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Archive for May, 2016
May 10th, 2016 - 12:48 pm § in Misc.
Happy Confederate Memorial Day: South Carolina’s Celebration of Whiter Man’s Burden
“the black man’s friend” On This Day South Carolina Celebrates the Death of Stonewall Jackson. Jackson neither apologized for nor spoke in favor of the practice of slavery. He probably opposed the institution. Yet in his mind the Creator had sanctioned slavery, and man had no moral[...]
May 10th, 2016 - 9:50 am § in Misc.
How American Politics Works
Budweiser rebrands as ‘America’ in lead-up to US election Beer cans and bottles will be renamed ‘America’ until November, with lyrics to Woody Guthrie’s This Land is Your Land also appearing THEGUARDIAN.COM|BY SAM THIELMAN[...]
May 10th, 2016 - 8:44 am § in Misc.
Hillary’s Real Problem: Turning Competence Into Passion
Laura Ruderman FACEBOOK Let me say at the outset that i am NOT a Bernie or Bust person. I will vote for Hillary in the general election if she is the Democratic nominee, which she most certainly will be. That said, I think this clip perfectly encapsulates what we see going on in politics today [...]
May 10th, 2016 - 8:38 am § in Misc.
On Buchenwald and Hypocrisy by Bill Quick
Bill Quick on Buchenwald I have asked Stephen Schwartz to remove this vile and hate-filled commentary from his website but instead he adds additional lies and invective. Sorry to have to post this on my Facebook page, but I’ve simply had it with my babbling and bothersome brother-in-law. If p[...]
May 10th, 2016 - 1:40 am § in Misc.
North Korea Signals Turn to the West!
Kim appears in a tie while … North Korea Says It Will Expand Its Nuclear Program and North Korea Expels BBC Journalist Over Coverage Of North Korean Leader[...]
May 10th, 2016 - 1:37 am § in Misc.
Campaign Economics .. an honest comment by Robert Reich
Greg Mankiw, a conservative economist at Harvard, lists (in the article linked through the cartoon) what he considers presidential campaign myths. He’s right about two of them, partly correct about two, and wrong about two. Here are the so-called “myths” Mankiw lists, along with [...]
May 9th, 2016 - 10:48 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
TRUMPISM: If Duterte is the winner, then the Philippines is in truly big s—-!
Phillipines’ Presumptive President , Duterte, Speaks With a Trumpian Tenor – filled with curses and gutter language. I am closely monitoring developments. The country will be in very deep s— if Duterte is indeed the new President! And his high poll ratings is an[...]
Has Obama Failed?
The Obama presidency has been harmed by many things. Some of these are the horrible heritage of a bungled, four trillion dollar war left behind by George Bush and others come from the disgusting racism encouraged by the Republican Party. Beyond all that, however, there is another issue. That issue [...]