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
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