Mandela and Snowden Two Heroes In A Dark World
Nelson Mandela For decades after the intrusive CIA fingered Nelson Mandela, the terrorist was imprisoned in South Africa. In spite of his incarceration he never gave up hope. Mandela gained…
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Yes Mildred, The Government Is Spying On You!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Many of you have heard of how the Americans spy on their own citizens. Certainly you have heard about the 29 year old CIA computer…
Marco Rubio Attacks Marco Rubio’s Flawed Immigration Bill
Republican Presidential candidates have a habit of bursting into flames, and Marco Rubio is looking mighty flammable these days. Marco Rubio indicates he won’t vote for own immigration bill without…
Very Little MSM Coverage of the Bloody Protests in Turkey
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We have been hearing about the protests and riots in Turkey. Fortunately the internet, especially ‘Twitter’ provides coverage that has been sparsely covered in the Western MSM…
Marijuana is the New ‘Gay Marriage’ -Bill Maher-Video
Here is Bill Maher’s take on Pot Bill Maher-inhaled At the close of Saturday’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher made the case for legalizing marijuana to be the next big civil…
Dr. James Hansen: Keystone XL, tar sands expansion “can be stopped”
By: Dr. James Hansen Today (May 9, 2013) 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the…
Droning on and On at the NDP Convention…(but no drones, please!)
Tiny socialist caucus raises ruckus at NDP convention Party forces protesting delegates to put away anti-drone banner By Laura Payton, CBC News What a bunch of middle of the road…
Obama tries to regain the narrative on the Sequester
When Obama decided to give back 5% of his salary to the Treasury, he made a political move not done since Herbert Hoover. In so doing, he undoubtedly aims to…
Gay marriage getting closer in States — hopefully
After two days of hearings at the US Supreme Court it’s not for certain whether gays and lesbians will finally win their hard fought for right to marriage equality across…
Alberta Premier Redford’s Desperation Is Showing!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger We have been conned by the Oil & Gas crowd for so long it is often met with resignation. I mean other choices do we…
Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Venus
Some days it feels like the different sides of the US political map really are different species. Today was one of those days. Controversial freshman Republican Senator Ted Cruz got…
Arkansas: Crossing the line of decency
Arkansas has finally gone too far when it comes to women. Really. This is a new forward advance in the war against women and it’s awful. And it’s on abortion.…
Democracy Now on the Death of Hugo Chavez
Take a few minutes to watch and listen to Amy Goodman one of our top alternate journalists as she hosts a panel discussion the death of Hugo Chavez.
Chuck Hagel: Damaged Goods?
The Week perfectly summarizes the GOP’s rationale behind the great Chuck Hagel freakout: Hagel, a former GOP senator, won by the narrowest margin of any defense secretary since the job…
Chuck Hagel: Damaged Goods?
The Week perfectly summarizes the GOP’s rationale behind the great Chuck Hagel freakout: Hagel, a former GOP senator, won by the narrowest margin of any defense secretary since the job…
Jimmy Carter Sets Record Straight About Oscar Winning ‘Argo’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Nice to see many Americans, including Former President Jimmy Carter standing up and telling the real story behind the Canadians major role in free American Hostages through…
two great reads from the new yorker, part 2: jill lepore on political advertising
The current New Yorker stories by Joseph Mitchell has given me an opportunity to post something I’ve been meaning to share for ages. Last September, Jill Lepore unearthed an incredible…
ten years ago today, the world said no to war. say no to obama’s wars, too.
Ten years ago today, my partner and I took the day off work, dressed in many layers of clothing, and joined nearly a million people in the streets of New…
House of Cards – American Style
As an inveterate fan of the original 1989 BBC series “House of Cards” I was highly skeptical that it could be successfully adapted into an American context. It had some…