perry and now Herman Cain went and are going down, Gingrich is now neck and neck or slightly … [Read more...] about Newt Gingrich Redux: Now Its His Turn To Drive The GOP Presidential Clown Car
The Daily Newt: Greece Edition
Stephen Colbert remembers Newt's two week Greek vacation in June. Apparently Newt now claims that luxury cruise was a fact-finding mission... ABC News: At a stop in Jefferson, Iowa on Monday Gingrich reiterated that the luxury vacation was a chance for him to listen and talk with the Greek people and “reflect” on the American economy. “I was in Greece in early June I … [Read more...] about The Daily Newt: Greece Edition
Mavericks: Rick Perry, Meet Tom Coburn
Two Southwestern stars of the GOP, the Governor of Texas and the Senator from Oklahoma, are riding off in opposite ideological directions. Rick Perry, who keeps falling off his horse in the Republican debates, has now mounted a bucking bull by proposing a radical and, in some respects, clearly unconstitutional tearing down of the federal government, which includes making … [Read more...] about Mavericks: Rick Perry, Meet Tom Coburn
Get Real: Dealing With Illegal Immigration (Guest Voice)
Get Real: Dealing With Illegal Immigration by Robert A. Levine The influx of undocumented aliens into the United States has recently slowed, mainly the result of two factors. 1) Economic conditions here have reduced job opportunities in construction and other industries that employ large numbers of immigrants. 2) Enhanced monitoring of the nation’s southern border and … [Read more...] about Get Real: Dealing With Illegal Immigration (Guest Voice)
More Rick Perry
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Canada’s Stephen Harper and Iran
Israel is moving -- inexorably -- towards a confrontation with Iran. As Tom Walkom points out in today's Toronto Star, the Israelis do not necessarily believe that Iran will unleash a nuclear attack on their country. The result would surely be mutually asssured destruction. But the bomb is Israel's trump card. The Israelis are: terrified that the loss of Israel’s … [Read more...] about Canada’s Stephen Harper and Iran
Alleged Penn State Victim’s Mother Interviewed on CNN (VIDEO)
Here's an interview CNN did with alleged victim #1 in the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal involving allegations that Jerry Sandusky raped children did with Anderson Cooper: … [Read more...] about Alleged Penn State Victim’s Mother Interviewed on CNN (VIDEO)
McQueary Inaction
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