The Atlantic: "Trump is Right About 9/11, But..."
"he's not asking the right question". Read on below.
View ArticleMayor Emanuel's Minions Eavesdrop on Reporters in City Hall
WHY am I not surprised to learn of this?Just how creepy is it to be conducting an interview of a Chicago alderman in City Hall, and suddenly notice a member of the Mayor’s “press team” standing two...
View Article"Prince Charles Demands Governments End Fossil Fuel Subsidies"
Fossil fuel subsides totalling $500 billion globally must be scrapped to prevent catastrophic climate change, the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group told the COP21 conference today.“It doesn't...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Takes on the War on Drugs
I think this is important for BLM to acknowledge and take on, and also because it’s a reminder to some in Bloggo world who are in denial regarding the Obama administration and congressional democrats...
View ArticleEl Chapo Threatens ISIS - Drug Shipment Destroyed
Why has this “strategy” not been considered by GOP warmongers?You want an army of bloodthirsty, brutal killers to fight and destroy ISIS? Your search is over. Hire Chapo’s army of well trained, well...
View ArticleWhite House Throws in Towel on Dark Money Regulation
For years here I’ve maintained we can forget about getting big money and dark money out of politics— this more or less seals it.The Obama administration has thrown in the towel on cracking down on...
View ArticleAs Predicted; GOP Establishment Doesn't Want Cruz
This is playing out totally as I predicted. When I read a Teh Fear of Cruz diary here, I point out the GOP establishment/smart money do not want him as their nominee. And I point out the smart money is...
View Article"The Sudden Fall of Rahm Emanuel".....
The full title of the New Yorker piece is The Sudden but Well Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel.The New Yorker piece is instructive because it backs up what I and many people here have been writing...
View ArticleWho is the Bigger Tax Scofflaw - Cliven Bundy or U.S. Tech Companies?
I don’t support the efforts or way of thinking of Mr. Bundy, his sons, or any of his pathetic supporters.But perspective, folks, perspective.Yes, the Bundy’s can be called moochers. Mr. Bundy has not...
View Article538: Des Moines Register Endorsement "not a Game Changer".
Nate Silver points out the recent endorsement of Hillary and Marco Rubio by the Des Moines Register doesn’t mean all that much.And we all know what happened when the Register endorsed Hillary in...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd Nails It: Hillary's Establishment Problem
Hillary’s dancing around her authenticity problem and her nonsensical claim regarding taking big donations from big cretinous companies like Goldman Sachs is getting funnier and funnier. and this is...
View ArticleFord to Create 3,800 New Jobs - In Mexico. Thanks NAFTA!
Here’s what Ford via NAFTA does for U.S. workers in the auto industry: Engines for the popular Ford F-150 Truck (selling like hotcakes again) and other vehicles are manufactured in Mexico using cheap,...
View ArticleRep. John Lewis "There's no Free Lunch" (Except for Corporations).
In a rather bizarre and desperate turn of events, revered civil rights leader John Lewis is using GOP talking points like “There’s no free stuff!! to criticize Bernie Sanders’ advocacy of free college...
View ArticlePROBLEM: Obama's Nominee to Head the FDA
With all of the hysteria over Trumpf, Bernie, and Hillary this past week, many people “forgot” the Senate was doing business as usual, with Bernie providing one of the few voices of protest.It is hard...
View ArticleKumbaya Kasich: WHAT is he Selling?
Kasich’s “Let’s just help our neighbors and give them hugs and stuff like good Christian folks” is fine, but it’s got little to nothing to do with effectively running the U.S. government for the...
View ArticleWHAT Senate Races are Democrats Going to Win?
Oh yeah— those down ticket races that are barely discussed here.According to The Hill these are the ten GOP seats “likely” to flip to the democrats running. Here’s one:1. Illinois Kirk easily emerged...
View Article"In Theory, Everyone Could Become a Yuppie". Thomas Frank's New Book:...
Mr. Frank who brought us the incredible _What’s the Matter with Kansas?_ and _The Wrecking Crew_ has now finally turned his learned, capable lens on the Democratic Party. I’ve been waiting for this for...
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