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The crooked Barack
Barack's been caught in yet another lie.Thomas Gaist (WSWS) reports: The overwhelming majority of individuals who have had their emails and other private communications intercepted by the US National...
View ArticleThe man who sold the world
Any David Bowie fans?Of all his songs, my favorite has probably always been "The Man Who Sold The World." If you don't know it, here's a sample of the lyrics:Who knows? not meWe never lost...
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Is Hillary Is 44 correct?
Hillary Is 44 argues ObamaCare will be struck down by the Supreme Court:Many will scoff that the Supreme Court will not rule against ObamaCare and their sturdy evidence is the contortions Chief Justice...
View ArticleEmmy nominees for Outstanding Comedy
The Emmy nominations were announced today.OUTSTANDING COMEDYThe Big Bang TheoryLouieModern FamilyOrange Is the New BlackSilicon ValleyVeepThe award should go to . . .The Big Bang Theory.Modern Family...
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Salad in the Kitchen
Lew and Barbara have a garden rich with many things this summer; however, tomatoes are absent. Those plants just didn't take.But they have two kinds of lettuce, bell peppers, cucumbers, corn on the...
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The spying
Tom Carter (WSWS) offers:Last Thursday, the US Department of Justice quietly announced that it would not launch a criminal investigation following the revelation in March that the Central Intelligence...
View ArticleUkraine
Like Ann, I wanted to note this article on the Ukraine at Workers World that's really worth reading:Dissecting Ukraine’s ‘democracy’: Poroshenko and the neo-NazisBy Victor Shapinov on July 11, 2014...
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Movie recommendation
CBS News notes:Keira Knightley lightens up in "Begin Again"The actress has shifted away from heavy dramas and period costumes for a musical rom-com in which she gets to fake playing a guitarI want to...
View ArticleThose nutroots
This is from Patrick Martin's WSWS report on the latest Netroots nonsense:The Netroots conference is part of the effort by pro-Democratic Party groups, including the trade unions, Move-on.org, Daily...
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More layoffs
The economy never recovered. The White House never focused on jobs. And Andre Damon (WSWS) reports the latest bad news:Software giant Microsoft announced plans to eliminate 18,000 jobs over the next...
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The fake
Elizabeth Warren is one of the great frauds. I did not support her run for the Senate, I think she's one of the worst fakes. She was also a Republican until recently and that doesn't make her a bad...
View ArticleVictoria Grayson
Were I to be a character on ABC's Revenge, I'd want to be Victoria Grayson.Victoria's not a nice person.Sometimes the bad things she does can be tied to helping her children or protecting them (Daniel...
View ArticleBarack
Are we still pretending Barack's a 'good' president?Fortunately, most people have awoken to the fact that he's no better than Bully Boy Bush and possibly even worse. (I'd say much worse.)Niles...
View ArticlePeace is Just a Word
Theme posting tonight. Picking one song we think should have been a classic -- one song from the last ten years.My pick?Stop the worldJust shut it downJust shut it down, just shut it downThere's no...
View ArticleBernie
James Marc Leas (CounterPunch) has some questions:Why did the Senate get this so wrong? Why did Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy allow their names to be used for pro-war propaganda so at variance with...
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Media
People sometimes e-mail about what 'great' thing they saw on MSNBC and how I must have caught it.I do not watch MSNBC.I have no interest in it.William Boardman (Dissident Voice) nails it in the second...
View ArticleFavorite summer dips
The heat of the summer means cool dips are necessary as well as delicious.My two favorites?Salsa (of any kind) kept in the fridge for at least four hours before serving. I also love cold...
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What happens
Patrick Martin has an article worthy of praise:A report issued last week tabulating the results of the first 25 statewide primary elections held in the United States this year found that voter turnout...
View ArticleComic-con?
I don't have to agree with an opinion piece to highlight it. But I do have to feel it wasn't a waste of my time.There hasn't been a lot at Ms. magazine's blog I've wanted to highlight of late.But I...
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The attack on our rights
Ed Hightower has another important article for WSWS. This one opens: Evidence has recently emerged of a widespread practice by prosecutors of reading emails sent by criminal defendants in prison to...
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