Post debate bounce for The Mitt
Seems so. His favourability rating is up and with about 70 million people watching him take President Obama behind the woodshed and whack him, more people know him. If, as…
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Will “Walmart moms” help Obama win?
The Obama campaign is banking on it, and making a lot of withdrawals from its banks to fund TV ads targeted at them, an article in The Atlantic says: Democrats…
Presidential Debate: Reptilian Romney bests Cerebral Obama
In last night’s presidential debate, one man looked presidential; was incisive and decisive; marshaled facts and figures; confronted his opponent; was strongly assertive; beat back every challenge from the other…
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Use Facebook, twitter, email, blogs – whatever it takes. It is about voter fraud in the US – language is a bit rough, but her heart is in the right…
The American right wingnuts can be…
…crazy as batshit. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Gaffe Seekers
How does the Daily Show or Fox News uncover hypocrisy of the political right or left? Do they have employees watching every news channel, every hour, of every day? No,…
Obama’s Second Achilles Heel: Foreign Policy
Obama’s chances of a second term are now under the worst threat since the presidential election started. He faces a triple whammy of attacks on his Administration’s handling of Iran…
The Tragedy of Sept.11 Only Gets Worse
Every September 11 since 2001 has been a day to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks, but it should also be a day to remember the wars. Because just…
Is America Still Capable of Legitimate Democracy?
With an electorate as deeply divided as America’s, it’s not unusual for elections to be decided by a point or two. So what happens if one side disenfranchises nine or…
Great Lakes get More Protection
In a demonstration of the usefulness of having an embassy in another country, Canada and the USA have renewed a pact to protect the Great Lakes. This is a good…
The Essential Mitt Romney
David Brook’s view of The Mitt’s turbulent and troubled youth: He had a pet rock, which ran away from home because it was starved of affection. He bought a mood…
If the GOP and The Chair…
… do the next to impossible and beat President Obama, I will be curious to see the US to Canada emigration data about 12 months later. I wonder if the…
192 billion reasons to fear privatization
Below is a list of the 11 US health corporations on the Fortune 500 list. They had a combined revenue of approximately $192 billion in 2010. They make billions of…
Media Fails Again On Climate Change Coverage During Massive Heat Waves
corporate media ball chain.jpg North America just witnessed the hottest month in the history of record keeping (about 117 years). The month of July shattered every previous record, but was…
FIFA sucks… and so does the IOC…
This is such utter bullshit. Either the fix was in or that ref was just so completely incompetent that it defies imagination. And I know more than a little bit…
One reason why the rich stay that way
Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney ‘Didn’t Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years’, Huffington Post, July 31, 2012 WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has…
London Olympics: 12 Athletes With Very Interesting Names
Names have always facinated me. What do they really mean? Or subtly suggest? If anything. Consider these 12 names carrying the hopes of hundreds of thousands of people around the…
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.…
The Impoverished States of America
Poverty in the United States is set to reach levels not seen since the 1960s. Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families…