Justin Elliott in Salon: "I think she's a lot smarter than most people credit her," says ["longtime left crusader" Ralph] Nader. "Judging by her comments, she is squarely in the camp of conservative populism, opposed to corporatism and its corporate state." ... "When she was governor of Alaska she really did take on the oil industry, and [she also] approved a statewide … [Read more...] about Birds of a Feather? Nader on Palin
It’s Sarah Palin’s Biggest Media Defender Greta Van Susteren versus Tucker Carlson
In what Mediaite calls a great cable moment, Fox News' Greta Van Susteren went at it with The Daily Caller founder and conservative media figure Tucker Carlson over sexist comments made by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson about Sarah Palin, reported on by The Daily Caller (read the original POST here). When it comes to Sarah Palin, Van Susteren almost seems to be a … [Read more...] about It’s Sarah Palin’s Biggest Media Defender Greta Van Susteren versus Tucker Carlson
The Days After 9/11 in New York City (Guest Voice)
The Days After 9/11 in New York City by Martha Randolph Carr The events on 9/11 at the Pentagon, in a field in Shanksville, PA and in Manhattan that claimed nearly 3,000 lives from the age of two to 85 were so enormous they gave off a ripple effect we still feel today. Even as life returns to a new state of normal with a routine that takes into account longer airport lines … [Read more...] about The Days After 9/11 in New York City (Guest Voice)
Polls Overwhelmingly Support Obama on Taxing America’s Wealthy
Andrew Sulllivan notes in a short but must-read post that a variety of polls overwhelmingly show President Barack Obama's call to tax America's wealthier Americans with substantial support. He adds: What the president proposed this morning is simply where the American people are at. If he keeps at it, if he turns his administration into a permanent campaign for structural … [Read more...] about Polls Overwhelmingly Support Obama on Taxing America’s Wealthy
What Happens When Traditional War Rules Are Overtaken By New Realities?
Nineteen died in a June drone attack on a suspected terrorist training camp in a Pakistani tribal district near the Afghan border The question is simple but provocative: How does the United States fight the war against terrorism using the rules of traditional warfare? The answer is complex and far from a settled thing. White House, State Department and Pentagon … [Read more...] about What Happens When Traditional War Rules Are Overtaken By New Realities?
Prohibition
From Ken Burns. Premieres October 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 2011 at 8 PM on PBS: Watch the full episode. See more Ken Burns. PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. … [Read more...] about Prohibition
Online Gamers Crack Challenge, Move Researchers Closer To AIDS Cure
In the book Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge envisions a world where crowdsourcing is S.O.P. and "games" can be a source of public good. Today, we're living that vision. Over a three-week period, online gamers playing Fold.it were able to decipher the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus. (The Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, M-PMV, retroviral protease causes an AIDS-like … [Read more...] about Online Gamers Crack Challenge, Move Researchers Closer To AIDS Cure
UN approval of Palestinian Statehood Means Little for Israel
The significance for Israel will be small even if the Palestinians get full or limited recognition as a State at the United Nations in coming days. Even though UN resolutions in 1947 and 1949 created Israel, it has ignored dozens of subsequent UN resolutions and refused to implement them. It has done so with impunity since neither the UN nor the US or other governments have … [Read more...] about UN approval of Palestinian Statehood Means Little for Israel
FBI Report Reveals A Failed War On Drugs
So says Law Enforcement Against Prohibition noting that the new FBI report shows one drug arrest every 19 seconds in U.S.: A group of police and judges who have been campaigning to legalize and regulate drugs pointed to the figures showing more than 1.6 million drug arrests in 2010 as evidence that the "war on drugs" is a failure that can never be won. "Since the … [Read more...] about FBI Report Reveals A Failed War On Drugs
21st Century American Political Parable
A progressive Democrat and a conservative Republican were walking together one day on the sidewalk alongside a busy downtown street. They were arguing about various public policies, what to do about the growing number of unemployed Americans, and whether President Obama was partially or fully to blame for the current economy. Then they stopped and observed the … [Read more...] about 21st Century American Political Parable
Feeding your family: almost as bad as paying taxes
Multi-Millionaire Rep. Says He Can’t Afford A Tax Hike Because He Only Has $400K A Year After Feeding Family Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) appeared on MSNBC with Chris Jansing this morning to attack President Obama’s new deficit reduction plan, which includes some tax increases on the wealthy. Taking up the typical GOP talking point, Fleming said raising taxes on wealthy “job … [Read more...] about Feeding your family: almost as bad as paying taxes
(Breaking News) Murderer Thomas Capano Found Dead In His Prison Cell
Thomas J. Capano, a once-prominent attorney convicted for the 1996 murder of 30-year-old Anne Marie Fahey, his lover and a secretary to then-Delaware Governor Thomas Carper, was found dead today in his cell at the state prison near Smyrna. He was 61. Capano, who was serving a life sentence, has been held in solitary confinement since his November 1997 … [Read more...] about (Breaking News) Murderer Thomas Capano Found Dead In His Prison Cell
Obama On Proposed $1.5 Trillion In New Taxes: “This Is Not Class Warfare, It’s Math”
President Barack Obama unveiled his profusely leaked proposal for more than $1 trillion in new taxes mostly on the country's wealthiest Americans and threw down the gauntlet to Republicans in more ways than one. His key phrase that will be carried on talk radio and cable shows (friendly and unfriendly to him), news websites and blogs (partisans of the left and right and … [Read more...] about Obama On Proposed $1.5 Trillion In New Taxes: “This Is Not Class Warfare, It’s Math”
GOP Speaks Up For Poor, Defenseless Millionaires
For once leading congressional Republicans have it right. Taking to the unquestioning Sunday morning talk shows, they decried the proposed minimum tax rate for millionaires rolled out today by President Obama as "class warfare" and an insidious way to portray the GOP as being indifferent to the many hardships being faced by ordinary Americans. Which, of course, is exactly what … [Read more...] about GOP Speaks Up For Poor, Defenseless Millionaires
Join Dakota Meyer’s Challenge
The young Marine, who has already done more than enough for his fellow Marines, for the Marine Corps and for his country, is now doing something for the families of Marines and Navy Corpsmen. Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer has partnered with the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation to raise $1 million by the Foundation’s 50th anniversary on May 28, 2012. He has also … [Read more...] about Join Dakota Meyer’s Challenge
Will This Be the Republican Argument Against Raising Taxes?
Maybe this will be the battle cry. … [Read more...] about Will This Be the Republican Argument Against Raising Taxes?
Vice President Biden On The Parlous State Of American Politics: This Too Shall Pass
I met future Vice President Joseph R. Biden when I was 12 and on my way to junior high school and he was 17 and entering his senior year at a Catholic boy's school. I was pretty much clueless and he a gangly kid with no apparent social skills and a stutter. We played beach volleyball together at the Delaware shore for a couple of summers and his folks and my folks became … [Read more...] about Vice President Biden On The Parlous State Of American Politics: This Too Shall Pass
Life-and-Death Election 2012
Unless Mitt Romney (or Jeb Bush) stops the Rick Perry steamroller, we are heading toward a referendum on the value of human life next year. When Sarah Palin invented death panels to bash health care reform two years ago, with perfect pitch for political devastation, she planted a seed that has now flowered in the Tea Party frontrunner, who is being cheered for multiple … [Read more...] about Life-and-Death Election 2012
Russian Billionaire Punches Another Russian Billionaire on Russian TV
Should we call this "When Billionaires Collide?" or "Puching with the Stars?" A Russian billionaire loses it with another Russian billioinaire on TV during a discussion on the economy and punches him: It looks like they've been watching too much American politics. … [Read more...] about Russian Billionaire Punches Another Russian Billionaire on Russian TV
Greek Euro
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