While polls in Israel show Netanyahu losing ground, the Whitehouse has added to the fire: “It’s an alliance that shouldn’t be turned into a relationship between two political parties. “This is more important than partisan politics. This is about the foundation of an alliance that reflects ou[...]
Archive for January, 2015
January 29th, 2015 - 9:23 pm § in Misc.
Doctor’s license in jeopardy for treating the poor
I didn’t expect to live long enough to see a state medical board take action against a doctor’s license, but it’s finally happened. Mississippi’s medical board has scheduled a hearing this week to consider yanking Dr. Carroll Landrum’s license because they don’t l[...]
Hate group funds GOP junket
The American Family Association, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as a hate group, has paid for an expensive 9-day visit to Israel for 60 members of the Republican National Committee, according to Haaretz, Israeli’s oldest daily newspaper (est. 1918). http://www.haaretz.com[...]
January 29th, 2015 - 7:07 pm § in Uncategorized
Virginia police dog mauls peaceful black female Army Reservist
A 21-year-old Army Reservist and college student was mauled by a police dog early Sunday after police were called to break up a street fight involving a crowd of about three dozen people. London Colvin, 21, who is black, admitted attending a party that turned rowdy but said she wasn’t involve[...]
Economics is too damned hard …
… so we don’t deal with it. (Cartoon poached from Daily Kos)[...]
January 29th, 2015 - 4:28 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
URGENT: Urge Speaker Boehner to Delay Speech by Netanyahu
Call (202) 225-0600. Tell Speaker Boehner: “As a supporter of Israel, I want you to re-issue your invitation for the prime minister of Israel to address Congress for a later date – a date that is after negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have concluded and after elections in Israel[...]
January 29th, 2015 - 2:15 pm § in Misc.
Even Comcast fires rogue employees; why don’t police departments sack rogue cops?
Comcast has one of the worst reputations in American business. It consistently ranks very high on “most hated companies” lists. They’re notorious for stonewalling customers who try to cancel their service. Last week, Comcast made national news when a financially struggling Spokane [...]