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Americans Continue To Delude Themselves That They'll Be Rich Someday
No, the odds are you're really not going to get very rich, or even moderately rich, although you'll probably go to your deathbed telling yourself you will.The chasm...
View ArticleRobert Reich Hammers TPP As More "Trickle-Down" Economics: "Have We Learned...
Headlines like this really say it all: Republicans push Barack Obama to rally Democrats for TPP vote Yes, the same Party whose economic philosophy led to the meltdown of the economy in 2007-2008 and...
View ArticleHead of Kansas GOP Calls Waitress Who Returned Brownback's Tip "Arrogantly...
If there's one good thing about social media, it's illuminating how much hatred there is in the Republican Party for ordinary Americans, particularly those who question or challenge Republican...
View ArticleA Short and Moving Video About Kids Growing Up Black, From the NYTimes
This 4 minute video is well worth taking the time to watch, from today's New York Times:Imagine strangers crossing the street to avoid you, imagine the police arbitrarily stopping you, imagine knowing...
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The President Issues A New Statement On The Controversial Trade Deal!
The President has issued a statement on the Trade Deal currently pending "fast track" authority in Congress.Last fall, I pledged that I would not submit NAFTA to...
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AP: Rick Scott Is Letting Florida Drown
Republican Governor Rick Scott of FloridaWe all know that elections have consequences. Sometimes those consequences are temporary, easily...
View ArticlePope: God Will Judge Climate Denialists
Pope Francis has warned “the powerful of the Earth” they will answer to God if they fail to protect the environment to ensure the world can feed its population. He's not kidding, either:"We must do...
View ArticleGOP Admits Opposition To Trade Pact Authority is Running 25-1 Against It
Surely the Business Roundtable can do better than this. Or maybe not:Top House Republicans believe the business community is blowing its chance to clinch a trade deal.Unlike unions, they say, Big...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush Did Something Much Worse Than Lie Us Into War
The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons, is rebuilding the facilities to make more and, according to the British government, could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little...
View ArticleWikileaks Offers a $100,000 Bounty for the Text of the TPP
It's come to this:WikiLeaks is offering $100,000 for the text of President Obama's trans-Pacific trade deal. The transparency organization released a video on Tuesday asking for donations to...
View ArticleDamn: A sobering note from Finland about America's role in all of this
Published tonight by Josh Marshall forTalking Points Memo, an accusation and a plea.Translated into rough English, from a Finnish TPM member who believes that the U.S. has yet to come to terms with the...
View ArticleHow President Biden and NATO succeed in getting under Vladimir Putin's skin
The Biden administration and NATO have shown remarkable unanimity on one singular piece of phrasing in response to Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine:President Biden, Feb. 24:As I made crystal...
View ArticleThe insurrection of Jan. 6 gave Putin all the motivation he needed to attack...
At this point the staggering miscalculation shown by Vladimir Putin in invading Ukraine is fairly obvious to everyone (except perhaps to Putin himself). He expected a quick victory over Ukraine’s armed...
View ArticleAfter sustaining heavy losses, Russian soldiers attack commander by running...
This appears to be a credible story.As reported by Liz Sly for the Washington Post:Russian soldiers have attacked and injured their commanding officer after their brigade suffered heavy losses in the...
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: 3/26/22 ~ Money For Nothing
During the COVID-19 pandemic we’ve all been exposed to more social isolation than most of us have ever experienced at any other time in our lives. But some societies experienced this even more acutely...
View ArticleThat seven and a half-hour gap when the Capitol was under attack shows Trump...
What kind of “president” immediately reaches for a private, unofficial phone when the U.S. Capitol is under violent assault and he feels the need to keep up to speed? David Frum, writing for the...
View ArticleRussia's most prominent state propagandist apparently agrees that Tulsi...
During the course of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country’s state-controlled propaganda networks have relied heavily on translated television clips depicting pro-Russia statements by American...
View ArticleReports of Russian atrocities are getting worse. What responsibility do the...
As Ukraine’s forces gradually liberate those areas previously controlled by Russia in the early stages of the invasion, the newly discovered, bestial acts of Russian soldiers are now approaching Khmer...
View ArticleThe D.C. Gridiron Dinner last Saturday was a superspreader event
Washington, D.C.’s chummy annual Gridiron Club Dinner occurred last Saturday. There were some truly catchy one-liners, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. But one secretive A-lister, no doubt...
View ArticleAnita Hill reminds us why we should not forget how Ketanji Brown Jackson was...
In the post-Trump era, it seems like nothing can really shock Americans anymore. That is why Republican senators like Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Marsha Blackburn felt they could vomit up and spew...
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