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For Netanyahu, Gaza escalation could pave the way to Iran strike
Amir OrenHaaretzNov 16, 2012 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have not given up the dream of carrying out a major operation in Iran. For some time, prior to the recent American election, they were in disagreement: Barak was against creating facts on the ground which President Barack Obama would be forced…
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Back Bill To Arrest Federal Officials Who Implement Obamacare
The Huffington Post | By Mollie Reilly Posted: 11/13/2012 7:19 pm EST Updated: 11/14/2012 12:23 am EST Nine Republican members of the Wisconsin Legislature say they would back a bill to arrest any federal officials who attempt to implement President Obama’s signature health care law in the state. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports…
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Stop pretending the US is an uninvolved, helpless party in the Israeli assault on Gaza
The Obama administration’s unstinting financial, military and diplomatic support for Israel is a key enabling force in the conflict A Palestinian man carries a wounded child at a hospital following an Israeli air raid in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 17, 2012. Photograph: Moiz Salhi/AFP/Getty Images A central premise of US…
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Conservative economist, “We need to raise taxes.” Fox Host, “You’re a Communist.”
November 17, 2012 By Anomaly Greg Gutfeld of Fox News interviewed Conservative economist Ben Stein yesterday, and when the host didn’t get the answer he wanted, he deemed Stein as a “Communist.” Congress right now can pass a law which would prevent a tax hike on the first $250,000 of anyone’s income, but Republicans are…
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Chrysler to Spend $238 Million, Add 1,250 Jobs in Michigan, Not China | Occupy America
Chrysler to Spend $238 Million, Add 1,250 Jobs in Michigan, Not China | Occupy America. Chrysler to Spend $238 Million, Add 1,250 Jobs in Michigan, Not China So, Mitt Romney…you say Obama won the election because he gave away free gifts? Well maybe it’s just because you’re a big, fat liar. Reuters: Chrysler Group LLC, the…
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Sad but true.
I remember watching this sitcom growing up. And, I came close to seeing Hemsley in person in Atlantic City several years ago. Sadly, his body has remained on ice in El Paso since his death. A dispute over the remains with a longtime manager and a half brother. Hemsley, always remembered as George Jefferson, was…
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Morning Papers Worth Reading: Friday, Nov. 16th
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It is absolutely true that Romney was looking forward to cutting his own tax liability to zero.
There are hardly any human beings who have not had the feeling of disappointment following the failure of one’s expectations, and in most cases a person focuses primarily on the decisions that contributed to a poor outcome as much as the outcome itself. After President Obama won a resounding victory over Willard Romney in last…
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Former CIA Director David Petraeus arrived on Capitol Hill Friday to testify.
Washington (CNN) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus arrived on Capitol Hill Friday to testify before congressional lawmakers that he knew “almost immediately” the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was the work of a loosely-formed militia with members sympathetic to al Qaeda. Petraeus’ testimony will be behind closed doors before Republican and…
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Study shows no one can live on $14,500 a year. Minimum Wage sucks.
Americans Want to Raise the Minimum Wage Bryce Covert on November 15, 2012 – 10:35 AM ET Voters didn’t just send President Obama back to the White House on Election Day. They also voted to raise the minimum wage in three different cities. Albuquerque, NM raised its minimum wage from $7.50 to $8.50 per hour,…