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Netanyahu says what is expedient (Guest Voice)
Netanyahu says what is expedient By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Those of us naïve enough to believe that politicians mean what they say, especially during election campaigns, have had our eyes opened. Two statements that Prime Minister Netanyahu made on the eve of the elections that shocked many of us at the time turned out to be untrue: his warning that Arabs were coming … [Read more...] about Netanyahu says what is expedient (Guest Voice)
Israel Spied On US-Iran Talks: Report
Senior White House officials have learned that Israel was spying on closed-door talks between the U.S. and other world powers about Iran’s nuclear program, according to the Wall Street Journal. Israel's snooping was part of a broader campaign by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build a case against the deal, the report said. American officials discovered… … [Read more...] about Israel Spied On US-Iran Talks: Report
Affordable Care Act Helping To Create Jobs
[icopyright one button toolbar] Among the benefits of the Affordable Care, beyond expanding health care coverage and lowering costs, has been to create more jobs. Bloomberg News reports: More than 90 new health-care companies employing as many as 6,200 people have been created in the U.S. since Obamacare became law, a level of entrepreneurial activity that participants say … [Read more...] about Affordable Care Act Helping To Create Jobs
The Crushingly Regressive Complexity of Income Tax
[icopyright one button toolbar] I have just paid my biggest bill of the year. The invoice was for a cool 9% of my entire annual income – or my “Adjusted Gross Income” (AGI) as it appears on my tax returns, which have just been filed. And that invoice was from my accountant who just filed them for me. I have a pretty modest income - so modest, in fact, that my AGI is of … [Read more...] about The Crushingly Regressive Complexity of Income Tax
My Health Care Five Years Ago Today
UPDATED BELOW [icopyright one button toolbar] "Odious" health insurance is now "MODA" as in "MODA Center" where the Portland Trailblazers play with other NBA teams when they're home. Ted is about to find out that he can't enroll until next year. Like me. Ted Cruz to sign up for government health care Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register Ted Cruz, one of the loudest … [Read more...] about My Health Care Five Years Ago Today
Imagine President Rafael Edward ‘Ted’ Cruz
[icopyright one button toolbar] In a New York Times editorial today the Times editorial board writes: “Think just how different the world would be,” said Senator Ted Cruz on Monday, in a speech so packed with vision-spinning and the word “imagine” that it seemed as if John Lennon had returned, as a Hispanic Texan running a hard-right, anti-establishment, … [Read more...] about Imagine President Rafael Edward ‘Ted’ Cruz
Why One Bill of Rights Is No Longer Sufficient
[icopyright one button toolbar] You might not know this, but back in 1962, President John F. Kennedy revealed to Congress and to the nation a four-point plan to safeguard the basic rights of the American consumer; this would become known as the Consumer Bill of Rights. His vision was eventually taken up by the United Nations and expanded into no fewer than eight basic … [Read more...] about Why One Bill of Rights Is No Longer Sufficient
Cruz’s slippery slope
[icopyright one button toolbar] He's been sliding almost from the beginning. Now that Ted Cruz wants to be president, he's alienated too many important people in his party to expect much support, and without that support, his candidacy goes nowhere. "He is the darling of conservatives in a conservative party. But he remains a long shot, at best," according to Nate Cohn at … [Read more...] about Cruz’s slippery slope
Mandatory Citizen Responsibilities
[icopyright one button toolbar] As citizens, we all have responsibilities that must be fulfilled for the nation to be protected and function optimally. However, the obligations at this point in our history are relatively minimal. All men (both citizens and immigrants) between ages 18 and 26 have to sign up for the Selective Service and if drafted have to serve in the … [Read more...] about Mandatory Citizen Responsibilities
Cartoon: Cruz for Prez
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Netanyahu Can’t Walk Back His Election Rhetoric
Netanyahu Can’t Walk Back His Election Rhetoric When new Israeli elections were announced in December 2014, Benjamin Netanyahu was confident of victory. The campaign proved to be a very rocky road, but in the end, he and his Likud party survived a significant scare from Isaac Herzog’s Zionist Union—and against the predictions of all pre-election polling, Netanyahu secured a … [Read more...] about Netanyahu Can’t Walk Back His Election Rhetoric
How to block a bad deal with Iran (Guest Voice)
How to block a bad deal with Iran by Michael Gerson Washington Post Writers Group Columnist WASHINGTON -- It is the common temptation of Republicans and Democrats to support a strong executive when it does things they like, and to condemn it when it does things they don't. There is, however, a group of committed institutionalists that has gathered around the Bipartisan … [Read more...] about How to block a bad deal with Iran (Guest Voice)
Cartoon: Campaign Sktetchbook – Ted Cruz Declares
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The Morality Police
[icopyright one button toolbar] In Saudi Arabia, the Mutaween are 3,500 public officials and thousands of volunteers who work for the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. They are responsible for enforcing strict religious laws. Among the many laws are those that require all women to wear head scarves and black gowns when in public. The … [Read more...] about The Morality Police
Donald Trump Goes Birther on Ted Cruz: “You’re Supposed to be Born in This Country”
[icopyright one button toolbar] Donald Trump goes all birther on Canadian-born GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Trump said Cruz has "an additional hurdle" to overcome and that "you're supposed to be born in this country" to run for president. Um, he wasted no time.... The reality television host, real estate magnate, and serial almost-presidential candidate who … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Goes Birther on Ted Cruz: “You’re Supposed to be Born in This Country”
Berlin Must Reveal U.S. ‘Blackmail’ Over Snowden Asylum (La Jornada, Mexico)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Over the weekend it was reported that German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, when pressed by journalist Glenn Greenwald as to why Germany didn't offer Edward Snowden political asylum, replied that Washington, 'told us they would stop notifying us of plots and other intelligence matters.' This editorial from Mexico's La Jornada implores Germany … [Read more...] about Berlin Must Reveal U.S. ‘Blackmail’ Over Snowden Asylum (La Jornada, Mexico)
Resuscitating Benghazi
[icopyright one button toolbar] While Republicans and other Clinton haters may be able to milk “E-Mail Gate” for a little while longer, the Benghazi-Gate folks may not be able to make much more political hay out of some 300 e-mails from Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail account that were recently turned over to the “permanent” Republican-controlled House Committee rummaging … [Read more...] about Resuscitating Benghazi
SciFi Weekend: Arrow; The Flash; The Americans; Community; Two SHIELDs; Victorian Sherlock; X-Files Closer To Returning; Sleepy Hollow Renewed; True Detective Hires Porn Stars
[icopyright one button toolbar] Arrow and The Flash returned on CW (now the leading genre network), along with the premiere of iZombie. We don't know all that much more about where they are heading with Ra's al Ghul's offer to Oliver other than it will be difficult to refuse. The big surprise of the episode was of the apparent appearance of Shado in the flashback. If this … [Read more...] about SciFi Weekend: Arrow; The Flash; The Americans; Community; Two SHIELDs; Victorian Sherlock; X-Files Closer To Returning; Sleepy Hollow Renewed; True Detective Hires Porn Stars
The Anarcho-GOP (Guest Voice)
The Anarcho-GOP By Tina Dupuy It's no secret the GOP hates Attorney General Eric Holder. If you want to start a fight with your Fox News-o-phile uncle, just say, "The attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus!" as Rep. Louie Gohmert famously did during a House Judiciary hearing on the Boston Bombings in 2013. This was after Holder told the Congressman he … [Read more...] about The Anarcho-GOP (Guest Voice)