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John Kerry gets prissy and rude before the Senate (Ava)
Ava here, filling in for Trina tonight. I was at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday morning. I couldn't believe it.Specifically, I couldn't believe how John Kerry, the Secretary...
View ArticleNo accountability at the VA (Ava)
Ava here, filling in for Trina tonight. Today, the House Veterans Affairs Committee had a hearing. The issue was the lack of accountability on the part of the VA.At one point, Committee Chair Jeff...
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Talking post
Make a point to read Ms. magazine's "What Women-Led Movies Can Do for Hollywood" -- it's really worth reading.Thank you to Ava for filling in with:No accountability at the VA (Ava)John Kerry gets...
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Egg Rolls in the Kitchen
My neighbor had an emergency last night. She was having extended family over and she was planning to serve piping hot egg rolls as appetizers.But?Let me give you the Sparks recipe she uses...
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About the token woman in a film
That's Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Hillary's Shoe Response" and I hope you also caught Kat's "Kat's Korner: Do The Beast."I promised I'd be noting Ava and C.I. on Monday and this is from their...
View ArticleThe assault expands beyond Detroit
Andre Damon (WSWS) reports:The American financial elite has launched a sweeping nationwide assault on the pension benefits of US workers in both the public and private sectors.Following the example of...
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Pension and retirement cuts
30 years from now, do you think people will be asking, "Why didn't they pay attention to Detroit?"As the model's reproduced across the country, they may wonder.For now, Jerry White (WSWS) is left to...
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My heart breaks for the workers of Detroit
Jerry White (WSWS) goes over some of the hard realities now facing Detroit as a result of the neoliberal plan to destroy the city:All the principal political actors are being lined up in Detroit to...
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Baked Chicken in the Kitchen
"Trina," Joe'l wrote, "I have leg quarters, endless chicken leg quarters. My grocer had a sale on ten pound bags -- $3.50 a piece -- and I stocked up. Now I don't know what to do. If I fry another...
View ArticleReliable Sources
This is from CNN's Reliable Sources:1. We led Sunday's show with Sharyl Attkisson's story. Attkisson, a veteran CBS News investigative correspondent, resigned in March because she said she was having a...
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White House targets China
Peter Symonds (WSWS) reports: Amid the on-going confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, President Barack Obama arrives in Japan tomorrow on the first leg of a tour of Asia that will also take in South...
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The failure that is Nouri al-Maliki
If you missed it, Iraq still has no budget for 2014.Yes, we are in the fourth month.But thug Nouri al-Maliki has attempted to use the budget to punish political rivals. Nouri is a complete and utter...
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Baez is dead to us
My son Mike wrote about his father's reaction to Joan Baez.It was some time ago that Mike wrote it and I can't find it with Google.But I had an e-mail today from a man who was just appalled that my...
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Pasta salad in the Kitchen
Latrice e-mailed about a problem she'd had. We've all been there. A friend shows up a little before dinner, then another friend shows up. Suddenly, you're expected to fix dinner -- or at least provide...
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A teenage suicide bomber
That's Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"The Little Princess" about a silly fool wasting time on silly topics like the private conversation (possibly illegally recorded) of an 81 y.o. idiot. I hope...
View ArticleYes, I'm ready
"Yes, I'm ready!""So come on . . . Luckie."Laura Nyro is a singer-songwriter who passed away in 1997. 29 years earlier, in 1968, her album Eli & The Thirteenth Confession came out.This was one of...
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I can't believe what my state is wasting money on
John V. Walsh offers depressing news at CounterPunch:Just weeks before Tax Day, April 15, Governor Deval Patrick, Obama’s “close friend,” signed into law a bond bill that dispenses $177 million in...
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Where are the jobs?
Our economy has still not recovered. Andre Damon (WSWS) reports: The US economy grew at an annual rate of just 0.1 percent in the first quarter of this year, according to data released Wednesday by...
View ArticleE-mails in the kitchen
Becky e-mailed about making meat loaf with a roll of breakfast sausage instead of ground turkey or beef. She said she loves it because "breakfast sausage is always significantly cheaper at my Kroger's...
View ArticleThat Awful Economy
Above is Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Hard At Work" and it captures what Barack and the press emphasize the most: All the fluff.Where are the jobs?I ask that often.Turns out, I should be asking:...
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