10 things you need to know today: April 2, 2013
The Week Connecticut lawmakers agree on strict gun laws, North Korea restarts its nuclear plant, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion 1. CONNECTICUT...
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U.S. military guards move a detainee inside Guantanamo in 2010. Busy day for me today. This will be my only post until later this evening… The Week Obama recommits to closing Gitmo, investigators find...
View Article10 things you need to know today: July 22, 2013
The Week The Duchess of Cambridge goes into labor, a suspected serial killer is arrested in Ohio, and more 1. DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE ENTERS HOSPITAL IN EARLY STAGES OF LABOR The Duchess of Cambridge,...
View ArticleAmazing photos show us why the American transportation network has fallen off...
Daily Kos (Written by an American expat living in the European Union) “Forget the space race. The new arms race is over high-speed trains. China is in negotiations to build a high-speed rail network...
View Article10 things you need to know today: November 3, 2014
The World Trade Center opens for business. (Getty Images/Pool) The Week 1. Netanyahu tries to calm tensions in East Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to diffuse unrest in East...
View ArticleUS accepts Gulf spill cleanup assistance from 12 countries
AFP – The United States will accept offers from 12 foreign countries to help clean up and contain the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said on Tuesday. “The United States will accept...
View ArticleCoulter Suggests Mass Murder As A Way To “Save England From Itself”
Image via Wikipedia This woman is one of the craziest of the crazies. Ann Coulter loves saying outrageous things to: a) get attention and b) sell more books. The problem with her plan is that yes, a...
View ArticlePanetta admits Iran not developing nukes
Okay, so why is the GOP doing all that saber-rattling? Is it to continue the Neocon doctrine of perpetual war? Of course if that were the case who benefits? Contractors and military equipment...
View ArticleTea Party Begs Queen Elizabeth II – Take Us Back Please?
More “sorting out the crazies”… Addicting Info After the election, a wide variety of responses to the complete disconnect between reality and the right-wing blogosphere have emerged. On the popular...
View ArticlePaul Krugman: Europe Is About To Plunge Back Into Right Wing Fascism
Krugman giving a lecture at the German National Library in Frankfurt in 2008. Paul Krugman is no left-wing hack trying to get attention. American economists should take heed to what he has to say…...
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