Mitt Romney is outraged that anyone would dare criticize the fairness of his across-the-board 20% tax cut proposal. The criticism is that this would benefit very, very rich people a very, very great deal and poor or middle class Americans far less. In fact the proposal was found to cause a
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The Disaffected Lib: How Does Mitt Dig His Way Out of His Tax Hole?
Senate majority leader Harry Reid says he’s heard that Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes for 10-years. That, according to Reid, could well account for Romney’s refusal to release his tax records. The Twit is under pressure to show that he actually paid up. It’s easily enough done. All Romney has
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: South Asia’s Water Woes
The twin cities of Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, and Rawlapindi are facing the prospect of running out of water. Both cities rely on the Khanpur Dam as their main source of water. An extended heat wave and drought has left the Khanpur reservoir with just a 15-day supply remaining. The Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Let’s Skip the 5th Generation F-35 and Put Our Money on the 6th Generation Option
The F-35 was a good idea that simply kept going downhill. Lockheed was going to build the F-22 stealth fighter and the F-35 stealth light attack bomber. But it was a sucker’s bet on the longevity of stealth technology. And we now know that Israeli and American defense planners have
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Yes There Are Some Things That Should be Left In the Ground
Asbestos is one, that’s a no-brainer. We should not be exporting a product we prohibit from use at home. There’s no moral ambiguity there. Bitumen is another. With climate skeptic Professor Richard Muller’s research so forcefully (and for him, surprisingly) confirming the reality of anthropogenic global warming, the consensus is
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Consensus is Sound. We Have Much to Do.
The conversion of UC Berkley climate skeptic, Professor Richard Muller, to global warming believer has rocked the denialist community. Muller’s project took three years to prove the IPCC wrong and, instead, proved that the UN panel actually understated both the degree of warming and the role man made emissions played
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Enbridge Shut Out Again
Ottawa, Alberta and the rest of Canada want to ram Enbridge down British Columbia’s throat as operator of the environmental calamity they call the Northern Gateway pipeline but the Americans aren’t so indifferent. Following Enbridge’s latest pipeline failure, in Wisconsin, the U.S. transportation secretary has ruled Enbridge won’t be allowed
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: They Bought Manhattan. They Bought Louisiana. They Bought Alasaka. Just a Thought.
What would the Americans give Canada for Alberta? Let’s say everything east of the Rockies to the Saskatchewan border and everything from the north end of the Athabasca tar fields down to the U.S. border. Yep, Edmonton and Calgary are included in the package. And if the Americans didn’t offer
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Ex EnviroMin David Anderson – Northern Gateway Bad but Enbridge Even Worse
Former Liberal Environment Minister David Anderson has slammed both the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal and the would-be pipeline operator, Enbridge. Anderson says the pipeline is not in Canada’s best interests and the proposed operator, Enbridge, is the least trustworthy company to get the job done.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is It Too Late to Bring Back Herman Cain?
The Republicans are obviously stuck with the notion that it takes a business whiz to make a good president of the United States. That’s how they wound up with Mitt the Twit Romney as their presidential nominee. But Mitt, or as Jeremy Clarkson calls him,”the American Borat,” is proving to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Megadrought the New Normal
It’s here – to stay. Let’s call it “megadrought.” And what the States is getting now could be considered, “the wet end of a drier hydroclimate period.” From the oh-so corporatist Globe & Mail. Anyone who weathered the stubborn dry spell that enveloped western North America from 2000 to 2004
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: First Nations Fiercely Reject Northern Gateway
“We’re here to stay. We’ll do anything that we need to, to protect our land and sea.” – Hieltsuk Chief Councilor Marilyn Slett B.C.’s unelected, unelectable and outgoing premier, Christie Clark, may have bitumen dollar signs in her eyes but the province’s First Nations, especially coastal bands, see the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The New York Times – America’s Tar Sands Complicity
An editorial in The New York Times, “Canada’s Oil, the World’s Carbon” stresses that the climate change impacts of Athabasca bitumen trafficking must not be ignored. “…the climate question must be addressed, if only to give a full accounting of the range of consequences of developing the tar sands, an effort
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Climate Change Will Drive Genocide
By 2030, more than half the world’s population will live in areas under “severe water stress.” Unmet demand for food, water and energy, are now seen as reliable indicators of looming genocide or mass killing. “We must remain open to the possibility that the past is not necessarily a predictor
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Prosperity = Cultural Superiority, says Romney
As DailyKos puts it, Mitt Romney couldn’t order a hamburger without insulting the ketchup and the mustard. The Prince of Gaffe was at it again in Israel where he told an Israeli audience that the difference between their per capita GDP, $21,000, and that of Palestinians, a mere $10,000, reflected
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Ya Think?
Dick “go fuck yourself” Cheney says John McCain’s decision in the 2008 campaign to pick Sarah Palin was his vice-presidential running mate was “a mistake.” “I like Governor Palin. I’ve met her. I know her. She – attractive candidate,” Cheney told ABC’s Jonathan Karl. “But based on her background, she’d
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Hey Canada, Do You Really Want to Talk?
Having a conversation with a bitumen booster is like talking to a climate change denier. It’s impossible to have a broad-reaching discussion, covering all the bases. That’s because the Tar Sanders have some bases they want to bypass. They want to narrow the conversation to play into their greatest strengths
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The World Sees Romney Just a Bit Differently Today
It was supposed to be what one Guardian pundit called an “easy date.” He meant Mitt Romney’s visit to Britain, about the friendliest foreign milieu an American presidential aspirant can hope to find. But Mitt blew it. He offended the prime minister, the mayor of London, MI6 and a good
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: If America is Israel’s Best Friend, Why Does Israel Respond with Treachery?
The CIA deems Israel America’s greatest counterintelligence threat in the Middle East. This is America as in Israel’s hands down greatest benefactor and defender. The CIA considers Israel its No. 1 counterintelligence threat in the agency’s Near East Division, the group that oversees spying across the Middle East, according to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sometimes It’s the Hot Button Moments that Smoke Out Scammers
And by scammers I’m referring to the Alberta and Harper governments. When B.C. premier Christie Clark pushed the revenue-sharing hot button in opposing the Northern Gateway pipeline/supertanker proposal, the scammers showed their hand. Oh the country would fall apart, they crowed, if provinces could erect walls against inter-provincial transport of
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