Month: April 2011

Two GOP Drug War Critics Seek Presidency

DRC CHRONICLES:   …. [Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson] was in typical form last week, telling ABC News what he was all about. “I support gay unions. I think the government ought to get out of the marriage business. And then for me as governor of New Mexico, everything was a cost-benefit analysis. There weren’t […]

NATO strike ‘kills Gadafi’s youngest son’

AL JAZEERA:  Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, the youngest son of the Libyan leader, and three of his grandchildren have been killed in a NATO air strike, a Libyan government spokesman said. Gaddafi and his wife were in the Tripoli house of his 29-year-old son, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, when it was hit by at least one missile fired […]

From democracy to plutocracy

MPNNOW.COM:  In American politics, the past not only sticks with us, but it often provides the best definition of what’s going on in the politics of the present, so it can be useful to revisit some powerful words from our history. Today’s media and political powers, for example, keep using the word “conservative” to describe […]

The CIA’s man in Libya?

WHOWHATWHY.COM:  Khalifa Hifter was once a top military officer for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, but after a disastrous military adventure in Chad in the late 1980s, Hifter switched to the anti-Gadhafi opposition. In the early 1990s, he moved to suburban Virginia, where he established a life but maintained ties to anti-Gadhafi groups. Late last week, […]

Firefighters Union Pulls Plug on Federal Campaign Donations

NEWSMAX:  The nation’s largest firefighters union has decided to bail on federal candidates this election cycle, dealing President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats a major blow in their efforts to hold the White House and Senate. Although the International Association of Fire Fighters gives to both Democrats and Republicans, the 300,000-member organization gives far more […]

What the Bible teaches about homosexuality

The following are excerpts from a commentary on Leviticus 19:1–20:27 by Dr. Judith Hauptman: “…Later in the same chapter, we find a ban on giving one’s seed to Molekh (verse 21), an act that would be against the child’s will. It therefore stands to reason that the very next verse—”do not make a man lie with you as one lies with a woman”

Social Security begins phase-out of paper checks

Starting May 1, everyone who applies for Social Security or other federal government benefits will be required to arrange for direct deposit of their payments. The government plans to phase out paper checks entirely by 2013. Now, about 85% of Social Security beneficiaries get payments through direct deposit, says Treasury assistant secretary Richard Gregg. But […]

Dollar slides as US growth disappoints

From the FINANCIAL TIMES: 21.05 BST The dollar has slid to its lowest level in three years as a mixture of weaker-than-expected economic growth in the US, higher inflation and extended low rates from the Fed take their toll on confidence in the economy. But the cheap money binge continues to provide support for equities, […]

Anti Israeli treatment of Palestinians not anti-semitism

The very simple, obvious, and wholly correctable reason for the Egyptian poll results favoring the annulment of the 30 year old peace treaty with Israel is that most Egyptians, as the article states, “view the Israelis poorly, largely because of perceptions that they mistreat the Palestinians”. This should hardly be news to anyone and is […]

LETTER: Hospital’s outrageous violation of ethics!

An old friend shows up at your door for a visit and you know this person to be a recovering addict, but you believed them to be currently clean. During the visit this person appears to be under the influence and has to be rushed to the hospital emergency. When at the hospital, the police see a small child with the couple and calls CYA.

LETTER: Economic fight of the century

What percent will have a clue? “Fight of the Century” is the new economics hip-hop music video by John Papola and Russ Roberts at http://EconStories.tv. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession ended almost two years ago, in the summer of 2009. Yet we’re all uneasy. Job growth has been disappointing. […]

Bernanke Sees Risks in Further Steps to Spur Jobs

NEWSMAX:  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Fed can’t take additional steps to try to ease high unemployment without escalating high inflation. If inflation were to accelerate, the Fed would have to raise rates to slow borrowing and spending and blunt price increases. Hiring might then slow. Speaking at a news conference […]