The ‘Red Line’ The U.S. Crossed Long Ago
Posted on 27. Apr, 2013 by Lucy Raed in Analysis, Politics
The cheerleaders of the military industrial complex are revving themselves up for yet another American misadventure overseas. Sketchy, second-hand reports have appeared that seem to confirm the limited use of sarin gas by forces under the control of president-for-life Bashar al-Assad against Syrian rebels. President Obama had previously marked the use of chemical weapons in [...]
Outfit Stool Pigeons Want Their Cake And Eat It Too
Posted on 21. Apr, 2013 by Frank Coconate in Analysis, Organized Crime
Some Chicagoans appear to be living a charmed life when it comes to federal prosecution. The men I have in mind are all involved in the Chicago Outfit, one of the most powerful and enduring organized crime families in the United States, yet they constantly seem to avoid the full wrath of the U.S. Justice [...]
There Is No Alternative: Thatcher Destroyed Great Britain
Posted on 10. Apr, 2013 by Lucy Raed in Analysis, History
A mighty tyrant passed from this world recently. No, I am not writing about Hugo Chavez, though the person I have in mind has much in common with that bombastic and verbose dictator of resource-rich Venezuela. Both he and my subject have a meticulously-built cult of personality surrounding them, dappled generously with strong hints of [...]
A Trimphus For The Conquering Hero
Posted on 22. Jan, 2013 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
Here we are, back at the beginning. Four years ago I wrote an article, Panem Et Circenses On The Potomac, chronicling the epic overindulgence of the raucous coronation of our Lord and Savior King Barack Obama. The 2008 Obama inauguration was such a spectacle of waste and excess that this comparison is not difficult to [...]
Supreme Court To Hear Landmark Gay Rights Cases
Posted on 09. Dec, 2012 by Lucy Raed in Analysis, Current Events
This has been a major final quarter of the year for sanity. First President Barack Obama soundly trounced his backwards, flip-flopping corporate raider opponent Mitt Romney, and has taken this mandate to the next level by refusing to extend tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans at the cost of the 99%. Then, in a move [...]
Robertson Stands Pat… On Evolution?!
Posted on 03. Dec, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
Pat Robertson, the grand poobah of all things wacko-nutso in “mainstream” fundamentalist Christianity, made a scandalous revelation last week. The man who blamed 9/11 on gay people, Hurricane Katrina on American abortion laws and Port-au-Prince’s killer earthquake on an ages-old pact between the Haitians and Satan, was recently confronted with a serious question from (what [...]
Obama’s Unbecoming Presidential Campaign
Posted on 25. Oct, 2012 by Dominic Godinez in Analysis, Politics
Who knew the fate of the presidential election would tip on the number of women voting as if their lady parts depend on it? Early on in the presidential race, Barrack Obama’s campaign made the calculation to use young, unmarried, female voters, a group that leans heavily Democratic as a punch card for a second [...]
Jihadists and Fuhrers and Premieres, Oh My!
Posted on 21. Oct, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
A New York Times story that the United States and Iran had finally come to an agreement to engage in bilateral talks concerning Iran’s uranium enrichment program has been the talk of the town. Both sides immediately disavowed any knowledge of this clandestine arrangement, of course, and the Times has not given up their source, [...]
Biden “Forcibly” Defeats Ryan
Posted on 14. Oct, 2012 by Lucy Raed in Analysis, Politics
In one of the most clear-cut, decisive victories I have ever seen in a televised debate, Vice President Joe Biden utterly trounced Paul Ryan. The defeat was total. There wasn’t even a smidgen of doubt. Most importantly, it was exactly what the bewildered Democrats needed. After the confusing (and lie-ridden) Romney obfuscation of the first [...]
The Systematic Federal FOIA Failure
Posted on 29. Sep, 2012 by Theodore Roe in Analysis, Current Events
As if we needed another reason to turn the president out of office, Bloomberg News recently released an internal analysis of the Obama administration’s criminally (both in the figurative and literal sense) deficient adherence to federal law. In the wake of endless federal spending scandals and government investment snafus plaguing these last few years, one [...]
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