The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has learned that GOP senators were briefed 2 days earlier on White House plans to overturn the election by declaring a national emergency, the Guardian reported on Saturday, December 11, 2021 (story here). That information is in a PowerPoi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’
January 13th, 2020 - 1:17 am § in America
IS Iran a Democracy? Is the US?
Is the US losing it own claim to be a democracy? Our current ruling party will renominate Donald Trump this year without ever holding a popular election. The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khameini, is the head of a council, more or less like the Pope and his cardinals. Why disparage one and not [...]
January 11th, 2019 - 10:25 pm § in Politics
A Cuban View of America
The United States is an oligarchy, not a democracy The country that presents itself as a universal model of democracy does not meet the basic standards of a system in which the majority makes decisions[...]
January 5th, 2018 - 2:46 pm § in Hypocrisy
Why Kirsten Gillibrand Represents the Worst the Dems Have to Offer
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April 20th, 2017 - 11:41 am § in Hypocrisy
Bernie’s Hypocrisy
Sanders: I don’t consider myself a Democrat “No, I’m an Independent,” Sanders says amid DNC tour. THEHILL.COM Analysis | Bernie Sanders’s strange behavior The “Come Together” tour risks creating divisions, and Sanders isn’t helping with his comments about Jon Osso[...]
February 22nd, 2017 - 12:08 am § in Misc.
Should Biafra Rise Again?
For those clamoring for Biafra, a stupid and unattainable dream, this message is more pragmatic. I will recommend that those who feel marginalized should concentrate their wealth in their geographic region and see how helpful that is. I have travelled across the Nigerian landscape. Most of our agric[...]
November 8th, 2016 - 1:29 am § in Misc.
Democracy Movement Forces Change of PM in South Korea
IN DEFEAT, SKOREAN PRESIDENT TO LET PARLIAMENT CHOOSE HER PMSEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea’s president said Tuesday she will allow parliament to choose her prime minister, a major political concession to growing anger as she scrambles to defuse an escalating influence-peddling sca[...]
October 8th, 2016 - 11:49 am § in Misc.
BREXIT: The Reasons Direct Democracy Fails
Perilous Plebiscites: Brexit Vote Underscores Limits of Direct Democracy – SPIEGEL ONLINE[...]
CHINA vs the US: Is Corporate China the End of History?