Syria's Fuse In a Nutshell
In the interests of general information and clarification, and given the cascading downstream effects of the situation in Syria, I’m linking & throwing my $.02 into the following overview of the...
View ArticleReplace "Syrian" with "Jewish" and we're back to 1939
Originally published in Tikkun DailyAmerican Jews across the United States, repulsed by Republican leaders turning their backs on Syrian refugees fleeing terror, are mobilizing with uncommon unity to...
View ArticleFrench officials say more terror attacks thwarted after overnight raid—2...
French officials say an overnight raid proves France is “at war”:A violent, hours-long operation in a Paris suburb ended Wednesday with two suspected terrorists dead, seven detained, new attacks...
View ArticleThanks to conservation efforts, the 'butterfly highway' saw a ton more...
Earlier this year it came to our attention that since 1990, almost 1 billion monarch butterflies have vanished. That number was 90 percent of previous peaks in monarch populations. In reaction to this...
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Up to 240,000 Women Have Tried to Give Themselves Abortions in Texas Ever since Texas passed HB2 in 2013, the omnibus abortion law at the heart of a pivotal case the Supreme Court will review early...
View ArticleOK, now I'm pissed off
I have studiously avoided any sort of attack on Hillary Clinton in discussing why I support Bernie Sanders. We don’t know yet who our nominee will be and I’d prefer whoever it is to be as strong as...
View ArticleThe rec list belongs at the top of the page
The rec list should be put back at the top of the page above Community Spotlight, in my humble opinion. No offense to Community Spotlight or the small group of people who make those choices, but the...
View ArticleMethane feeds subsea ice mounds off Siberia and may be the step before the...
“Pingos are intensively discussed in the scientific community especially in the context of global climate warming scenarios. They may be the step before the methane blows out.” says Serov.A recent...
View ArticleTrump goes from maybe to 'absolutely' on closing U.S. mosques
Oh, Donald Trump. The only man brave enough to say the things nobody else wants to say because they’re ugly even by the standards of today’s broken American politics:"Nobody wants to say this and...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 11.18: SEIU, Taxes, Texas, and African-American Outreach
Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with coverage of Clinton’s endorsement from SEIU.The New York Times reports:The Service Employees International Union, one of the largest and most politically...
View ArticleHillary Can't Explain Wall Street Ties For A Reason
The exchange is now famous.Bernie calling Hillary out on her Wall-Street-funded campaign, and Hillary responding with a bizarre answer invoking women and 9/11. From the Washington Post transcript,...
View ArticleBernie Sanders to give major address on Democratic Socialism and ISIS tomorrow
x Aides say Sanders's speech on democratic socialism will also contain a section on foreign policy and ISIS....
View ArticleThe Koch brothers have a surveillance program and staff—to spy on liberals
The Koch brothers are really going to have to kick their public relations efforts into high gear now to make the latest revelation about their nefarious efforts to acquire the U.S. system of...
View ArticleGood Grief. I haven't been looking at the US for a few days........
I must admit I have been paying very little attention to American Politics for the last few days. Thankfully, since they more than match some of worst of Europe’s extreme right.I agree with Obama on...
View ArticleObama Torches GOP as Cowards
Speaking to reporters momenta ago in the Philippines, President Obama hammered Republicans demagoguing and demonizing Syrian refugees, saying: "think they're so tough.""At first, they were too scared...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Endorsement Embarrassing for SEIU
Hillary Clinton’s campaign was very excited to get the SEIU endorsement, and SEIU plastered pro-Hillary things all over their Facebook page and Twitter feed. One problem: only that morning, they had...
View ArticleHillary Rodham Clinton for President
I have decided to support former First Lady, US Senator, and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States.This is an affirmative...
View ArticleBNR - 'Bernie Grills The Nominee For FDA Chief' & 'The Significance Of Sanders'
Trading Barbs on Healthcare Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s campaign is accusing Bernie Sanders of socking it to the middle class with his views on health care in what is the first...
View ArticleBernie Gets HUGE NH ***SEIU Local*** Nod, The Revolt Against Inside...
Yesterday, I spoke before a group of Democrats in Reno, Nevada on behalf of Bernie and, at one point, someone asked me about why the biggest labor unions are not choosing to endorse Bernie. My first...
View ArticleHillary News & Views 11.20: American Values and the Challenge to Meet Them
Today's Hillary News & Views previews the moral foundation of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency, as she spoke out for American leadership abroad to fight terrorism, but also at home to stand...
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