The Palestinians Would Be Foolish To Trust Obama or Netanyahu
There's an old saying that goes "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me". I'm not sure what the appropriate riposte is when you've been scammed…
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Pennies to Clean Energy, Billions to Big Oil — Mainstream Media Missing the Real Story on Solyndra
Solyndra-logo2.jpg The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing yesterday on the ongoing and growing scandal in the wake of the bankruptcy of Solyndra Corporation. Solynd...
Dear Obama: when Rumsfeld says you’ve adopted the ‘Bush Doctrine’, you’re screwed
With friends like this who needs enemies?Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says President Barack Obama has come to accept much of the Bush Doctrine out of necessity, despite what he…
Can Canada’s Conservatives truly become our ‘natural governing party’? Maybe
Prime Minister Stephen Harper tries just to stifle his worst instincts. Warning: Canadian prime ministers may not be exactly as illustrated. If you’re too young to get this, just don’t…
Brand Obama
While I do not usually wade into American politics on this blog, I am going to make a rare exception tonight. The posting will be brief, as the link I…
Gary Don’t. Please, Just Don’t.
by matttbastard I have no clue who I’m going to endorse for the NDP leadership — but I sure as shit know which potential candidate will never, ever receive a…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. - Canada's Prime Minister is openly advocating for the use of soldiers over mere books or arguments as a means of persuasion. Which of…
New Infographic Shows how Keystone Pipelines are ‘Built to Spill’
r-KEYSTONE1-mediumvariable.jpg TransCanada claims their pipelines are the safest in the continent. And the State Department seems inclined to agree having released their Final Environmental Impac...
The Obama Cult Apparently Still Has Some Members…
Over the past few weeks I have posted several articles critical of Barack Obama and his clear-cut progressive fakery. For a brief run-through of some of the things that Obama…
Why isn’t Wall St. in jail? And come to think of it, why isn’t Obama?
I don’t usually repost other people’s writings, but this article is too hard-hitting and important to pass up. If we want to understand better what is wrong with the economy…
The Pottery Barn Rule applies to Libya: We broke it, now we own it…
U.S. Marines board the Barbary Pirates’ gunboat in Tripoli harbour, Feb. 16, 1804, a big night for the United States Marine Corps. Things are more problematic for the United States…
Help make “fauxgressive” a recognized word – and Obama its poster child
Last week I coined the term “fauxgressive” in reference to fake progressives. People like Barack Obama, who embrace a progressive image when it suits them, only to repeatedly jab their…
Talking to political adversaries: Tips on reaching across the aisle
Tips on talking to political adversaries. Moving past politics, partisanship and labels, recognizing corporatism masquerading as progressivism or conservatism, and going straight to the issues.
How Canadians Forced the Republicans to Miss the Bus
The Neocons South of the border, are in a flap ... again.Not satisfied with bringing their country to the brink of collapse with their silly posturing over raising the debt…
Cenk Uygur Vs. Fareed Zakaria on Progressive Dissatisfaction With Obama
In this clip from The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur responds to CNN‘s Fareed Zakaria. Zakaria criticize’s American liberals for their strong dissatisfaction with President Obama, saying among other things that…
Why Obama and Democrats are Less Trustworthy than Bush and Republicans
Why a progressive blogger trusts Republicans more than Democrats and Obama to follow through on their commitments.
Is Obama a Fauxgressive – a Fake Progressive, or Simply a Non-Progressive?
Is Barack Obama a fake progressive (fauxgressive), or simply a non-progressive?
Babylon Burns While I Fish
I'm on a bit of a holiday this week, at a rental cottage up in the Muskokas. It's quiet, the air is clean and the loons are warbling as sun…
The other side of the Obama coin
Tonight Andrew Sullivan offers up a blog item he wrote Friday on "Who is Washington's Most Effective Politician?" as a counter to Drew Westen's big NY Times op-ed today that…
One Good Man
Recently I have despaired that there was such a creature as a wise Republican. But I took note this morning of a piece by Charles Fried in The Daily Beast.…