Jerry White calls out the unions for their role in the fleecing of Detroit
Jerry White has a must read on the fleecing of Detroit at WSWS:The Detroit bankruptcy case, which will conclude with a federal judge’s November 7 ruling on the city’s restructuring plan, has brought to...
View ArticleHow to dress up Ramen in the Kitchen
Alex writes that she's on a strict budget and eats Ramen "at least once a day, sometimes twice."She wants to know how to dress up Ramen?First off, warning, Ramen noodles contain a lot of sodium.I eat...
View ArticleSometimes WSWS is just garbage
You may remember their war against Katharyn Bigelow or other attacks on women.If you do, you won't be surprised that the questioning of director Roman Polanski resulted in not one but three hysterical...
View ArticleIt's time for Harry Reid to go
Harry Reid has been a failure as Senate Majority Leader.He will not hold that post come January but only because the Republicans have won control of the Senate in today's election.Harry Reid has been a...
View ArticleWhat Patrick Martin said
Patrick Martin (WSWS) nails it:The outcome of the vote is a debacle for the Democratic Party and the Obama administration, which threw in the towel in terms of the House of Representatives months ago...
View ArticleA link
You can read David Walsh's latest at WSWS here.I'll give him credit for calling out Katrina vanden Heuvel but after that nonsense re: Roman Polanski, I'm not rushing to quote him. This is C.I.'s "Iraq...
View ArticleTater Tot Casserole in the Kitchen
Kerri e-mailed about eating tater tot casserole and loving it but wanting a non-meat recipe.Tater tots, for anyone who doesn't know, are little potato tubes. They're basically a potato chopped up and...
View ArticleStevie Nicks
We have done a number of music pieces at Third recently.My brother asked me to highlight one here and I told him I would when it was 'old' (when new content went up).Sunday, new content went up at...
View ArticleGravy in the Kitchen
Marty e-mailed to ask about gravy because he's hosting Thanksgiving at his apartment this year.Brown or white, he wanted to know.I think most people in the US have brown or very light brown gravy at...
View ArticleThe mid-terms
Ava and C.I. wrote the best piece on the elections last week -- see their "TV: The Littlest League on Basic Cable" from Sunday.After them?I'd go with Joseph Kishore (WSWS) who notes:In the week since...
View ArticleMashed Potatoes in the Kitchen
Kyle e-mailed about mashed potatoes -- specifically instant or real?First off, I will not be answering cooking questions the night before Thanksgiving. So get them in now. By the night before, you...
View ArticleCranberries in the Kitchen
Lily Ann's got a Thanksgiving question: What to do re: cranberries?First off, did you know silent movie star William Haines (whose career ended when he refused MGM's order to give up his partner)...
View ArticleDon't forget the Motor City
Zac Corrigan (WSWS) reports on the continued fleecing of Detroit: Over the weekend, Detroit workers continued to voice their opposition to the Detroit bankruptcy plan approved by Judge Stephen Rhodes...
View ArticleKate Randall covers Gruber
ObamaCare is the nightmare we can't seem to collectively wake up from.At some point, the US government is going to have to provide real health care, universal, single-payer. That's not what ObamaCare...
View ArticleIt's a shame the Democrats won't do what's best for veterans
That's Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"The Men of NBC" and this is Ava, filling in for Trina.Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, has sidelined veteran Tim Walz in an attempt to hand deliver the...
View ArticleBarack goes right wing on immigration
Did you have the misfortune of catching Barack's tired song and dance tonight?I haven't been fooled by him for most of his presidency.But immigration is an issue I care a great deal about. And I was...
View ArticleTy Herndon
November 20th, country star Ty Herndon came out and I guess it's a sign of the times that it's all been so low key.That might be due to him in part.He might have sought to keep it low key on his...
View ArticleAfghanistan
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Let's Be Whats!" notes how Nancy Pelosi and Corrine Brown are spitting on veterans.And I'm really appalled that so many outlets are willing to look the other way....
View ArticlePizza for Thanksgiving?
A reader e-mailed saying that his mother passed away last spring and he just found out his siblings are coming to his place for Thanksgiving -- the first without their mother. He states he's not a...
View ArticleUnemployment claims increase
If you missed it, the jobless rate is again climbing. Last week, the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose to 300,000.Tuesday, Senator Chuck Schumer declared the Congress sworn in at...
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