Iraq
Bill Van Auken (WSWS) covers the fall of Ramadi:Nearly a year after the debacle suffered by US imperialism and the regime it imposed during more than eight bloody years of war and occupation of...
View ArticleStating the obvious
Michael Goodwin (NY Post) states the obvious:More than 17 months before Election Day, Clinton scandals are piling up faster than robberies during a police strike. There is a media feeding frenzy over...
View ArticleAbout those bankers and their slap on the wrist
Andre Damon (WSWS) reports:On Wednesday, five major international banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, America’s largest and third-largest financial institutions, pleaded guilty to felony...
View ArticleAnger in the Kitchen
Do you have someone -- family member or friend -- that you like but they get on your last damn nerve?I'm there now.I have a 23-year-old relative named Joey. He's not the problem.An unnamed relative...
View Articlede Blasio attacks public libraries
Kat's "Kat's Korner: Buffy Sainte-Marie's unwelcome return" went up Monday and so did Isaiah's (above) The World Today Just Nuts "Winning."Meanwhile, NYC's libraries are going under.Robert Fowler...
View ArticleDetroit
We've noted Detroit here (especially the fleecing of it). I saw this at The Common Ills:Detroit Public Television’s/Ch.56 Coverage of the Mackinac Policy Conference Starts TOMORROW The Leaders; The...
View ArticleWhere You Lead?
I always wanted a real home With flowers on the window sillBut if you want to live in New York CityHoney, I swear I willDo you know that song?We're doing theme posts. It's 90s TV show that you most...
View ArticleRemember when Lizz Winstead would slobber over the Emanual brothers?
He led people to believe he'd deliver universal health care.He didn't.He enslaved everyone to Big Insurance.Big Insurance has destroyed American health care.And ObamaCare means that they will continue...
View ArticleBarack's success in Iraq
Bill Van Auken (WSWS) notes:With the US-led air war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) now in its 10th month, the Islamist militia continues to make territorial gains in both countries,...
View ArticleTell us more lies, Barry Van Auken
I usually enjoy Barry Van Auken's writing at WSWS.Not right now.His latest includes:This movement did not exist until the US launched its criminal war of aggression against Iraq in 2003, killing...
View ArticleShe's back
Even I know the songs of Janet Jackson."If" was one of my favorites and I can remember her as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live performing that and "Throb" (and I may be misremembering but I...
View ArticleMargaret Griffis frequently bothers me
Margaret Griffis writes for Antiwar.com and covers Iraq And I'm glad that she does and glad that "she" does -- second time meaning it's good to see women cover serious topics.But that said, I'm...
View ArticleGilmore Girls
People Magazine reports of The Gilmore Girls: Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino shot down rumors of a Gilmore Girls revival during the beloved show's reunion panel sponsored by Entertainment Weekly at the...
View ArticleWell as long as suck ass Seth Meyers thinks it's funny . . .
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Hillary's Aiders" does what a political cartoon should -- makes a point.Bernie Sanders is pro-rape and thinks he can skirt the issue.Worse yet, assholes like Seth...
View ArticleBad news for you know who
Rut-row, Shaggy -- as Scooby Doo used to say.Things are not looking good for Hillary:“She is not proactively addressing the issues of concern to Americans,” said an Iowa Democrat who, like everyone in...
View ArticleDoing nothing and doing stupid
It's not just that Barack's broken his pre-president pledge on Iraq.It's not only that and the fact that sending more US troops into Iraq goes against what he ran on in 2007 and 2008.It's also that...
View ArticleIraq Tweet
Foreign Policy@ForeignPolicy11h11 hours agoMore bases, more problems? The Pentagon unveils another plan to expand U.S. footprint in Iraqhttp://atfp.co/1f5Y2dt View photo38 retweets20 favoritesThis...
View ArticleMore Ramen and Mac and Cheese
Ramen noodles a new way from Louise.She likes to start a package of Ramen noodles boiling in a pot on the stove with the sauce packet poured in. She chops some green onions (at least two, she says)...
View ArticleWhen will she learn?
That is Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Barack Post-TPA Vote" which debuted Sunday as did Kat's "Kat's Korner: Steve Grand's Perfect Summer Soundtrack."Barack's a lame duck and Clinton's a crank --...
View ArticleGrace of Monaco
It's theme post time.We're all noting something on Netflix we'd recommend.For me, it's the film Grace of Monaco.The royal family objected to the film -- which only makes them idiots.Whether it's true...
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