Cop Culture Does NOT Supercede Our Nation's Culture
But that's apparently where we are now, and it's a big problem.
View ArticleThe Pathetic, Dangerous Rhetoric of Giuilani, Pataki, etc.
"The presentation of one's own interpretation as objective truth is traditionally known as 'preaching'".Bettina Stangneth "Eichmann Before Jerusalem; the Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer".I'm not...
View Article2015: The Gun Insanity Continues
NEW RULE for 2015: Armed and dangerous people do not have more rights than you or me.all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these...
View ArticleJohn Podesta Under Consideration by HRC
to Chair her campaign effort.The corporautocracy door revolves again--File this under: one more reason I can't support her.
View ArticleSalon: Dump Current Democratic Leadership
The Salon article title:"It’s time for a revolution: Bankrupt policies, historic losses call for new generation of leaders"....is a bit much in terms of the word "revolution"; but the main points make...
View ArticleIt's All "Clear" Now; Obama Admin. Unveils "Strategic Patience"
I'm not kidding.... More below.
View ArticleCHOOSE One: Austerity or Prosperity
"AUSTERITY IS A CANARD".But then-- most of you already knew this. More below from Brown University's Mark Blyth.
View ArticlePapa John's Franchisee Busted for Wage Theft
wow.. what a surprise.I guess this particular franchisee believes in a very different type of "FREE" market....The fact QSR workers are expected to work for FREE is an epic fail. More proof of how...
View ArticleAtt'y General Holder's BOGUS Reaction to Ferguson Report
Holder: "I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!! To learn that blatant profiling of black people is going on in Ferguson, MO!"HUH??
View ArticleOops! Pentagon "Lost Track" of $500 Million Worth of Weapons in Yemen
Errrrr... I'm supposed to believe this nonsense?
View ArticleI, & Millions of Democratic Voters are a "Purist"
Seriously, this is what it's come to here??
View ArticleStudy: Our Imbalanced Senate Causes Wealth Inequity
For years here, many of us have pointed out our House of Lords, errrr Senate being stacked with millionaires is a big problem on regard to financial policy-- Now we have some proof; Learn about the...
View ArticleHillary's Brand Recognition Problem
Subtitled: The Myth of Political Advertising.It appears Hillary Clinton has a serious brand recognition problem: today she walked into a Chipotle Restaurant in Ohio... and nobody recognized her.????
View ArticleAFL - CIO Throws Gauntlet Down Today
Hillary's job may have just gotten much harder.More below.
View ArticleObama's Totally Bogus Rationale for TPP
The President has to really be kidding us with this one:
View ArticleRothstein on NPR: "We have government sponsored segregation"
in our cities".NPR this morning finally gave us some useful information regarding our race/poverty problem with their interview of Richard Rothstein of the Economic Policy Institute by NPR Morning...
View ArticleSTOP Trying to Make the GOP Look Bad
... and START making the democratic party look good to progressive voters, Labor, etc..Any ideas on how to make that happen?
View ArticlePsst, Buddy, Wanna Buy a Toll Road?
REAL Cheap??What a little toll road actually worth?More below the orange highway cone.
View Article"The Free Market is for Saps". Noam Chomsky
Chomsky said this, what? Fifteen years ago?But it's more profound now that we have another "trade deal" being rammed down our throats.
View ArticleCaitlyn and the Duggars are the "Real News", Not Politics
Thus further reinforcing my take: whomever occupies the White House, and whomever is running for the Office don't really matter much to the voters.
View ArticleChicago Police Dept. "Listening Tour", But You're Not Invited
Chicago Police Superintendent McCarthy really, really wants to know "what they are doing wrong", and has begun a "listening tour" to listen to Chicago citizens. Very good. except the schedule of the...
View ArticleIf Pelosi/Democrats Don't Horsetrade on Trade Deal
Finally Ms. Pelosi grows a spine... Maybe.More below.
View ArticleSolar Thermal Plant in CA Not Delivering per Plan
"The $2.2 Billion dollar Ivanpah solar thermal power plant in the Mojave Desert in California is delivering just 40% of expected electricity".More below the solar mirror.
View ArticleAmnesty International: "All 50 States Fail Global Use of Force Standards"
No big surprise here.The surprise (not) is the deadbeats in Congress refuse to do anything about this.
View ArticleTom Frank: "How Liberal Apologists" Help Set the Bar Low
Here's one reason why I'm not expecting big things from Hillary's economics vision speech tomorrow; bcause too many liberals don't believe anything big can be accomplished.And the liberal punditry...
View ArticleIllinois State Debt vs. Chicago Incarceration Rate
Because Chicago Mayor Emanuel and Illinois state "political leaders" prefer to keep their heads in the sand regarding how much money they are wasting on the failed war on drugs and incarceration, the...
View ArticleDunce Indiana Cops Just Made Chief Keef Famous
For the same reason expressed by activist Chicago priest Phleger, I'm no fan of Keef's lyrics... but Helloooooo?First Amendment Rights??
View ArticleThe Failure of Neoliberal Environmentalism
From Today's Salon:Establishment Dems are trying to take climate action while still satisfying corporate interests. That won't work.
View Article"How the Original Insult War with The Donald Was Waged"
Turns out the hilarious Spy magazine, published in the late 1980's and early 1990's, frequently took Trump to task-- and pulled no punches.Perhaps Jeb! can learn something from this?More below the...
View ArticleFAIL: Pope Francis Sides w/ Kim Davis
I'm not surprised the Pope dropped at least two bombs during his return flight to Italy.
View ArticleUpdate: Vatican Confirms the Pope Met With, and Thanked Kim Davis
The Vatican on Wednesday confirmed that controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis met with Pope Francis on Thursday during his U.S. visit. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said he would...
View ArticleSens. Blumenthal & Murphy Introduce Background Check Law
October 2 - This morning at the Hartford Legislative Office Building, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced new legislation that would bar gun...
View ArticleThreat Assessment: How Communities Are Working to Stop Rampage Killings
"Inside the Race to Stop the Next Mass Shooter" is a great article in Mother Jones. I urge everyone to read it; there is hope for this horrible problem.Mass murder is not an impulsive crime—and therein...
View ArticleThe 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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