By now you’ve probably heard that a politically charged 2-year-long investigation by the GOP-chaired House Intelligence Committee has determined that “there was no intelligence failure, no delay in sending a CIA rescue team, no missed opportunity for a military rescue, and no evidence th[...]
Archive for November, 2014
November 21st, 2014 - 8:20 pm § in Politics
House Benghazi Report Makes GOP’s Talking Points Go POOOF!!!
November 21st, 2014 - 3:58 pm § in America
I’ll Bet She Now Prefers Canada’s Health Insurance To Ours
A pregnant Canadian woman had her baby while visiting the U.S. and got stuck with a $950,000 hospital bill (you read that right). And yes, she bought American health insurance prior to her trip — Blue Cross, to be exact — and yes, they refused to pay. http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/million[...]
November 21st, 2014 - 2:19 pm § in Misc.
Rookie Cop Kills Innocent Citizen; Police Call It ‘Accident’
“Authorities say an unarmed 28-year-old man coming out of his girlfriend’s Brooklyn apartment was fatally shot by a rookie cop in a ‘dimly lit stairwell’ in what was likely an accident. Police Commissioner William Bratton says the officer appears to have fired accidentally. O[...]
CHINA: Hong Kong Umbrellas
CHINA Inc. Winning in Hostile Takeover of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Christian Science Monitor .. abridged )— On the 51st day of Hong Kong’s so-called “Umbrella Movement,” protesters and court officials, working separately and calmly, removed barricades that impeded access to a business towe[...]
November 21st, 2014 - 9:06 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Synagogue Massacre: Palestinian Reaction
It seems BEYOND BELIEF that anyone could celebrate the savage murders at prayer in a synagogue. Yet THAT is exactly what has happened – as Palestinians celebrate the killings and RELISH the death of these innocents. Dancing in the streets as the blood poured along the floor of the Synagogue. The[...]
What is a Reprican?
The Republican Radicals, the Repricans, can not be thought of as part of the US system of two parties with a shared commitment to the common American goal of opportunity for all citizens under a representative government. The common goal of the Repricans is to destroy that system ….�[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 4:55 pm § in The Ave Scene
Sawantism
reposted from Facebook Mike James I don’t know if Socialist Kshama Sawant will be re-elected next year, or which of the 7 new city council districts she may or may not represent, but I’d guess an important question in that campaign would be “what is the work/what are the expectatio[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 4:15 pm § in Misc.
A $500 Fine For Murder
On Monday, an Atlanta judge fined a 70-year-old homeowner $500 and gave him 1 year of probation for killing a young foreign exchange student who drove into his driveway by mistake. Rodrigo Diaz, 22, from Colombia, was killed on Jan. 26, 2013, while picking up friends for a skating party. His intende[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 10:59 am § in Politics
GOP Senator Expects Conservatives To Riot Against Immigration Order
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) warned today that President Obama’s executive order on immigration could spark violent riots. “The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it’s going to be a very serious situation,[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 9:37 am § in America
BREAKING NEWS? What News?
ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX have all indicated they won’t break their planned programming to cover Obama’s 8 p.m. ET speech. CNN’s Brian Stelter first reported that ABC, NBC and CBS were opting out, and an official with FOX confirmed the same with The Hill.[...]