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Is Hillary hiding something?
WASHINGTON -- The Hillary Clinton email controversy is a reminder of one inescapable fact: She comes with baggage. Not the kind that fits in the overhead bin, either. I'm talking steamer trunks. How could anyone serve four years as secretary of state with no official email account, instead conducting business from a private address with its own domain and server? The … [Read more...] about Is Hillary hiding something?
GOP’s Letter to Iran Flirts with Treason (Guest Voice)
GOP's Letter to Iran Flirts with Treason By Dick Polman Let me put this as charitably as I possibly can: The open letter to Iran's ruling mullahs, authored by Tom Cotton, a Senate Republican freshman with zero national security credentials, and signed by 46 party colleagues, is a pathetic partisan stunt that tramples on presidential turf and betrays two centuries of … [Read more...] about GOP’s Letter to Iran Flirts with Treason (Guest Voice)
Cartoon: Republicans’ Letter to Iran
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Hillary Clinton Says Using Personal Email Was Easier Than Two Phones
Hillary Clinton Says Using Personal Email Was Easier Than Two Phones Updated | Hillary Clinton responded Tuesday to recent criticism over her use of a personal email server while secretary of state, saying she did so “as a matter of convenience.” “Looking back, it would have been better to use two separate emails and two separate phones,” Clinton said, speaking at a press … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton Says Using Personal Email Was Easier Than Two Phones
Cartoon: Frat Life
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Don’t blame just religion for extremist violence—UN expert
[icopyright one button toolbar] Religion is just a mask some extremists use to justify violence that has many other causes, according to a United Nations human rights expert. Violence committed in the name of religion does not simply ‘erupt’, but stems from interrelated drivers that provide the fertile ground for hatred, said Heiner Bielefeldt, rapporteur of the UN … [Read more...] about Don’t blame just religion for extremist violence—UN expert
Clinton Email Scandal Remains In The News But Top GOP Candidates Are Having Similar Problems
[icopyright one button toolbar] As recently as last week the conventional wisdom was that Hillary Clinton’s election was as inevitable as anything could possibly be in American politics. While she remains the frontrunner, the only ones now calling her nomination and election inevitable are partisan Democrats and Clintonistas who are burying their heads in the sand as to how … [Read more...] about Clinton Email Scandal Remains In The News But Top GOP Candidates Are Having Similar Problems
Defending Treason
[icopyright one button toolbar] Today, the Right Wing blogosphere, responding in their classic school-yard bully manner, defended the indefensible breach of American political tradition dating back to the John Adams Administration: A war of Obama's making Byron York / Washington Examiner The White House and some Democrats are livid over congressional Republican … [Read more...] about Defending Treason
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Bill O’Reilly Seasoned War Correspondent
Bill O'Reilly: Seasoned War Correspondent by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --Journalist Says He Can Prove Bill O'Reilly Wasn't Present At JFK-Related Suicide --New Questions Emerge About Bill O’Reilly’s JFK Reporting --Bill O’Reilly’s sick pathology: Why his systematic lying is even worse than reported --Ex-Fox Newser tells CNN that O’Reilly has ‘lied so many … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Bill O’Reilly Seasoned War Correspondent
Oswald Biographer Casts More Doubt On Bill O’Reilly
A veteran journalist is casting further doubt on Bill O’Reilly’s claim that he was an ear-witness to the 1977 suicide of George de Mohrenschildt, an associate of Lee Harvey Oswald’s who was investigated after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Writing in Newsweek Monday, Edward Jay Epstein, an investigative journalist, said the Fox News personality… … [Read more...] about Oswald Biographer Casts More Doubt On Bill O’Reilly
Will Clinton turn out to have been the weakest — least desirable — candidate?
[icopyright one button toolbar] Will Clinton turn out to have been the weakest -- least desirable -- candidate? I think she could well be. The Washington Post's Dana Milbank cruised a meeting of the International Association of Firefighters a few days ago in the capitol, and he encountered 10 Democratic candidates, not including Hillary Clinton who was, um, busy. … [Read more...] about Will Clinton turn out to have been the weakest — least desirable — candidate?
Frat’s Racist Incidents Extend Beyond University Of Oklahoma
The recent reciting of a racist chant by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma -- which led to outrage and spawned the hashtag #SAEHatesMe on Twitter -- isn’t the first incident of allegedly racist behavior linked to the fraternity. In February 2013, SAE members at Washington University in St. Louis… … [Read more...] about Frat’s Racist Incidents Extend Beyond University Of Oklahoma
Cartoon: Fox News
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BREAKING: Iran Foreign Minister Dismisses GOP Senators’ Unprecedented Letter as a “Propaganda Ploy”
[icopyright one button toolbar] Iran's foreign Minister has responded to the letter written by a huge chunk of Republican Senators that's seen by many as a transparent attempt to sandbag the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran. The letter in essence says that even if an agreement is reached Barack Obama won't be President forever so any agreement may prove to be … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Iran Foreign Minister Dismisses GOP Senators’ Unprecedented Letter as a “Propaganda Ploy”
UNPRECEDENTED: GOP’s letter to Iran aims to subvert nuclear talks, White House says
GOP letter to Iran aims to subvert nuclear talks, White House says WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday accused Senate Republicans of trying to undermine nuclear talks with Iran by writing an open letter to that country's leadership asserting that any deal without congressional approval "is a mere executive agreement" that won't last. Forty-seven Republican senators … [Read more...] about UNPRECEDENTED: GOP’s letter to Iran aims to subvert nuclear talks, White House says
Austin, Texas, Honors a Distinguished Citizen (Update)
[icopyright one button toolbar] Update: At a Memorial gathering for Jack Robinson last year, guests were given small envelopes printed with Jack’s likeness and containing his favorite Texas wildflower seeds. A colleague and good friend of Jack just sent me some photos of his grandson, almost-five-year-old Cameron Austin, planting “some JWR wildflowers” at the Enchanted … [Read more...] about Austin, Texas, Honors a Distinguished Citizen (Update)
Why a Higher Minimum Wage Is a Matter of Human Dignity
[icopyright one button toolbar] Let me suggest something radical: The purpose of the Federal government is to safeguard the safety and dignity of its citizens. Surely this is something that both of our major political parties can agree on? Once upon a time I’d have said that it’s only our approach to this issue that differs from party to party, but I’m not convinced of … [Read more...] about Why a Higher Minimum Wage Is a Matter of Human Dignity
SciFi Weekend: Orphan Black; DC vs. Marvel Movies; SHIELD; Why You Should Watch The Americans; Big Bang Theory On Leonard Nimoy; The Last Man On Earth; The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; House of Cards and Hillary Clinton
[icopyright one button toolbar] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Vhk6rb-Gc The Orphan Black Season 3 trailer is above. Following is the official season synopsis for the third season, which starts April 18: No sooner has Sarah caught her breath after a stealthy escape from DYAD and the ruthless clone Rachel (Maslany), she is called upon to face the crazed, captive … [Read more...] about SciFi Weekend: Orphan Black; DC vs. Marvel Movies; SHIELD; Why You Should Watch The Americans; Big Bang Theory On Leonard Nimoy; The Last Man On Earth; The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; House of Cards and Hillary Clinton
‘Schadenfreude’ Over the Fall of General Petraeus?
[icopyright one button toolbar] As someone who at one time championed for a fifth Star for Petraeus, it would be pusillanimous of me not to comment on the General's fall from grace. Of course I am disappointed and saddened by what the General is alleged to have done and by the fate that has befallen him, respectively. However, I still admire his military career and I am … [Read more...] about ‘Schadenfreude’ Over the Fall of General Petraeus?