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Patrick Martin has a point
As noted many times, I'm Catholic. So I'm going to make a point, in the non-stop gasping press surrounding Pope Francis' visit to the US to share something that expresses concern and dismay.Patrick...
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Shocking
NPR reports:Turned off by a slightly smelly fillet of halibut? Don't think that grilled salmon will be any good tomorrow?Such mealtime decisions may seem innocent enough, but when they're made by...
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Why would anyone see The Martian?
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Col Bernie Sanders" takes on e Sanders' lack of diversity in message or support.Another White man struggling with connecting to others?Actor Matt Damon.He already...
View ArticleThe failure Haider al-Abadi
In Iraq, there are now over 500 confirmed cholera cases.And the puppet/leader is in the US claiming victory in the failed Operation Inherent Failure.He's not being asked about the cholera.He's not...
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Again: Where are the jobs?
At what point do the deluded wake up?Apparently never.Barack was sworn in as president in January of 2009.It is now 2015, nearly 2016.And the economic recovery never came.And apparently never will...
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The Barack Economy
The Barack economy (aka the broken economy) is bad news for workers but Big Business is doing rather well. Nick Beams (WSWS) reports: Last Friday, the US Labor Department reported that jobs growth...
View ArticleWho authorized it?
The 2016 presidential campaign is already a joke and it's still 2015.If Donald Trump is the joke of the GOP, Hillary is the joke of the Dems.And she doesn't get that she's a joke.Or that SNL skits...
View ArticleIt's in her nature
Sputnik notes:The son of Muammar Qaddafi was willing to hold peace talks in the midst of the Arab Spring uprising in March 2011, but then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rejected the offer, Fox News...
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The attack on pensions
I've heard of the pensions for every top ten city (population wise) in the US that they aren't sound, that the local governments have spent the money, etc., etc.I've often wondered if that was at the...
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Before the debate . . .
Remember this from Patrick Martin (WSWS):On the eve of Tuesday’s first televised debate among the candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, the two poll leaders, former Secretary of State...
View ArticleThe 'reality' debate
WSWS captures the nonsense that was the fakery of the so-called debate:The Democrats offer populist demagogy of a more “left” character, making a pretense of sympathy and concern over the economic...
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The liar Barack
Glenn Greenwald reaches back into the past to demonstrate what a liar Barack is.Glenn Greenwald RetweetedBarack Obama@BarackObama12 Oct 2012FACT: Romney and Ryan don't have a plan for our troops in...
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What a load of crap
I was going to write about a topic like Afghanistan or Trotsky but instead am focusing on Martin Scorsese or, as I like to think of him, The Great Coward.You may or may not remember when the Academy...
View ArticleAnd that's why I won't vote for Bernie Sanders
Patrick Martin (WSWS) reports: In a television interview Sunday, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders made his most categorical statements yet of his willingness to use military force in...
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Kicking the elderly
At WSWS, Kate Randall reports: The US Congress has only a few weeks to avert double-digit premium hikes that are set to hit 8 million Medicare enrollees next year, and a deal to do so seems...
View ArticleHe's a cyber flasher
I'm not really sure that having Anthony Weiner defend you counts as a good thing.Is this what Cranky Clinton in the White House will mean?Perv Tony Weinie will be wagging it again?Let's be really clear...
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Shrimp Dip in the Kitchen
Wanda e-mailed in a tizzy.Her grandmother used to make a dip for crackers.It had some sort of shrimp in it.She couldn't remember what it was, her mother couldn't, no one could.No problem.When she...
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ObamaCare rates to sky rocket
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Classy Clinton" went up Sunday.The most interesting thing in the news today for me was this:Obamacare customers are facing an average 7.5 percent price increase for...
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Diabetes in Trina's Kitchen (C.I.)
C.I. filling in for Trina.I noted at The Common Ills recently that I had Type II Diabetes.That resulted in a lot of e-mails.I've been meaning to do an entry on what was being asked and commented on but...
View ArticleJoni Mitchell
John Twell of Fact Magazine has a piece on Joni Mitchell which notes:Unpicking the work of Bob Dylan is practically an industry in itself, with whole university courses dedicated to it and untold old...
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