The GOP Wages War On Peace
Republicans are just like pet cats. "Oh, look, another shiny object." Recently rounds of their Scandalgates include: Solyndra, the IRS, Benghazi, Obamacare, court packing, and now Iran. Those frisky...
View ArticleStarve The Old, Feed War Fever
War costs money. And spending tax revenue on Defense is what the Republican party is all about. Certainly education, jobs, healthcare, immigration, women's right to chose, our infrastructure, science,...
View ArticleVideo- NBC Political Editor: We Don't Have a Clue About Key Issues for 2014
Thank god Heather caught this. Stunningly ignorant. NOTE- Vid isn't working here, but it does at C&L. The post Video- NBC Political Editor: We Don't Have a Clue About Key Issues for 2014 appeared...
View ArticleCartoons of the Day- Christmas is Coming
Randy Bish Jimmy Margulies John R Rose Mike Luckovich The post Cartoons of the Day- Christmas is Coming appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleMainstream Press Drinks Polluted Water -- Gets Dysentery
Two nights ago, Lawrence O'Donnell, as he often does, takes a breaking national story and rather than become a mouth-piece lemming and following along, or a parrot repeating back talking points, he...
View ArticleSurprise: Newest American Saboteurs are Democratic Senators
When you hear names like Charlie Schumer, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, Kay Hagen, Mary Landrieu, Bob Casey and Richard Blumenthal, you usually hear that some Democratically sponsored bill has their...
View ArticleFinally, A Good & Novel Use For Guns
The President is going to be delivering his State of the Union Address tonight and most likely he'll avoid any serious mention of the rampant injuries and wanton loss of life that guns and rifles have...
View ArticleOvernight: Pete Seeger Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Pete Seeger with grandson Tao Rodriguez: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The post Overnight: Pete Seeger Where Have All the Flowers Gone? appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleSen. Kirsten Gillibrand - "What Is She Thinking?"
Kirsten Gillibrand Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is truly an enigma. She's a strong political voice in the battle against cuts to SNAP (food stamps - the farm bill), advocate for women's...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann - Jewish Icon Or Jewish I-Con't?
Well, to hear the representative from Minnesota's sixth congressional district, she's fighting the battle for Jews all over the world -- almost single-handedly. HuffPo: U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann...
View ArticleOvernight: The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
From the 'About' section on YouTube about this video: Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put...
View ArticleGOP Men Spill Democracy Seed, Now Hate Their Bastard Child
One of the many excuses the Republicans gave for invading Iraq was that we needed to sew the seeds of Democracy. Yes, really, those are their words-- the seeds of Democracy. Forget 911, Saddam's...
View ArticleOvernight: Yoga Girls of the World
From YouTube: Written, Performed, and Produced by: Jocelyn Kay Levy & Jacquelyn Richey (JocelynKayLevy.com, JacquelynRichey.com) Director of Photography: Panos Stoumpos Music: Steve McCormick...
View ArticleEven Tony Blair says "No" to Iraq Involvement, Backs Obama
Meet the Press, despite the GOP caste, conservative cast and often, Cast, does yet get the truly good Gets. Today: Tony Blair, someone whose voice about Iraq should carry a little weight. Especially...
View ArticleA Matter of Life and Death
War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! --Edwin Starr I was hit with a dose of sad reality yesterday during the show when, as I was discussing the sickening situation in Gaza, a long-time...
View ArticleMisfired Palestinian(?) Airstrikes At a Main Hospital and Public Park in Gaza...
Who shot the rockets?? Two separate strikes near the main hospital in Gaza and the nearby Shati refugee camp on the edge of Gaza City, brought a stream of victims out of the medical center. Most news...
View ArticleStop It! (Nicole Sandler Interviews Uri Avnery)
As a progressive atheist with a Jewish heritage, I'll admit to being really ashamed of Israel's actions. I feel for the Palestinian people trapped in the "open-air prison" that is the Gaza strip. I...
View Article100 Years Ago This Summer, the Great War Began - Has Putin Taken Us Back?
Noted historian Jon Meacham proposed just that, going even further to speculate that we are once again, as a country, purportedly Leaders of the Free World now, re-engaged in The Big Game. And Putin...
View ArticleBreaking: U.S. Has Commenced Air Strikes in N. Iraq, Pentagon Says-VIDEO
The United States has begun shelling specific targets in Northern Iraq in an attempt to deter ISIS -- remember them, their main platform seems to involve female genital mutilation? ISIS had trapped...
View ArticleA Woman's View of Serial Genital Mutilation in Iraq (and everywhere else)
WARNING: graphic and troubling graphics below, please check your environment. Thank You. Years ago, Kathy Griffin (a rather political comic with a strong voice) spoke of her having gone to Iraq during...
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