By Robert Scheer It’s over for the U.S. in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop. Quagmires don’t just go away. However, the signs are everywhere that the American course in that nation is doomed. Related Entries October 26, 2010 The Shifting Balance of Power October 25, 2010 Karzai Admits to Taking Cash From Iran
Continue reading …By Amy Goodman Just days away from crucial midterm elections, WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower website, unveiled the largest classified military leak in history. But in the U.S., it barely warranted a mention on the agenda-setting Sunday talk shows. Related Entries October 26, 2010 Annoyer in Chief October 26, 2010 The Shifting Balance of Power
Continue reading …By William Pfaff An epoch of Western world political domination is coming to an end. This is not simply an end to imperialism (new or old), but quite possibly the beginning of a probably long decline in the West’s primacy in industry, technology and scientific innovation. Related Entries October 26, 2010 Annoyer in Chief October 26, 2010 The Shifting Balance of Power
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National Public Radio’s firing of Juan Williams tells you all you need to know about the radical, and thoroughly intolerant, Left. Juan Williams is a liberal, but still, he isn’t liberal enough. The idea that he would acknowledge a mere thought of discomfort at the idea of people in “Muslim garb” on airplanes in a post-9/11 world became a firing offense. It didn’t matter that he prefaced it with all the perfunctory and politically correct disclaimers about not being a bigot and we shouldn’t blame all Muslims for terrorism. Fired. Today’s Left is void of any principles whatsoever. They can be as astonishingly offensive and insulting as they want toward Christians, and no one gets punished. The indefatigable Catholic League provides the documentation. On April 30 on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” substitute host David Bianculli raved over the leftist musical satirist and Harvard math professor Tom Lehrer for his Catholic-mocking 1965 song “The Vatican Rag.” It has lyrics like this: “Get in line in that processional, step into that small confessional, there a guy who’s got religion’ll tell you if your sin’s original.” Lehrer also sang “So you get down on your knees! Fiddle with your rosaries! Bow your head with great respect, and — Genuflect! Genuflect! Genuflect!” read more
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With just a week to go before the midterm elections, it’s looking like Republicans are in good shape to take control of the House of Representatives, and it’s a longshot but not completely impossible that they could win big in the Senate, according to Reuters. Reuters: A thirst for change in Washington and worries about the stumbling economy appear likely next Tuesday to break Obama’s Democrats’ grip on Congress in a potential rout that would topple House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from power. With more than 90 Democratic-held seats at risk on Nov. 2 in the 435-member House, independent analysts project Republicans will pick up at least the 39 Democratic seats they need for control. Read more Related Entries October 26, 2010 Fiorina Heads to the Hospital October 26, 2010 BP and Other Polluters Pay for Senate Campaigns
Continue reading …CNN Highlights Assault on MoveOn Worker, Omits Assault on Paul Supporter
October 27, 2010 No CommentCNN devoted seven news briefs on Tuesday to an assault on a MoveOn.org employee by Rand Paul supporters caught on camera outside the Kentucky Senate debate on Monday evening, but failed to mention a second assault on Rand Paul supporter by a booster of Paul's opponent, Jack Conway. Most of the briefs also omitted how the MoveOn employee was trying to get an embarrassing picture of Paul. Emily Maxwell of KYPost.com reported late on Monday how “tensions flared at he senatorial candidates' debate here Monday night in two confrontations between Conway and Paul supporters, Lexington police reported. The first involved a woman who is a member of www.moveon.org and who was determined to pose in front of Rand Paul holding a sign that read ' Rand Paul Republicore: Employee of the Month .'” After detailing this first incident, Maxwell continued that “the second occurred after a Conway supporter stepped on the foot of a female Rand supporter, who recently had foot surgery , according to police. The woman was wearing a surgical boot, but after the injury, her incision was cut open. Police say she refused medical treatment and also filed an assault report.” Anchor John Roberts set the example for CNN's coverage of the incidents in his news brief six minutes into the 7 am Eastern hour of American Morning, as the video of the assault on Lauren Valle, the MoveOn.org employee played: read more
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Author and Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges recently made an appearance on “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” to make his case about how the American liberal class and its institutions have spectacularly failed those whom they supposedly aimed to serve … (continued) Related Entries October 25, 2010 What If? So What? October 25, 2010 Home Sales Bump Up in September
Continue reading …Lefty Crackpot Theory: Chinese Dictators Funneling Cash into GOP Campaigns to Export Jobs
October 26, 2010 No CommentThe potentially historic midterm elections are a week away and left-wing voices
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Although gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples are still not fully sanctioned in the real world, things are different in at least one corner of the virtual realm . Take “Fable III,” for example, which gives gamers free rein … (continued) Related Entries October 23, 2010 Ugandan Paper Stirs Gay Witch Hunt October 20, 2010 ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Back in Effect
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