I am no fan of Glenn Greenwald. Whatever one thinks of Snowden, Greenwald’s role in all this seems to be totally about self-promotion. If Greenwald were truly an investigative reporter, as he claims, one would think that such a trove of information would lead to thoughtful further investigat[...]
Posts Tagged ‘radical left’
May 5th, 2014 - 6:23 am § in Misc.
A Progresive Supports Putin
The Radical Left is as Real as the Radical Right, Carol Davidek Waller writes to a Yahoo progressive listserv What is obvious is that the US and it’s EU clients and NOT Russia are the aggressors. While the Russian Federation has removed it’s heavy armaments from its borders, the US/NAT[...]
March 21st, 2014 - 1:44 pm § in Misc.
Paranoia
2013 is the year that proved your ‘paranoid’ friend right from Washington Post Blog (Barton Gellman/The Washington Post) Most people involved in the tech scene have at least one friend who has been warning everyone they know about protecting their digital trail for years — and have watched th[...]
Chomsky on Unionizing Universities
Noam Chomsky Addresses the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers Edited transcript of remarks given by Chomsky via Skype on 4 February 2014 to a gathering of members and allies of the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers in Pittsburgh, PA. The tra[...]
January 30th, 2014 - 10:30 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
How Liberals Foster War War
Scarlett Johansson will no longer be an ambassador to Oxfam, Sky News reported Thursday. This sad news occurred because Oxfam objected to J0hansson doing commercials for SodaStream, an Israeli owned company that operates a factory on the West Bank. Most of Sodastream’s employees are Palestin[...]
January 16th, 2014 - 12:39 pm § in Jews
Radical Right, Radical Jews, Radical Christians Promote War War with Iran
Washington – Senate Majority Support Iran Sanctions Bill Opposed By Obama Washington – More than half of U.S. senators support a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran should the Islamic Republic break an agreement to curb… Read More » I wish Obama had the Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald [...]
November 15th, 2013 - 10:05 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Venezuela jails 100 ‘bourgeois’ businessmen in crackdown
CARACAS, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government has arrested more than 100 “bourgeois” businessmen in a crackdown on alleged price-gouging at hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday. “They are barbaric, t[...]
October 20th, 2013 - 3:31 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The Role of Poverty in The School Board Election
OF COURSE poverty is the problem, but that is all the more reason for charter schools. The tragedy of this years’ Seattle School Board election illustrates the fallacy of those who oppose charter schools. In my District, District 5, we had three candidates. None of these had the credenti[...]
Pepsi Paranoia
Pepsi Lobbying to Keep Diet Soda in Kansas Schools Although Kansas has taken steps to make the content of their school vending machines healthier this year, some of those decisions are in jeopardy now that… read more This is a sad example of left wing rejection of science. Aspartame consis[...]