A Texas Republican has strung up an “empty chair” from a tree in his front yard. That the chair symbolizes Obama, a la Clint Eastwood, The homeowner was contacted about the gruesome display and responded, “I don’t really give a damn whether it disturbs you or not. You can take
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The Disaffected Lib: Looking Inside Mitt Romney
It may be a bit premature but New York Times columnist Charlie Blow offers an elegant autopsy of Mitt Romney. Romney is trapped by a desperate desire for legitimacy. He is a square — in more ways than one — trying to squeeze himself into the conservative circle of trust.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Victoria Times Colonist Calls "Bulls__t" on Christy Clark.
You Go Girl. No, Seriously, Just Go. The untested, unproven and unbelievable premier of British Columbia is paying dearly for her cracks about her very own legislature. The centre-right Times Colonist is having a field day with Clark and her unfortunate remarks. Pundit Les Leyne volunteered that Clark may have
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Weaver to Run for Greens in Victoria
One of Canada’s top climate scientists, University of Victoria prof Andrew Weaver, is going to run for the Green Party in Victoria in the next election. Finally the Greens will get the scientific credentials muscle that only a guy like Dr. Weaver can offer. With May and Weaver, the Greens
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Crispy Clark’s Sarah Palin Moment
British Columbia’s unelected, unelectable and outgoing premier, Christy Clark, apparently doesn’t like her job any more. She’s beginning to sound like a mid-term Sarah Palin. …Clark says she tries to avoid working at the legislature because there’s “no real people in Victoria” and the “sick culture” is unhealthy. Clark, whose
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Mitt Romney’s Presidential Death Rattle
There are two lines that rolled off Mitt Romney’s lips that he can neither escape nor survive. “All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: They’re Like Junkies, They Really Are
We know that existing, known fossil fuel reserves already on the books of global energy companies are five times greater than the maximum amount of fossil fuel we can consume and hope to remain within the 2C safety mark for global warming. Put another way, four fifths of the known
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: BC Opposition to Pipelines – Solid and Building
A new poll has discovered that British Columbians take bitumen pipelines very, very seriously. In fact, the pipelines come second only to the economy in priority and even ahead of healthcare. “It is very unusual to see a single issue top health care or come so close to tying with
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Look For a Star in the East – FOX News Throws Romney Under a Very Luxurious Bus
Even FOX is losing its patience with Mitt Romney. An editorial takes Romney to pieces for his attack on the 47%, those who don’t pay U.S. income taxes. The governor is wrong to say that the 47% don’t pay income taxes. Sixty-one percent of those people are paying payroll taxes
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Ryan To the Rescue
With a team like Romney-Ryan, it’s no wonder other Republicans facing election in November are becoming alarmed. In the wake of the backroom video of Romney gaffes leaked by Mother Jones, Romney’s vice-presidential sidekick rode to his rescue by, essentially, doubling down on the Romney parasite attack. Representative Paul D.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What Moscow and Beijing Are Reading in Romney
Vlad Putin has expressed his gratitude for Mitt Romney’s candor. It has, Putin says, justified his wariness of dealing with America’s leadership over missile defence systems deployed in Europe. Moscow and Beijing know that Romney has fallen under the guidance of warmongers like John Bolton who recently wrote this delightful
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Romney’s Problem Isn’t What He Says But What He Believes
As David Brooks points out in the New York Times, Mitt Romney has a profoundly flawed belief system. He has a feeble knowledge of the country, its people, its culture. He doesn’t “get” the American social compact. Mitt Romney is an astonishingly shallow man. His ill-considered candor has already alienated
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: NYT’s Brooks Slams "Thurston Howell Romney"
If you’re the Republican presidential candidate and yet you’ve lost New York Times conservative columnist, David Brooks, you’re in serious trouble. Brooks slams Romney’s remarks disparaging half of Americans as, essentially, parasites. Brooks may have just written Romney’s political obituary and it’s wonderful: This comment suggests a few things. First,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Oh Damn! The American Case for an Israeli Attack on Iran.
Asia Times correspondent “Spengler” argues that, for Washington, an Israeli attack on Iran might not be a bad thing. …consider the possibility that all-out regional war is the optimal outcome for American interests. An Israeli strike on Iran that achieved even limited success – a two-year delay in Iran’s nuclear
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Parting Company
Has NATO cried “uncle” in Afghanistan? Apparently reacting to the ongoing spate of “green on blue” killings of Western forces by supposed Afghan allies, NATO has cut back on operations with Afghan forces. The move to curtail joint on-the-ground operations throws the coalition’s military strategy into disarray and could further
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: How Much American Stealth Technology Does China Already Have?
Recent images of two Chinese stealth fighters, the J-20 that appeared almost two years ago and the J-21 that surfaced this past week, have stymied American observers. No one knows how advanced these aircraft may be. They look like carbon copies of America’s top stealth fighter, the F-22 (no, not
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: A Breath of Fresh Air
I know, I know, it is Jesse Ventura, former Navy SEAL, pro-wrestler, state governor… but he does offer up some straight talk on the demise of democracy in his homeland, a nation subverted by its own Supreme Court. “If I lie to my government, I go to jail. If my
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: I’m Pretty Sure
I’m pretty sure, not betting sure but close, that I’m still going to make it out of here before this place of mine gets heavily hit by climate change. “Not betting sure” because there doesn’t seem to be a solid floor of any kind underneath the global warming right now.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sorry, Mr. Mulcair, But That’s a Fail
NDP leader, Tom Mulcair, may have some real qualities but he’s no Jack Layton. Mulcair returned from summer holidays unprepared for the scorch job Harpo and his minions had prepared for him. The big loser, however, wasn’t Mulcair but the Canadian people. The Harpies lambasted Mulcair for supposedly advocating carbon
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Twitt Romney Slams Half of Americans
Well, not quite half. 47% to be precise. That’s the portion of the American public “dependent” on the government according to the Republican presidential embarrassment. Romney says this 47% is so dependent on the dole they’re bound to vote for Barack Obama. Mitt, got a minute? You can’t write off
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