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U.S. detains orange juice imports over illegal fungicide: (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators detained three shipments of Brazilian orange juice and six from Canada that tested positive for the fungicide carbendazim, which is illegal in the United States. Two other Brazilian juice shipments tested positive for the fungicide,

White House announces investigation of subprime mortgage fraud: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday a new inquiry to investigate fraud in the mortgage-backed securities market, whose billion-dollar implosion helped trigger the global financial crisis. Attorney General Eric Holder will head the working group of 55 lawyers, investigators

Walker insider said to be readying testimony: A former aide to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) will testify against her former colleagues after officials filed charges of illegal campaign activity while working on taxpayer time, local media has learned. Darlene Wink, a 61-year-old former public employee charged

Tony Perkins: Star Wars ‘surrenders to gay empire’: An evangelical leader is calling on his army of followers to take action against a software company for allowing same sex relationships to be represented in a new Star Wars video game. Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council

Park Service: ‘Occupy D.C.’ to be evicted on Monday: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Park Service will bar Occupy DC protesters from camping in the two parks where have been living since October, in a blow to one of the highest-profile chapters of the movement denouncing economic inequality. The

Undocumented students risk deportation to protest Rubio: At an event with tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Friday, activists supporting the idea that undocumented students should be given a path to citizenship were booed and threatened with arrest. “They were threatened with arrest, which for

Ron Paul skips Florida campaigning, targets Nevada, Minnesota, Colorado: By Grace Wyler As Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney sling mud across the Sunshine State, another candidate has been markedly absent from the Florida barnstorming this week. Ron Paul — the libertarian demigod who briefly captured the media’s attention earlier this month — has once

Mayor receives thousands of tacos after racist remark about Latinos: When recently asked about his support for Latino rights, the mayor of East Haven, Connecticut said that he “might have some tacos” for dinner. Little did he know, a local group of activists would be happy to take him up

Mayor receives hundreds of tacos after racist remark about Latinos: When recently asked about his support for Latino rights, the mayor of East Haven, Connecticut said that he “might have some tacos” for dinner. Little did he know, a local group of activists would be happy to take him up

Active duty cop: ‘The war on drugs is a war on people’: Speaking to Raw Story recently, an active duty police officer who asked not to be named threw down the gauntlet over the part of his job he hates most: the drug war. “I did not get in law enforcement to

Ron Paul: ‘The welfare system helps the wealthy’: Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul wants to abolish all income taxes — but he says he’ll have to completely destroy the “welfare system” to do it. During CNN’s Republican debate in Florida on Thursday, moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Paul if

Young Turks: GOP attacks on Newt almost make you feel sorry for him: The Republican establishment is mounting a full court press to try and avert a Newt Gingrich candidacy. In this clip from The Young Turks, host Cenk Uygur gives a run-down of this week’s fusillade of anti-Newt sentiment from right wing

WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks about college costs: President Obama discusses college affordability on the campus of the University of Michigan. The event was scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. ET. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast Jan. 27, 2011. jwplayer(mediaplayer).setup({ flashplayer: http://rawreplaymedia.com/fvp/fvp5.8/player.swf, id: player01, skin: http://rawreplaymedia.com/fvp/fvp5.8/beelden.zip,

Arizona cop investigated over bullet-riddled picture of Obama: The Secret Service is investigating an Arizona police officer over a picture he posted on Facebook that appeared to show President Barack Obama riddled with bullets. Peoria’s Sgt. Pat Shearer admitted to KNXV that he took the photo of several

Colbert: Some might call Newt a ‘sociopathic p*ssyhound’: Politics makes for strange bedfellows, but few could be stranger than thrice-married serial adulterer and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Fox News psychiatrist and moral scold Dr. Keith Ablow. Nonetheless, Ablow’s recent column on Gingrich posits that

Stewart: Gingrich wants to leave earth ‘for a younger planet’: People have accused Newt Gingrich of being grandiose, which is the theme of this clip from Thursday’s The Daily Show. And according to Jon Stewart, nothing says, “I’m not grandiose” like plans for a permanent American base on the moon

Pair questioned over decapitated man: Police were Friday questioning two men over the murder of a man whose burned and decapitated body was found in Stockport. Firefighters found the body of John Grainger, 32, early Thursday ablaze on a verge in the town centre, opposite

Suicide car bomb outside Baghdad hospital kills 31: A suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car outside a Baghdad hospital on Friday, killing 31 people in the capital’s deadliest day in a month, amid a political crisis that has stoked tensions. The attack in a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood,

World stocks steady near 5-1/2 month high: LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks held steady near a 5-1/2 month high on Friday as investors anticipated an imminent conclusion to Greek debt talks while lower Spanish bond yields and a fall in Italy’s six-month borrowing costs also supported the

U.S. growing at 2-3 percent rate: Geithner: DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The U.S. economy is growing at 2-3 percent but still faces big challenges to repair damage wrought by the financial crisis, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday. “I think if you look at the Fed’s

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Daily Kos

Verizon workers are still fighting for middle-class jobs. Help make tax-dodging Verizon take notice.: Its been five months since striking Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers members went back to work at Verizon, and theyre still waiting and fighting for Verizon to agree to a fair contract that protects middle-class

Open thread: Newt Gingrich, psychiatry and outrage: A Fox News psychiatrist suggests that Newt Gingrichs multiple affairs might make him a strong president. Hunter isnt buying it.Mark Sumner will say: Meet George Jetson ... the future isnt what it used to be.Armando will consider whether Occupy has

Mitt Romney's campaign selectively whitewashes inconvenient statements from official transcripts: Romneys staff deleted email records as governor ... and inconvenient portions of transcripts as a candidate Heres one more way in which Mitt Romneys campaign is showing a willful disregard

Wall Street donors swamp all others in election spending: This is enough to turn your stomach.FIRE stands for the finance, insurance, and real estate sector, or in other words, Wall Street. The Sunlight Foundation study reveals that in the past two decades,

Bank of America demands borrower silence in exchange for loan modification: Bank of America is continuing to be remarkably thin-skinned. Of course, when experiences like Kaili Joy Grays go public, they look really bad. Just as bad, in fact, as they actually are.Now, thanks to

Today in Newt: YOUR AD HERE (Eric Thayer/Reuters)Everyone seems to be of the opinion that Newt Gingrich did poorly in this latest debate. Apparently everyone includes Newt and his staffers: Their excuse for his lackluster performance

Newt Gingrich national lead continues to grow in Gallup: Gallups latest:Source: Gallup.comLike just about everybody else, I think these numbers will change dramatically after Tuesdays Florida primary, which Mitt Romney will probably win by a healthy margin. But predictions have come cheap in

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Think Progress

Why ‘Once Upon A Time’ Works Better Than ‘Grimm’: Because I have a particular fondness for fairy tale retellings, and occasionally, a girl’s got to watch television that she doesn’t analyze to death, I’ve been keeping up with both Grimm and Once Upon a Time. Both could be loosely

Lee Joins Grassley In Threatening A Scorched Earth Revenge Campaign Against Obama’s Nominees: Following up on Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) threat to lash out at President Obama’s decision to make four necessary recess appointments by seeking revenge against Obama’s other nominees, Tea Party Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) used a Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday

Deval Patrick Calls On Massachusetts Lawmakers To Tackle Rising Health Care Costs: Our guest blogger is Emily Oshima, a Research Associate/Policy Analyst with the Health Policy team at American Progress. On Monday, Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts again urged state lawmakers to address rising health care costs in his annual state of

Anti-Gay Legislators Try To Prevent Same-Sex Military Marriages — Again: Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) has introduced a new bill (HR 3828) that would prevent military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages on military bases — even in states where such marriages would be valid. The bill attempts to affirm the rights of

Finger-Pointing At The U.N. Distracts From Threats Facing Libyan Civilians: Our guest bloggers are Sarah Margon, associate director for Sustainable Security at the Center for American Progress and Alex Rothman, special assistant with the national security team at CAP. In recent weeks, the security situation in Libya has become increasingly

EBay Official: Company Won’t Move Jobs To Utah If It Doesn’t Pass LGBT Employment Protections: eBay General Counsel Brandon Pace warned Utah lawmakers on Thursday that the company may reconsider relocating 3,000 workers to the state if it does not extend employment protections the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The state is currently

‘Ethel’: How To Raise Your Kids Like a Kennedy: There’s no question that Ethel, the documentary about Robert F. Kennedy’s wife that premiered here at Sundance, is a less-than-nuanced view of RFK’s opportunism and some of the less admirable moments in his career, ranging from his work for Sen.

Analysis: Buffett Rule Will Raise $50 Billion Per Year, Affect Just 0.08 Percent Of Taxpayers: When President Obama announced his latest vision for the so called “Buffett rule” — a 30 percent minimum tax on millionaires — during his State of the Union address this week, Republicans were quick to criticize it. For instance, Speaker

Report: Texas Supreme Court Sides Against Consumers In 4 Out of 5 Cases: Last August, ThinkProgress highlighted a Texas Watch report showing that the Texas Supreme Court “sided with consumers in 27 percent of cases involving an individual against a corporation or government agency — and it reversed jury verdicts in 72 percent

GOPAC Chief Misrepresents Medicare Savings In The Affordable Care Act: With the Supreme Court poised to rule on the constitutionality of the health care law this summer, the debate continues over what exactly the law does, with varying degrees of factual accuracy. For example, Frank Donatelli, the chairman of GOPAC,

Romney’s ‘Blind Trust’ Was Not Very Blind: ThinkProgress reported earlier this week that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) profited from thousands of Florida foreclosures through a Goldman Sachs investment fund. When pressed on this by his rival, Newt Gingrich, in last night’s Republican debate, Romney disclaimed

Tennessee Anti-Transgender ‘Bathroom Bill’ Dies Without Senate Version: The “Bathroom Harassment Act” introduced by Tennessee state Rep. Richard Floyd (R) has died for this legislative session. The bill would have fined transgender individuals $50 for using the restroom that matches their gender identity. Because Sen. Bo Watson (R)

Jon Stewart on Gingrich’s Lunar Base Plan: Newt Wants To Divorce Feverish Earth For Younger, (...): So Newt Gingrich has promised to build a lunar base by the end of his second term (sic … or is that sick?). Why? Jon Stewart believes the answer is global warming: “Newt Gingrich did that global warming ad with

No, ‘Homeland’ Isn’t A Defense Of Our Worst Post-9/11 Impulses: Pamela AuCoin has a piece up at IndieWire that, in what seems to me to be a fairly aggressive misreading of the first season of Homeland, argues that the show takes a dishonest approach towards the intelligence community that ends

Why This Is Not Your Parents’ (Or Your Grandparents’) Economic Recovery: Our guest blogger is Adam Hersh, an economist at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Four years since the start of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy is picking up speed. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported this morning

North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls For Bringing Back Public Hangings, Starting With Abortion Pro(...): The last legal public hanging in America took place in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. The “event” attracted 20,000 people and turned into such a sickening spectacle that many credit it with ending the practice in the U.S. But one North

Conservatives Whine That New Pentagon Budget Is ‘Too Small’: Republicans and their allies on the right reacted yesterday with expected indignation to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s announcement of a 2013 Pentagon budget and five-year plan that flattens previously proposed spending levels. In a statement, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

Rubio Calls Out Conservatives For ‘Harsh And Intolerable And Inexcusable’ Rhetoric On Immig(...): MIAMI, Florida — Speaking at the conservative Hispanic Leadership Network conference here today, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) warned his fellow conservatives against using rhetoric towards immigrants that is “harsh and intolerable and inexcusable“: “We must admit that there are those

Minnesotans Split On Marriage Inequality Amendment: Voters in Minnesota are divided about a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw same-sex marriage, a new Public Policy Opinion survey finds. Forty-eight percent of voters say they support defining marriage as between one man and one woman, while 44 percent

Forecast The Facts Responds To Criticism: Dialogue With Denier Weathermen Isn’t Enough: Our guest blogger is Daniel Souweine, Campaign Director of Forecast The Facts. The Forecast the Facts campaign is already gaining attention, and as is to be expected, not everyone is applauding our efforts. On the far right, well known climate

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Little Green Footballs

Things CNN Has Not Asked Dana Loesch To Discuss Since Her 'Drop Trou' Comments: After the story was first reported here and at the St. Louis Activist Hub that CNN political analyst Dana Loesch said she wanted to give the marines who urinated on dead Afghanis one million cool points and that she would

Sarah Palin's Word Salad of the Day: Sarah Palin served up one of her delicious word salads yesterday on Fox Business, accusing the establishment of trying to crucify Newt Gingrich by subscribing incorrect characterizations of him. Via words.Video“They maybe subscribe such characterization of Newt via words like

WaPo: Ron Paul Signed Off On Racist 1990s Newsletters: The Washington Post has new information today on Ron Pauls racist, antisemitic newsletters; a former secretary in the company that produced the newsletters says Ron Paul was fully aware of their content: Ron Paul signed off on racist 1990s newsletters,

GOP Florida Clown Car, The Wrap-Up: Another Republican debate has come to a close, so heres the wrap-up thread to try to make sense of a party of millionaires that attacks its own for being millionaires...

GOP Clown Car Arrives in Florida, Rinse, Repeat, Thread 2: Heres a second thread to discuss the second hour of the sixth GOP debate this month, as the millionaires rip each others flesh...

GOP Clown Car Arrives in Florida, Rinse, Repeat: CNN has a live video feed here, for tonights encore performance of the GOPs Florida Clown Car.The big difference tonight: hooting and jeering and applauding for reprehensible things will be encouraged by CNN and Wolf Blitzer, so Newt should be

Video: America's Alarming Science Decline: Heres a vastly important subject guaranteed not to come up in tonights debate (the sixth debate this month): the precipitous decline in American science. Neil deGrasse Tyson really brings the point home with maps showing the amounts of peer reviewed

An Amazing High Resolution Photo of the Earth from NASA's New Polar Satellite: NASAs Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite, launched about 90 days ago, has produced an absolutely amazing super high resolution full-disc image of the Earth, produced in several passes over Central America.Click to enlargeYou

AZ Gov. Brewer Angrily Lectures President Obama: Arizona Governor Jan Brewers book Scorpions for Breakfast is a classic example of the right wing genre; i.e., incredibly disrespectful of the office of the Presidency. And yesterday, when he arrived in Arizona, President Obama let Brewer know that he

Republican Dominated Indiana State Senate Committee Votes for Creationism in Schools: Creationism, that zombie of the American political scene, rises again -- this time in Indiana:An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday endorsed teaching creationism in public schools, despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms.Senate

Newt Gingrich's Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theories: With all the focus on Newt Gingrichs race-baiting and big ideas, one thing that hasnt gotten much notice yet is his outrageous anti-Muslim statements. Theres a reason why he was scheduled to speak at hate group leader Pamela Gellers Ground

Marco Rubio: Gingrich's Ad Bashing 'Anti-Immigrant' Romney is 'Inflammatory': This is why I continue to believe that Newt Gingrich has no real chance of becoming the Republican nominee for President; hes even disliked by most of his own party: Rubio scolds Gingrich camp, says ad bashing anti-immigrant Romney is

Navy SEALs Rescue Hostages in Somalia: While the Republican Presidential candidates continue to accuse Obama of being weak and indecisive in his foreign policy, he just keeps chalking up successes like this: American hostage in Somalia rescued by US Navy SEALs in overnight raid.In a daring

Wingnuts Hoot at Obama Speech, But 91% of Americans Approve: Apparently, some people have nothing better to do: My Message is Simple: Obamas SOTU Written at 8th Grade Level for Third Straight Year.For the third consecutive State of the Union Address, Barack Obama spoke in clear, plain terms.And for the

State of the Union Address, The Wrap-Up: Sadly, Herman Cain did not wear a tricorne hat and pantaloons when he gave the Tea Party response to President Obama. My disappointment will not stop me from posting another thread to wrap up the discussion, though...

State of the Union Address, Thread 2: And now, a second thread for the State of the Union address because the first one is filling up fast, as the President challenges Congress to send him a bill that creates green jobs.

Live Video: State of the Union Address: Heres a live video feed of President Obamas State of the Union address, with enhanced charts and graphics.LGF registration is open; come on in and join the discussion tonight! If you have an LGF account, you can follow along in

Excerpts from the State of the Union Speech: Via The Plum Line:Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs. A future where we’re in control of

Gingrich Can't Debate Without A Bunch of Hooting Yahoos to Back Him Up: Newt Gingrich is raging at the media again, for shutting down the hooting yahoos who would normally cheer his far right race-baiting: Gingrich Threatens to Skip Debates if Audiences Cant Participate.Mr. Gingrich clearly noticed something was off, too. “We’re going

Boehner Calls Obama 'Un-American,' WSJ Writer Compares SOTU Seating to 'Date Rape': The President hasnt even given his State of the Union speech yet, but Republicans are already spewing hatred at him.Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner Tuesday forcefully denounced the Democrats campaign theme that they are for the middle class

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Crooks and Liars

Ron Paul Rewrites the History of Healthcare: Click here to view this media Ron Paul does a great job in these debates painting himself as the kindly old country doctor who remembers better times,

Last Night's GOP Debate Was Like Bad 1950's-Style Science-Fiction: The GOP Presidential candidates continue to play their parts in an implausible story of a world that could never exist, acting out nonexistent conflicts while delivering dialog that insults the intelligence. Thats not because theyre stupid. Its because they think

Mitt Romney Offers An Elegant Defense For ObamaCare Before Promising To Repeal It: Click here to view this media This is a small piece of what was a fairly long and heated exchange between Rick Santorum and

Indiana Pushing Forward With Right-to-Work (For Less) Legislation: Daniels before he flip-flopped on right-to-work for less lawsDespite strong public opposition, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and House Speaker Brian Bosma are pushing through so-called right-to-work legislation that would strip working families of their rights. The bill passed the state

Guess Who's Back in the Hunt? (Hint: Her Initials are Darcy Burner): Back in 2006, when Blue America was just a young PAC, one congressional candidate seemed to emerge from out of our own ranks, so conversant with the way the new technology had merged with progressive politics that she was, in

Arizona Cop Investigated Over Bullet-Riddled Picture of Obama: Click here to view this media The Secret Service is investigating an Arizona police officer over a picture he posted on Facebook that appeared to show President Barack Obama

Two More Former Walker Staffers Charged; One Makes Deal As Informant: enlargeWhen you read this sort of thing, you might get the impression that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is little more than a corrupt political hack. Because really, the fact that his employees set up

CWA Renews Push to Get Verizon To Stop Tax-Dodging and Union-Busting: Communications Workers of America has renewed its efforts to convince Verizon to negotiate with its workers in a fair manner and to stop its union-busting efforts with a powerful new video that highlights the voices of Verizon workers. The video

Predatory Payday Lenders Threatening Churches in Missouri: enlargePayday lending is just a gentle term for loan sharking. Payday lenders give signature loans to people against future paychecks, locking them in with incredibly high interest rates. Missouris laws are some of the

Here's What Republicare Will Look Like: enlargeRepublican lawmakers are busy rubbing their hands together and waiting for the US Supreme Court to strike down the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. They believe this will give them the momentum

Romney Forgets Attack Ad That He Approved: Click here to view this media Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he doesnt coordinate with the super PACs that support him, but apparently he doesnt coordinate with himself either.During

Mike's Blog Round Up: BAGnewsNotes: tiny angry teabagger assaults President Spock.Gothamist: serial adulterer and disgraced politician admits lying on national TV.Taylor Marsh: old irrelevant failed presidential candidate wants Newt to get off his lawn.The Impolitic: robotic GOP presidential hopeful failed to disclose a few

Open Thread: Georges Melies - A trip to the moon (1902) -3 from sinematek on Vimeo.A Trip To The Moon (silent film from 1902).Open Thread below....

C&L's Late Night Music Club With Marshall Crenshaw: Title: Cynical GirlArtist: Marshall CrenshawHeres a favorite from Marshall Crenshaws eponymous 1982 debut, performed live on MTV back when they played music. . Marshall Crenshaw Artist: Marshal Crenshaw Price: $13.97 (As of 01/26/12 05:41 pm

#CNNDebate: Mitt Romney Fires Newt Gingrich: Click here to view this media Its true. Mitt Romney really does like firing people. With a somewhat condescending tone after Newt Gingrich paints a grand picture of his dream of a

Romney May Have Paid Zero Taxes In 2009: I spent some time yesterday going through Willards 2010 return and 2011 estimates of his taxes, and I agree with David Shuster in this segment. Theres every possibility that the Romneys paid no income taxes at all in 2009 and

GOP Hispanic Leadership Network Debate Open Thread: enlargeCNN:Just days before Florida Republicans go to the polls to choose their nominee, the GOP presidential hopefuls will meet for a final debate hosted by CNN, the Republican Party of Florida and the Hispanic

Newt Was 'Mistaken' In Last Week's Debate When He Said Witnesses Were Offered To ABC News: Click here to view this media If there was one factor that put Newt Gingrich over the top last week in South Carolina, it was his combative response to John Kings

Gingrich Called Reagan Weak, Pathetically Incompetent and Compared Him to Neville Chamberlain: enlargeThe wingosphere is flipping out over an explosive Elliot Abrams piece in which he lambastes Newt Gingrich for his vituperative assaults on Ronald Reagan back in the 80s. Abrams writes

Former Fox News Host Greg Kelly Accused of Rape: Click here to view this media The district attorneys office in Manhattan is investigating allegations that the son of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly raped a

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Common Dreams

Military Austerity?: Shift in Spending, not Reduction: The Pentagon released its latest budget request outline on Thursday in what was proposed as a paring down of defense spending; however, as many are now examining, the proposal aims to make cuts in certain areas, but it would actually

Mining Giant Vale and Barclays Top Corporate Villian List: Brazilian mining giant Vale and UK-based Barclays bank were given the dubious honor of being the top vote-getters in this year's survey asking participants to name the world's most destructive international corporations. The results of the survey are gathered by

Single Payer Falls 2 Votes Short In California Senate: When California's SB 810 -- Single Payer Health Care for California passed through the California Senate's Appropriations Committee by a 6-2 vote last week, activists thought they had an excellent chance to get the "Medicare for All" bill passed by

Dirty Biofuels: Leaked Data Shows Some Worse Than Fossil Fuels: According to leaked data from the European Commission obtained by EuroActiv, greenhouse gas emissions from some biofuels are higher than those from fossil fuels, when Indirect Land Usage Change (ILUC) is factored in.

Twitter Enables Censorship, Boycotts Begin: Social media website Twitter announced Thursday that it will begin blocking certain messages (tweets) on a country-to-country basis. Twitter has been known as a vehicle for free speech as well as a source for social and political organizing -- notably

Postponed Joint Israel-US War Games Back On?: On January 15th, Israeli and American officials mysteriously postponed plans for a massive missile drill, but now the exercise, originally slated for this spring, will apparently be scheduled for October 2012.DEBKAfile, the Jerusalem-based English language Israeli military intelligence website said

'Austerity Disease' Continues to Infect Europe, Fuel Popular Protest: "What do Nobel Prize-winning development economist Amartya Sen and IMF chief Christine Lagarde have in common?" asks Alan Wheatley today in the Cyprus Mail.The anwser: They both think austerity-driven economic policies are incompatible with effectively fighting off the financial woes

Sec. Clinton to Iraq: "Don't Blow This Opportunity": Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the Town Hall meeting on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review in Washington, DC yesterday.Responding to a question on what the U.S. would do to ensure that Iraqi security and democracy and stability

Massive Pay Packages for Execs Who Got Taxpayer Bailout Money: Although there was a $500,000 salary cap on executives who received considerable assistance from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the Treasury Department actually approved pay packages in the millions for those execs.

Mass Demonstrations as EU Countries Sign on to Controversial ACTA Treaty: Yesterday 22 EU member states signed the controversial trade agreement known as ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.According to the EUobserver:EU countries sign unpopular anti-counterfeit treatyThe European Commission and 22 EU member states have signed up to a controversial trade agreement

No Fracking Way! Industry Says Word 'Frack' Has Been Co-Opted: "Hydraulic fracturing" is more commonly known as "fracking."During this week's State of the Union address, President Obama said:"It was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out

Study: Potential Hazards of Nanotechnology Not Known: Not enough is known about the potential hazards of nanotechnology, and millions of dollars more a year are needed to study the potential health and environmental effects of it, said the National Research Council yesterday.The panel's findings come from a

Calamitous Night Raids Continue as Torch Passes to Afghan Army: US forces have begun training Afghan soldiers to take over the much contested 'night raids' in Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been a continuous opponent of night raids as civilian causalities are more than common during such operations. In

US-Backed Libyan Militias Accused of Widespread Torture: Reports: Two separate reports this morning shine a troubling spotlight on torture - some resulting in death - being carried out 'by officially recognized military and security entities as well by a multitude of armed militias operating outside any legal framework'

Iran 'Ready for Talks': Today Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country was ready to sit down for negotiations with the West.Agence France-Presse reports:"They have this excuse that Iran is dodging negotiations while it is not the case...," the Iranian leader was quoted as

Egyptian Youth Vow to Sit-In Until Military Rulers Relinquish Power: A day after hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to Tahrir Square to commemorate the one year anniversary of the uprising that led to Hosni Mubarak's ouster, many of those same youth say they will reinvigorate their revolutionary efforts by

FBI Wants New App to Wiretap the Internet: The FBI's Strategic Information and Operations Center (SOIC) posted a 'Request for Information (RFI)' online last week seeking companies to build a social network monitoring system for the FBI. The 12-page document (.pdf) spells out what the bureau wants from

'Right to Work' Bill Passes in Indiana House: On Wednesday the Indiana House voted 54-44 to pass the controversial "right to work" bill, nearly ensuring the state will become the 23rd to have such a law.The bill prohibits unions from collecting dues from non-union members or from requiring

Adbusters Issues New Call to Action: Occupy Chicago for G8/NATO Summit: The Occupy Wall Street movement traces its origin to a call to action in the Vancouver-based magazine Adbusters. read

No Fracking Way! Industry Says Word 'Frack' Has Been Co-Opted: "Hydraulic fracturing" is more commonly known as "fracking."During this week's State of the Union address, President Obama said:"It was public research dollars, over the course of thirty years, that helped develop the technologies to extract all this natural gas out

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Michelle Malkin

The SIGA scandal: Calls for investigation mount: Back in November, I spotlighted Obama’s half-billion-dollar crony drug deal involving a no-bid contract with politically-connected SIGA. Refresher course here. In November, Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill — chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Contracting and Oversight and up for re-election

Mr. and Mrs. Cranky Pants: Mr. and Mrs. Cranky Pants by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 So, it turns out that the cool cat billed as “No Drama Obama” by his sycophants is actually quite the drama queen. While the White House publicly pretends

Fly Them To the Moon. Please.: Photoshop source: SaveJersey.com You can peruse my Twitter page for highlights and lowlights of the CNN GOP debate in Florida, but this basically sums it up: Wolf Blitzer went all Oprah/TMZ with his fishing into the candidates’ wives’ lives. Newt

Stimulus-Backed ‘Green’ Bankruptcy of the Week: Ener1: Battery maker on verge of going terminals-up

Confirmed: Romneycare = Obamacare: Jim Pethokoukis spotlights a new Health Affairs study on how Romneycare laid the foundation for Obamacare, and what it portends for the federal health insurance scene. In short: Expanded government coverage, higher taxpayer costs. Read here for details and analysis.

E-mail of the day: Media Matters coordinates with Capitol Hill “allies” on Keystone XL; Plu(...): A flack for Media Matters for America, the Soros-backed one-trick GOP-bashing pony, sent an e-mail peddling the group’s latest anti-Keystone XL “study” to the Senate Democrats’ communications director at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Mary Kerr. For some

Obama and Jan Brewer Have Words on Airport Tarmac: Book-Critic-in-Chief Takes Issue

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The Washington Monthly

Day's End and Weekend Watch: Heres some items you might find interesting from random news and late developments today: * Jon Huntsman becomes president of his familys cancer foundation. No word yet what his campaigns...

Trouble Online: Two of the internets biggest brands are in the news today, and not necessarily in a good way. Google is under scrutiny in Congress--specifically from seven bipartisan members of the...

The "War On Christianity": Sorry to write so much about Newt Gingrich today, but I dont know exactly how long we will have him to kick around, and he made some remarks near the...

Buffet Rule Vote?: At WaPos Plum Line, Greg Sargent is reporting that Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is mustering support among his Democratic colleagues for a direct vote on the Buffet Rule, the idea that...

Newt Doubles Down: After last nights debate, there was a brief discussion in my Twitter peer group as to whether Newt would respond to his drubbing by going after Mitt with a big...

Smaller is, in Fact, Beautiful: Last year, the Washington Monthly published a special report on Fighting the Dropout Crisis that won a best education journalism citation from the Education Writers Association. The report looked at...

Lunch Buffet: Heres some brain food for your mid-day meal: * The ever-resourceful Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches explains the connection of Gingrich Super-PAC sugar daddy and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson to...

"Cui Bono" Indeed!: In a world full of doubt and contention, there are a few things, other than the proverbial items of death and taxes, you can count on to be completely reliable....

Still More Mixed Economic News: The headline at WaPo was upbeat: U.S. economy in fourth quarter 2011 grew at fastest pace in 1.5 years. But the new economic growth data released by the Commerce Department...

Tying Federal Aid To Colleges To "Value": As I post this, President Obama is making a speech in Michigan unveiling a new college affordability initiative. In a preview for the New York Times, Tamar Lewin notes that...

Running Wild in the States: Every progressive blogger knows that if you are stuck finding material to feed the hungry maw, you can always troll around advocacy sites or regional newspapers and come up a...

"We Will Not Have An Inch of Difference....": Foreign policy has not been a particularly important topic in the 2012 presidential cycle to much of anyone other than Ron Paul. But there was an interesting moment in last...

Newt Loses It: Last nights presidential candidate debate in Jacksonville, cosponsored by CNN and the Hispanic Leadership Network, was Newt Gingrichs best and perhaps last chance to get his mojo back against a...

Day's End and Night Watch: A few final items for the day, if you please: * As many of you probably noticed, the New York Times published another large chunk of reportage from Charles Duhigg...

The Unkindest Cut: Theres lots of jabbering going on today about conservative opinion-leaders going after Newt Gingrich with hammers and tongs. And I must say, its worth jabbering about, if only because of...

Beyond Solyndra: Over at Grist, David Roberts has an interesting piece that argues the Solyndra brouhaha and general defensiveness have blinded Democrats to the strong public support, across party lines, for clean...

Mitt's Mexican-American Problem: Its every reporters dream to ask a presidential candidate a question that packs multidimensional dynamite. Univisions Jorge Ramos had that opportunity yesterday when he asked Mitt Romney if he considered...

Lunch Buffet: Note to readers: Im still toying with a number of ideas for regular features that will give the blog the kind of daily rhythm Steve brought to it, so bear...

FIRE Sale: Its always fascinating if often unsettling to shine a flashlight into the shadows of campaign financing and see what kinds of people made spontaneous, totally coincidental decisions to give big...

Don't Make the Sheepskin the Scapegoat: With college costs continuing to soar, and the bad economy ravaging lives up and down the educational staircase, its easy to get cynical, or even angry, about President Obamas insistent...

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Talking Points Memo

The Quest for the Mantle of Saint Ron: In the absence of a validated shroud or holy relics, whos winning the all-important ex-Reagan staffer primary? Click here to find out.

Oooops. Brewer Story Not Holding Up Well: Were at 3 out of 4 now. The other witness to the alleged Brewer/Obama confrontation says that the whole thing wasnt tense at all.I keep hearing anchors at MSNBC and CNN repeating her story, even though both witnesses now say

Newt Bags New Endorsement: With few establishment endorsements, Newt Gingrich has just gotten the nod from incarcerated former Rep. Duke Cunningham who tells Newt hed have the felon vote locked down.

The Obvious Uncovered: Ron Paul knew about and signed off on the racist newsletters, says former Secretary who still supports him.

Not So Quick Reax: I found last nights debate so messy and scattered that I had a hard time knowing quite what to make of it. But heres my take. As a debate, I thought it was terrible. Very disorganized. The moderation was close

Hate Mail: Things you probably shouldnt do when accused of a race motivated attempted bombing: Correspond with a noted white supremacist leader from prison.

Grandmas Are Awesome!: The Jacksonville Republican debate boiled down into 100 uproarious seconds.

Wow: TPMs Not-So-Veiled-Insult-Of-The-Night Award goes to Fred Thompson for his remarks about Bob Dole.

Best Moment So Far: Romney says he never saw the Romney ad he said he approved.

Florida Debate Live Blogging Pt.3: 9:13 PM: Its not worth getting angry about? What did that even mean?

Worst Debate Ever?: A lot of these debates have been pretty bad. But this strikes me as the most disjointed debate I think Ive ever seen. The moderation is poor. The candidates seem to be the campaign equivalent of punch drunk. What do

Florida Debate Live Blogging Pt.2: 8:53 PM: I think this debate is a bigger mess than any of the previous ones. 8:56 PM: Newt started off strong but this extended digression on space and moon states. Just not happening.8:59 PM: When I was a little

Every Last Debate Detail: Every last nugget of debate information at TPMLiveWire.

Combo!: I pay a 40% combo tax and charity rate.

Nope: Theres a lot of evidence that Romneys blind trust isnt that blind.

Remember: Heres the last time Mitt Romney denied having seen an ad at the center of the campaign debate. That time it was from a Super Pac working on his behalf.

Florida Debate Live Blogging Pt.1: 8:11 PM: Whens the fighting start?8:17 PM: Really good answer there. 8:18 PM: Mittdignation!8:19 PM: Is Newt actually managing to use logic and understatement this time? Thats total newtjitsu.

Where Things Stand: Three big dynamics are likely to drive the Florida primary race between now and next the election next Tuesday. The biggest and most interesting is the growing effort by what we think of as the GOP establishment to knock Newt

Awwwkward: A local official who witnessed the exchange between Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Obama on the tarmac yesterday gives TPM his different account of the awkward moment.

What Are The Other 9?: Regarding Bob Doles broadside against Newt Gingrich, the Gingrich camps top spox tells TPM at an event in Florida just now: Its got to be on the top 10 list of the weirdest things hes ever written.

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Power Line

Newt Vs. Reagan, The Sequel: (Steven Hayward) Both Elliott Abrams, at National Review Online, and, as John Hinderaker noted yesterday, Pete Wehner (quoting from my book) have brought up Newt Gingrich’s pungent criticisms of Reagan back in the 1980s, supposedly giving the lie to Newt’s

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress: (Scott Johnson) I watched the GOP presidential candidates’ debate in Jacksonville. The debate was broadcast on CNN — CNN has posted the full transcript of the debate — and moderated by Wolf Blitzer, who proved to be a formidable antagonist

On Gingrich and grandiosity: (Scott Johnson) A long-time reader writes to look back at last week’s GOP debate in Charleston: To date, the most decisive moment of the lengthy Republican presidential debating season occurred when Newt Gingrich launched his tirade against CNN’s John King

Yahoo News Casually Smears Conservatives: (John Hinderaker) Over the years, we have gone after the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press and other liberal news sources countless times. We probably haven’t paid enough attention to the news outlets that many more people

Worst News Story of 2012?: (John Hinderaker) This Reuters hit piece on Marco Rubio–nowadays, when I talk about Rubio, I have to stop and think whether it’s Marco or Ricky–is an early contender for the title. Reuters’ theme is that Rubio criticizes extravagant federal spending

Quoting Steven Hayward: (John Hinderaker) Matt Drudge and others have been digging up instances over the years when Newt Gingrich has criticized Ronald Reagan. (Nowadays, of course, Newt takes credit for pretty much everything the Reagan administration accomplished.) Pete Wehner has unearthed another

Bubble? What Bubble? My Bubble Score Is. . .: (Steven Hayward) . . . between 13 and 16, which yields the result that “you don’t even have a bubble.” No, not a housing bubble, higher education bubble, or any of the other fashionable speculative bubbles of the moment. What

The Coup de Grace for Global Warming Catastrophe?: (Steven Hayward) Going through this week’s issue of Nature magazine, which arrived in my in-box yesterday, the following short squib in their “research highlights” section appears: Warming, but not as much The climate system may be less sensitive to greenhouse-gas

Analyze this: (Scott Johnson) President Obama’s use of Warren Buffett’s secretary — Debbie Bosanek — during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night raised interesting questions that deserve to be followed up. Obama used Ms. Bosanek as a prop to

Newt, We Knew Ye Too Damn Well!: (John Hinderaker) There are signs that the Newt Gingrich bubble may be bursting. Let’s hope so: the walk down the memory lane of the 1980s and 1990s, not to mention Newt’s current transgressions, is getting hard to take. Let’s just

No-Class Warfare: (John Hinderaker) Before Barack Obama, have we ever had a president who divided the country for political gain; who pitted some Americans against others; and who tried to scapegoat unpopular groups of Americans for his own failures? Yes. It was

Of the Ignorant, By the Ignorant, For the Ignorant: (John Hinderaker) President Obama’s State of the Union address was a sorry performance in many ways, but let’s note just one Big Lie that he tried to get away with. In the course of defending his administration’s disastrous record on

Formerly known as “dirty tricks”: (Scott Johnson) Earlier this week we drew attention to AFSCME’s Newtron bomb — AFSCME’s megabucks Florida advertising campaign attacking Mitt Romney in order to give Newt Gingrich a boost in the Florida primary. Hugh Hewitt now draws attention the the

Obama Energy Fibs: (Steven Hayward) Once again our friends at the Institute for Energy Research have issued the best smack down of Obama’s amazing energy claims. Read the link for the whole text, which isn’t long, but their three charts reprinted below tell

The Ghost of David Stockman: (Steven Hayward) People old enough to recall the fall of 1981 might remember the huge fuss that occurred when the Atlantic published William Greider’s article “The Education of David Stockman,” in which Reagan’s budget director went overnight from whiz kid

Uncommon Knowledge with Epstein and Yoo: (Scott Johnson) Obamacare constitutes a fundamental assault on limited constitutional government. The question isn’t exactly whether it’s unconstitutional, but whether the Supreme Court can get it right given the state of the doctrines it has fashioned to accommodate liberalism in

How About A State of Liberalism Address?: (Steven Hayward) When Bill Clinton used his 1996 State of the Union address to kick off his ultimately successful re-election campaign, he uttered one of the few SOTU lines that people still remember: “The era of big government is over.”

Great Moments In Prior SOTUs: (John Hinderaker) One reason why presidents feel free to bloviate without restraint in SOTU speeches is that they know hardly anyone will ever go back, months or years down the road, and recall what they said. It is a feel-good

Mitch Daniels Responds: (John Hinderaker) Mitch Daniels will deliver the GOP’s response to Obama’s State of the Union speech. You can read excerpts here. I have not been a particular Daniels fan–he’s Tim Pawlenty without the charisma and the consistent conservatism–but this is

Toward A Fairer America: (John Hinderaker) News reports say that the theme of President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight will be fairness. I take this as an admission of failure. If his economic policies were working, he would be talking about growth.

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Eschaton

Happy Hour Thread: enjoy.

Happy Hour Thread: enjoy

And Speaking of Doing It Wrong: Were continuing to do it wrong.

Doing It Wrong Everywhere: England has recently followed our great lead and decided that the price of a university education should be sufficiently high to ensure everyone graduates with a massive amount of debt. It was moving in that direction when I taught there.

The Great Thing About Free Money From The Government: Is you can use that money to lobby for...more free money! Even from other governments!The Royal Bank of Scotland has spent more than $4m (£2.5m) of British taxpayers money on lobbyists in Washington since it was bailed out by the

Wanker of the Day: Larry Summers.

Nobody Has Any Money: Its sort of amusing reading various articles about, for example, generational divides in the housing market, otherwise known as young people dont think theyll ever be able to buy a house. Theres too much of a desire to attribute to

Who's The Boss: Im not surprised that the conservative powers that be might be rethinking the awesomeness of Citizens United. Basically, in the previous campaign finance framework, rich people had influence but none of them individually had too much influence. Suddenly, the money

Not Good Enough: As the downers at the EPI remind us (email), todays growth numbers arent good enough, and with various bits of fiscal contraction looming next year...“Gross domestic product grew in the 4th quarter of 2011 at the fastest rate since the

Free Money: It isnt pointed out often enough that weve been giving massive amounts of free money to banksters, and that it would be more effective to give free money to this rest of us.Helicopter money is precisely what the government has

Fortunately There's A Policy For That: So we should have this all fixed up pretty quickly.Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 22.9 percent, the highest in 15 years, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to change labor rules and deliver on his election pledge to create

Morning Thread

Late Night: Rock on.

Applebee's America: I havent walked by in awhile, and this is of course just anecdote, but an Applebees opened in the urban hellhole a few years ago nearby where I used to live. It wasnt an African-American neighborhood, but every time I

Debate Thread: Oh good Lord.

More Thread: Enjoy. Or kill yourself.

Where Are All The People Going To Go: Had an idle thought about where we think population growth is going to go. Census hasnt (unless gastritis broke my internet) done a new projection based on 2010 data, but this .xls file (warning! .xls file!) tells us what they

Evening Thread: enjoy

What's He Been Doing For The Past 5 Years: Mitts had a long time to purify his recent finances. And he didnt bother.

As It Should: One would think that more firms would be a bit worried that the ability to steal all of their customers money might shake a bit of trust in the system.People such as Mr Kasouf increasingly feel they will never get

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AMERICAblog

Diana Krall: "Fly Me To The Moon": Shamelessly borrowed from Paul Krugman (but I promised to return it when you folks are done). In honor, of course, of Newt the Moonbase Gingrich. This is a very good song and an excellent version. Modern, but true to its

FINAL: Ron Paul's racism is the racism of the GOP: It was always obvious that Ron Paul knew the content of the newsletters that went out in his name. Like the fact that Romney pays less than 15% tax and the fact George W. Bush and his cabinet were lying

Twitter's "Country Withheld Content" Policy: I have to thank @MettaFilms via Twitter for pointing this out. This policy (and policy area) is so new to me that I dont know how to begin to think about it. But it obviously exists, so I thought Id

Ron Paul allegedly signed off on racist newsletters: Wash Post:eople close to Paul’s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to staff members virtually every day.“It was

3% GDP growth last quarter: Thats very good. But there still are concerns that the slowdown in Europe may bring us back down.

Goldman Sachs and their partnership with Romney: While its not surprising that a high earner like Romney has deep personal links to Goldman, its still a concern and something to watch out for in the future. He has a lot to personally gain - blind trust or

Newt's Contract "scam"—How Contract with America co-opted Perot voters into advancing the Mov(...): Rick Perlstein has started writing columns again, this time for Rolling Stone, and the results have been excellent. His most recent piece is on Newt Gingrich and the Contract for America scam. It makes fascinating reading. He starts (my emphasis

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TPMCafe

Obama, Healthcare, And Progressive Critics: It is hard to read Remedy and Reaction, Paul Starrs remarkable chronicle of the hundred-year effort to legislate universal health insurance in the United States, without recalling Robert Gibbss tortured quip that Democrats whove denounced the Obama White House for

Why Obama Defaulted in his 'State of the Union': In his State of the Union address two years ago, in 2010, President Obama kept alive faltering hopes for our fraudulent and now broken political system by appealing movingly to Republicans for bipartisanship and civility. As Ryan Lizza reminds us

The writing has always been on the wall: The human body is an amazing creation. Its not only the most complex system known to mankind, but it embodies within it signals that tell its owner that something has gone wrong. A similar signaling system exists in political bodies.

Social Conservatism May Be Wrong, But It's Not 'White': Two days ago Dissent magazine ran my warning that we critics of the racism in Republican presidential campaigns should beware of compounding that scourge by reinforcing Republicans social-conservative claim on whiteness. But thats precisely whats reinforced in a January 15

Perry's Greatest Hits! Gone but not Forgotten

The Past and Future of the Internet: in response to the Atrios post hereIm a big admirer of Atrios (Duncan) and hope he doesnt think Im being picky. But he doesnt have it quite right as to the past; yes as to the future.As to the history,

Protesting SOPA: As the internets avatar Google uses its huge billboard -- the search screen -- to protest the proposed legislation aimed at enhancing intellectual property rights (or censoring the Net, depending on your point of view), some say this is the

Things Getting Pretty Dicey With Iran: Depending on how you look at it, tensions with Iran are mounting to: an accidental war, an intentional war, a recession-causing oil price spike, a dizzying sequence of moves / countermoves / signals, an escalating cycle of assassinations, renewed negotiations,

Pervasive Feelings And Class Warfare: A Coda: Many people have written over the past couple of years--including faithful (and valued) commentators here in response to my last post--that President Obama blew it pretty much from the start by failing to adopt a more populist line. This is code

President Obama and Pervasive Feelings: Today is the NH primary, Romney is calling for leadership, and he seems to be getting away with it. Hes not really calling attention to his own qualities, since hes rather conspicuously followed his market the way a person who thinks hes

Will Pressuring Iran Backfire?: These days were hearing two sets of concerns about the US and international pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. From one direction, GOP presidential candidates and other ultra-hawks argue for an escalated conflict with Iran. According to them, President

Apportioning Credit / Blame for Iraq After Withdrawal: Someone please explain for me this idea that President Obama owns the situtation in Iraq. As I work to catch up on some of the Iraq pull-out commentary from over the holidays, I wont try to match the depth of

Great New Film on Crushing Israel Dissent in Bay Area: It is far easier to criticize the Israeli governments policies (and specifically the occupation) than it once was despite what you will see in this wonderful film. Back when I worked at AIPAC in the 1980s, now Israeli settler, Lenny

Obama's Military Strategy Review: Real Reform?: Tomorrow morning the Obama administration will present the findings of its latest national security strategy review. The review has been undertaken with an eye towards scaling back Pentagon spending in a way that best provides for the defense of the

Palestine's Economic Hallucination: Its the end of the year and time to turn the page after a bit of reflecting. What better way to reflect than to contrast image and reality, and even more so when the topic is Palestines economy? For starters,

The Imaginary World Where GOP Foreign Policy Could Work: Embedded within some of the critiques of the mounting Iran War fever are clues to the larger problems of the Republicans foreign policy approach. A new Foreign Affairs Time to Attack Iran article by Matthew Kroenig has drawn responses from

Republican Foreign Policy Mad Libs: Its the holiday season, a serviceable pretext time for good clean nonsense. Last year I offered my misheard lyrics video for the epic Clash song Safe European Home (fairly suitable for work, but funny mainly for Clash fans). Todays frivolous

Palestinian clowns are everywhere: Some Palestinians refuse to just sit still and accept their fate as a permanently, militarily occupied people. One would think by now that Palestinians would

Climate Change Talks and the Treaty Fetish: Reading assessments of the recent Durban conference by leading climate wonks, many of them argue that the issue of a binding treaty -- to eventually take the place of the Kyoto Protocol -- must be viewed against a broader backdrop.

Neo-Con Rising: The reports of the death of the Neo-Conservative Movement have been greatly exaggerated. Dick Cheney has become a cheerleader for Newt Gingrich whose sole intention seems to be to continue

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