Illegal Arms Trade
The civilized world is attempting to address the huge problem of the illegal weapons market (with strong support from Sec. of State Hillary Clinton). The Guardian reported a couple weeks ago:One of...
View Article"Who are these people?"
I just finished reading Battle for America 2008 by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. (anyone else read this yet?) The authors briefly touch upon The Obama's campaign questionable caucus strategies and...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Hillary Effect
cited for increase in female ambassadors to and from U.S. (from Washington Post):http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/10/AR2010011002731.html?hpid=topnews quick quote: "More...
View ArticleShort Multiple Choice
Who made these statements today?"Instead of back room deals, we're talking about transparency.""I just went to the gym, I had a nice workout." A) Hillary ClintonB) Martha CoakleyC) Barack ObamaD)...
View ArticleGranny D Responds to Supreme Court
January 21, 2010 statement from Doris “Granny D” Haddock in response to the Supreme Court’s decision today to overturn campaign finance limits: Ten years ago, I walked from California to...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs for President? or CNOOC?
"The danger of foreign loot loading into U.S. campaigns, not much noted in the media chat about the Citizens case, was the first concern raised by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who asked about opening...
View Article"Newsflash: Social Security
is not contributing to the deficit. It has a surplus, and it isn't going broke."I have too much "on the ground" work right now and don't have time to write up blogs myself, so am just passing along...
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"Terror Suspects Buying Guns -- And FBI Can't Stop Them"
It's amazing but true: we can prevent terror suspects from boarding an airplane, but the FBI doesn't have the power to block them from buying dynamite or an AK-47. I believe strongly that they should....
View ArticleOpen Thread: Feminist Eggs
Anyone catch this post by Amy Siskind? ("Why are Democratic women moving backwards?)Feminist Eggs Come Home to Roost:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-siskind/post_773_b_699950.html ShareThis
View ArticleIt's the Economy
I heard on the news that bank robberies are up 10%; and then there's this: a 76-year-old man experiencing "rough times" caught stealing groceries. Rough times, indeed. According to USDA data, the...
View ArticleHearings on Home-Grown Terrorism
The House Homeland Security Committee will open hearings into the domestic terror threat. kudos to Rep. King (R, NY):"Rep. Peter King, the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has...
View ArticleTax the Witches!!
One Country's Response to Recession: A Cauldron Bubble From the Financial Times:"Ordinary citizens who lost jobs and savings in the financial collapse are seething at the impunity of those who...
View ArticleHappy Presidents Day
with a quote from Thomas Jefferson: "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid...
View ArticleOpen Thread: How To Recognize a Person
(as opposed to a Corporation):For starters,1. People are created with egg and sperm. 2. People have opposable thumbs. For more tips on how to tell the difference between Corporations and Human...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Commies are Coming!
as shown by this recent confession from one of our own American Communists:My Life as a CommunistBy Bill McKibben Tuesday, March 1, 2011My life as a communist actually began without me knowing it, on...
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Yuck!
cartoon by Nick Anderson: http://www.dnj.com/article/B2/20110328/OPINION03/303280020/Nick-Anderson-YuckYucca, Yucca, Yucca! ShareThis
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Enjoy this story.
Deer stands guard over goose nest in cemeterywww.reuters.comBUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A deer has been standing watch for several days over a female goose nesting in a city cemetery, a scene...
View ArticleJob Market for College Grads
Huff Post has a front-page headline article today on college grads and the difficult job market. (College Grads Scramble for Full-Time Jobs) I wrote a long comment on topic at HP and want to...
View ArticleFDR on Class Warfare
Only desperate men with their backs to the wall would descend so far below the level of decent citizenship as to foster the current pay-envelope campaign against America's working people. Only...
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