Ray McGovern: My Take
Obama needs Hagel in the Pentagon
Ray McGovernFormer senator would be the only Secretary of Defense in 30 years with combat experience
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Ray McGovern: My Take
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, Best of 2012 (Part 3)
John SemmensDems Scramble to Explain Obama Debate Defeat Going into this week's first presidential debate Democrats were confident that the most brilliant man to ever hold the office would easily trounce his challenger. However, 67% of voters who saw the deba
“Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never Win”
Howard BlitzToday, Americans face a similar challenge and requires no less the determination of a Lombardi, Edison, Morse, Paine or the many women inventors of the past and present. Excessive government taxation and spending, inflation, and government initiated
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We must leave Afghanistan and the Middle East immediately
Frosty WooldridgeFor all the wasted lives of the Afghanistan War, isn’t it about time we pick up and leave that God-forsaken Islamic crazy place? We haven’t accomplished anything in 10 years—why spend another two years wasting money, lives and resources?
Buy Guns While You Still Can: A series of educational articles for people new to the gun scene
Chip SaundersYou have supported in principle the idea that people should be free to own guns, but have yourself not felt the need to do so,...until now. And you have questions. This series will seek to answer them. Part 1
Buy Guns While You Still Can - PART 2: Assessing Your Needs/Risks/Threats
Chip SaundersTo know WHAT to buy, know WHY to buy. What risk are you anticipating protecting against?
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satirical Look at Recent News, Best of 2012 (Part 2)
John SemmensCandidate Admits to Lie, Offers to Do “Community Service” Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren admitted that she falsely claimed Native American status in order to advance her academic career at Harvard Law School—a felony un
2013: It’s Going To Be A Rough Year
Chuck BaldwinOne thing is certainly clear: the last year that ended in 13 was a horrific year for the people of the United States. In fact, 1913 was one of the worst years of the Twentieth Century.
Ray McGovern: My Take
The Larger Question of Chuck Hagel
Ray McGovernThe up-in-the-air nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Defense Secretary has become a test of whether the Israel Lobby can still shoot down an American public servant who is deemed insufficiently passionate regarding Israel, a test that now confronts Pres
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satirical Look at Recent News, Best of 2012 Edition
John SemmensRussia Bans US Adoptions The Russian legislature passed and President Vladimir Putin signed a bill banning the adoption of Russian children by U.S. Families. In a signing statement President Putin asserted that “we cannot continue to subject th
Guns are bad!!
Glenn Jacobs
Scrambling for Africa's Resources
Stephen Lendmananti-war
Loaded Guns, Loaded Kids - What is the root cause of mass shootings?
Ernest Hancock(Publisher's Note: A close friend is a pharmacist and wishes to share their knowledge and opinion. But to protect their career they wish to remain anonymous. A Very Important Perspective...)
86% of Hawaii murders committed w/ hands, fists, feet and knives & other stats not reported by media
Menckens GhostAfter the horror of the Conn. mass shooting, the copycat media have regurgitated the usual conjectures, theories, superficialities, misleading statistics, and ideological canards, sophistry, and platitudes. That’s why private contemplation and resea
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Christmas in Antarctica: a moment frozen in time
Frosty WooldridgeThere, in that frozen wasteland beyond the borders of my imagination where humanity does not belong, Mother Nature touched me again with her pulsing heart and living warmth.
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 23, 2012 Edition
John SemmensPresident Nominates Senator Kerry for Secretary of State Job President Barack Obama tabbed Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) as the person he wants to succeed the ailing Hillary Clinton as the nation's Secretary of State. While the move was not unexpect
BDS Breakthrough
Stephen LendmanBDS
Why didn’t they heed the warning 15 years ago about medical care?
Menckens GhostWhatever the reason, the nation can’t wait 15 years for executives and politicians to address other serious issues facing the country, especially the unsustainable welfare state. In 15 years, the nation will be well past the point of no return, and
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Aftermath of Newtown, Connecticut—overwhelming sadness
Frosty WooldridgeAn American man beats his wife or girlfriend every 15 seconds in America. How do you swallow that one emotionally, intellectually or otherwise? We are supposed to be a moral, ethical and lawful nation.
PROGRESS REPORT, 12-17-12, U. S. Senate passes NDAA of 2013 by 98–0 vote
Julian HeicklenThe only difference from that of 2012 is that Congress must approve an arrest before it is made. Thus the Congress has again violated the U. S. Constitution by taking warrant authority away from the courts and giving it to itself.
Fascist Nation
It is not about revenue, it is about spending
Powell GammillI vote for Plan C: Jumping off the fiscal cliff and hope for a deep abyss.
A shocking report on white families
Menckens GhostA sobering and shocking report has been written about the state of white families. It has striking similarities to the famous Moynihan report of 1965 about black families.
When Can We Have an Honest Discussion on Mental Illness and the Way it is Treated?
Bob RossWhile bickering about gun rights is prevalent in the wake of recent events, another meaningful debate is being pushed to the sidelines. Why do we see such an increase in mental instability and what can be done about it?
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Newtown, Connecticut: our violent culture
Frosty WooldridgeWe promote violence on TV with incredibly violent programs like NCIS in NYC, in Los Angeles and in Miami.Springer, Povich, Cunningham and other moronic TV shows celebrate illiteracy, the dregs of society and sheer violence.
Israel's Lieberman Resigns
Stephen LendmanIsrael
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 16, 2012 Edition
John SemmensRight-to-Work Passes in Michigan, Violence Feared This week the Michigan legislature passed a “right-to-work” law making the state the 24th to allow workers to abstain from joining a union without losing their jobs. Opponents of the new law are in
Plunder under the fiction of the rule of law
Menckens GhostThe 76-page masterpiece, The Law, was written by Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850). Of the book’s many profundities, the following statement was the most profound, and, sadly, the most relevant to the United States government of today
2012: Y2K Redux
Mike RenzulliOne need only look to previous prophecies of doom and the massive amounts of science to know that the predictions made about the coming doom in 2012 are nothing more than fiction.
Ray McGovern: My Take
Growing Doubts About Susan Rice
Ray McGovernRepublicans have blasted U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice for her TV comments about the fatal attack in Benghazi, Libya, but her real unfitness to be Secretary of State rests in her excessive careerism and insufficient compassion, says ex-CIA ana
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Black racism alive and flourishing in America
Frosty WooldridgeFoxx said, “I get free, I save my wife, and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that? And how black is that?” A white person would be arrested for hate crimes for that comment.He would have started black riots all over the country
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