The GOP Refrain: Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi (But Never 9/11)
The House Select Committee on Benghazi will begin in earnest after the November Elections to "find the truth" behind the act of terror that led to the death of four U.S. Department of State personnel. More than a decade later I wonder when the GOP (and the Democrats for that matter) will ask: "What if the Bush White House had taken the CIA briefings seriously?"
Undermining ISIS on Five Fronts- The Emerging Strategy
How to stop ISIS, a group too hardline even for al-Qaida, in control of $3 Billion, 30,000 men and a lot of captured U.S. arms, with minds and hearts focused on the creation of a Sunni Fundamentalist Caliphate, is emerging as a most important topic among world leaders.
Ferguson: Why Does a Mostly Black City Have Mostly White Government & Police?
Ferguson, Missouri, is a majority-black city governed and policed mostly by whites. The mayor is white. The police chief is white. The police force is 94 percent white. Only one of its six city council members is black. Ferguson, with a 67 percent black population, seem to defy electoral logic.
GOP Millionaire Candidate Posed as Homeless & Unemployed in Fresno
GOP candidate for governor of California went to the city of Fresno to spend a week homeless and made this video about his experience. B.S. or commendable?
Boehner Has Clung Desperately to His Gavel: That’s All He’s Got to Show for His Efforts
John Boehner has had one goal during his Speakership: Keep the Speaker's Gavel. That's it. So he did what he had to do to get past last week's Immigration Crisis vote to avoid a vote of confidence on his Speakership.
F’d Up: Even so…Why Western Europe Hesitates in its Sanctioning of Russia
Despite references to Putin as Hitler Reborn and rumblings ala 1939, most European leader remain unwilling to join together and with the United States in sanctioning Russian support for separatist forces
AT LAST! The Sarah Palin Channel……You Betcha!
Sarah Palin Launches Subscription-Based Online Video Channel. With expenses outstripping fundraising the newest venture continues her crusade to live well off of the anger and anxiety of others.
Putin’s Ukrainian Gambit is Really Starting to Hurt the Russian Economy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meddling in Ukraine is starting to cost Russia dearly in financial markets.
Observations from around the globe.
Unsteady about Hillary: Columbia, SC 2007; and today? How ready are you?
In 2007 I was initially all in for Hillary but ended up going with Barack Obama. Hillary's record, policies and style did not wear well with me. Will 2015 be different?
Another Money Making Conspiracy Con by a Right Wing Huckster
In Dineesh D’Souza’s newest (and awful) “psuedo-documentary”, on September 11, 1777 (yeah! 9/11) General George Washington is gunned down by a British assassin and in the next few moments we see the Statue of Liberty and the Faces of Mt. Rushmore crumble like dust into the air