toritto: In Defense of 'Hysterical' Lefties
Body: The following is by one of my favorite writers (and human beings) -- toritto!!!Yes. I busted my ass for Obama the first time around.Opened my checkbook, campaigned, knocked on doors. Did...
View ArticleClose Guantanamo Now/Doctors of the Dark Side
Body: As I followed some stone steps leading through a pretty courtyard to the side entrance of the Unitarian Church of All Souls on the upper East side of New York last Thursday, I drew in a serious...
View ArticleCIA Criminality Grounds for Impeachment
Body: It comes as no surprise to at least some citizens that the CIA is an intelligence agency that operates outside US law and defies congressional oversight. Interestingly this week, one of its...
View ArticleRandom 9/11 Conspiracy Thoughts, Anyone?
Body: Paul Craig Roberts"9/11 After 13 years":
View ArticleSaluting Troops w/ Latte OR Dog: Tip of Disrespect Iceberg
Body: Brian J. Foley in “Dissident Thoughts Upon Learning of the ‘Latte Salute’ Scandal” writes:Obama-haters are hopping mad that Obama saluted troops while holding a cup of café latte in his saluting...
View ArticleKiss Iraq Goodbye ... What We Did for Israel!
Body: Gary Leupp has written an enlightening and enraging article entitled “Not Behind Bars, Friends Still in Power, Iraq Destroyed: The Gloating of the Neocons” underscoring how the realpolitik...
View ArticleWise Words on Stupid War by David Swanson
Body: Excerpts from "The World Gets the Wars Americans Deserve" by David Swanson: ... the general impression one gets from traveling around and speaking and answering questions at public events in the...
View ArticleSnipping Myself from 2010 on Torture
Body: I am presently traveling and visiting family out West and was intending to take a December moratorium from blogging. But the issue of the US torture program and the continuing "official" obscene...
View ArticleNot Enuf Ado About US Ignoble Ally Saudi Arabia
Body: Christopher Brauchli in “With Friends Like These... Intolerance, Saudi-Style” chronicles some seriously unpleasant prosecutions from one of the USA’s closest allies, Saudi Arabia:
View ArticleWhy Do So Many US Citizens Enable Our Police State?
Body: I remarked to a coworker the other day about the tragic death of Sandra Bland. She agreed but hastened to add, “That is why I try to stay away from watching the news as much as possible.” Before...
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