What did we ever do before the Innertubes allowed us to instantly figure out when someone was lying to us. Here’s a case in point. Last week, Donald Trump appeared on Fox News and praised Reagan as one of the presidents he admired most. HANNITY: Who are our past presidents that you admire most? TRUMP: […]
If you think the Republican budget proposal written by Paul Ryan was bad — gutting Medicare and giving tax breaks to the rich — consider that it could have been worse. The Republican Study Committee (RSC) wrote an alternative budget that was Ryan on steroids, all but destroying the social contract and giving even larger […]
Obama taught constitutional law in Chicago, and campaigned on making respect for the rule of law one of the cornerstones of his presidency. He also promised to end the excesses of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism and increase government transparency. And yet, his actions say otherwise. His administration has gone after whistleblowers with a […]
Mitt Romney announced today that he taking the first step in a run for the presidency. Interestingly, his announcement came in the form of a video. I think any time he states his positions during the Republican primary, we should examine how they compare to his life-long held positions. Luckily, we have an earlier video […]
When my mother became senile and we took over her finances, we discovered that she had been repeatedly conned by companies whose sole business seemed to be preying on the weaknesses of seniors. One company was pulling money directly out of her checking account for “magazine subscriptions” that were more expensive than if she were […]
The latest showdown between Obama and the Republicans was over an extremely small amount of funding for Planned Parenthood. The Republicans couldn’t help turning it into a red meat issue, screaming that they didn’t want the government paying for abortions. This was, of course, complete and utter nonsense. The government is already prohibited from paying […]
The company that owns the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is Transocean Ltd. You remember, the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year, killing 11 people immediately, spilling 200 million gallons of oil, costing untold amounts of money, killing dolphins and other sea life, and causing major ruin and destruction on the gulf […]
Katrina vanden Heuvel (editor and publisher of The Nation) has a brilliant opinion piece this week that highlights how little regard the mainstream media has for the truth, and the hypocrisy of a country that claims that people should be held accountable for their actions. Here are some quotes: Last Sunday, ABC’S “This Week” turned […]
Glenn Greenwald hits the ironic nail on the head when he points out that the US Justice Department has a double standard for dealing with leaks of classified information. On one hand there is Bradley Manning, rotting in solitary confinement, and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, who some US politicians say should be assassinated. On the […]
You might know the term “Flippin’ the bird”, but I want to call this “Flippin’ the Newt”: Newt Gingrich on March 7, on what he would do in Libya: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military that Gadhafi was gone and that the sooner they switch sides, the more like they […]
Yesterday, John McCain appeared on the CBS morning show and called for arming the rebels in Libya who are fighting against Moammar Gadhafi. But what he really did was dish up a triple helping of hypocrisy and irony. McCain twice called for the ouster of Gadhafi because the Libyan dictator has “American blood on his […]
We keep telling ourselves that the USA is a shining beacon of freedom, and yet, most Americans aren’t being allowed to watch Al Jazeera’s English-language channel on our TVs. Is it because of lack of demand? No — the three cities in the US where Al Jazeera English is broadcast have high viewership numbers. Over […]
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) held hearings yesterday on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response”. We will ignore, for the moment, the question of just what possible good could come from hearings that seem designed to further antagonize and demonize the Muslim community in the US. No, what’s really […]
© August J. Pollak Pena also said that if Riddle’s bill passes without the exception “With things as they are today, her bill will see a large segment of the Texas population in prison.” A spokesperson for Riddle claims that the exception was to avoid “stifling the economic engine” in Texas. Have these people become […]
In this week’s conservative hypocritical moment, likely presidential candidate Mike Huckabee condemned Oscar winner Natalie Portman for “glamourising” her out-of-wedlock pregnancy: One of the things that’s troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, “Hey look, you know, we’re having children, we’re not married, but we’re having […]
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