Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
249 days without government.
Belgians are marking 249 days without a government Thursday — a figure that they are treating as a world record.Link
Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators.
The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.Link
Lobbyists: meetings off-site to hide them.
Caught between their boss’ anti-lobbyist rhetoric and the reality of governing, President Barack Obama’s aides often steer meetings with lobbyists to a complex just off the White House grounds — and several of the lobbyists involved say they believe the choice of venue is no accident.Link
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
TSA workers on no-eat list.
A restaurant near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is so tired of the way the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been treating their customers that they've actually banned agents from eating at the establishment.Link
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Bid to end Afghan war..........GOP roadblock.
(02-22) 04:00 PST Washington - -- Amid a battle in the House over how to cut billions in spending, liberal Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland joined conservative Republicans Ron Paul of Texas and Walter Jones of North Carolina last week on a bill that could save more than $100 billion a year by ending the war in Afghanistan.Link
Ron Paul's coffers.
The revolution is alive and well. Ron Paul raised more than $700,000 for his PAC in 24 hours during a President's Day money bomb. Paul pioneered the online fundraising technique during his 2008 presidential run, and yesterday's impressive haul shows he still has a significant base of support. LibertyPAC promoted the money bomb with a web video posted on Paul's Facebook page which leads supporters to believe the Texas congressman is leaning toward another run for president. "If we show him enough support, he will announce his official candidacy for 2012," reads the text that appears halfway through the two-minute video.Link
Sunday, February 20, 2011
The solution in Afghanistan: Get out.
No one, it seems, wants to talk about the war in Afghanistan. This week the House debated a budget bill that is touted as reflecting new fiscal restraint, yet borrows tens of billions more for the war.Link
Friday, February 18, 2011
End Afghanistan war.....................
Rep. Barbara Lee joined with two House Republicans to introduce a bill Thursday that they say would end the war in Afghanistan.Link
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A Santorum is gross.........
Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) has a problem: he's eying a run for president, but his name recognition is weak. And Google, as it turns out, isn't really helping his brand image. Enter "Rick Santorum" into a Google search and you should get over half a million results. But two out of the top four are references to a sexual neologism coined as a tribute to Santorum's past denunciations of homosexuality. The neologism? Anal sex.Link
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism.
He may have been hinting to a cheering crowd that he will run again for the Republican presidential nomination—a prospect the crowd found appealing, as Paul won the conference’s straw poll with ten times as many votes as Sarah Palin.Link
Monday, February 14, 2011
‘He’s a warmonger’.
Republican Congressman Ron Paul said Monday his unwavering opposition to war could help him defeat President Barack Obama in a national election.Link
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Ron Paul Runs Away With CPAC Straw Poll.
As expected, Rep. Ron Paul (R., Texas) won the annual straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, an early, though unscientific, indicator of conservative favor as the 2012 presidential campaign cycle kicks into gear. Paul, with a 30 percent plurality, topped numerous high-profile White House contenders. He finished seven points ahead of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who placed second. All other candidates finished with less than ten percent of the vote: former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson snagged six percent, as did Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich won five percent.Link
Friday, February 11, 2011
Ron Paul not a fan of foreign aid.............
Washington (CNN) - Republican Texas Rep. Ron Paul said U.S. investment in Egypt was a "big mistake," partly because he's "not a believer in foreign aid" in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN's "The Situation Room" Friday.Link
Thursday, February 10, 2011
We were serious about ‘read the bill’.
Republican leadership stumbled this week with two bills going down in defeat on the House floor, a highly unusual occurrence in a chamber where the majority rules nearly absolutely and leadership rarely calls votes without knowing in advance they will win.Link
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
For Bernanke, no escaping politics now.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For a Federal Reserve chairman who is worried about politics interfering with monetary policy, Ben Bernanke is taking on some awfully heated political topics. Echoing comments from White House and Treasury officials, Bernanke said last week that if Congress failed to raise the government's borrowing limit, it could force the United States into a "catastrophic" default. He urged lawmakers not to use the debt ceiling as a "bargaining chip" in debates over taxes and spending -- which some Republicans have threatened to do. The Treasury Department has said it may breach the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling as early as April 5 unless it is raised.Link
A Modest $500 Billion Proposal.........
After Republicans swept into office in 1994, Bill Clinton famously said in his State of the Union address that the era of big government was over. Nearly $10 trillion of federal debt later, the era of big government is at its zenith.Link
The Student Loan Swindle................
Alan Nasser is professor emeritus of Political Economy at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. He co-authored "The Student Loan Debt Bubble" along with Kelly Norman, which appeared in CounterPunch.Link
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Israel's neocon supporters................
As Israeli leaders worriedly eye the protests and street battles in neighboring Egypt, they’ve been dismayed to find that the neoconservatives and hawkish Democrats who are usually their most reliable American advocates are cheering for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s fall.Link
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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