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POETRY FRIDAY: John Clare’s “Autumn” Read by Richard Burton
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2014 Midterm Election: The “Screw You” Strategy Was a Winner! (With a Mark Fiore Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Political cartoonist Mark Fiore thinks that humans “are a little hard to figure out sometimes, and that makes for an interesting Democracy.” Fiore was puzzled by the results of the recent midterm election. Imagine people voting against their … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged 2014 Midterm Election, Mark Fiore, Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Voting
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Preparations Are Being Made for the “Coming Storm” in Ferguson, Missouri
By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency. The FBI also issued a bulletin “warning of likely violence across the country as a St. Louis County grand jury concludes its investigation of Ferguson police … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Media, Propaganda, Society, United States
Tagged Darren Wilson, FBI, Ferguson (MO), Governor Jay Nixon, Ku Klux Klan, Michael Brown
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Senators Ted Cruz and Al Franken…and John Oliver Opine on the Subject of Net Neutrality
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, Senator Ted Cruz wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post titled Regulating the Internet threatens entrepreneurial freedom. In his piece, Cruz claimed that one of the greatest regulatory threats to the Internet was net neutrality. … Continue reading
A Taste of Bermuda: A Recipe for Rum Swizzles
By Elaine Magliaro I hadn’t enjoyed drinking a Rum Swizzle since 1969–the year my husband and I honeymooned in Bermuda–when I got the idea to search for recipes for the cocktail on the Internet recently. I selected one recipe that I tweaked a … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Flowers, Libations, Recipes
Tagged Cocktails, Libations, Rum Swizzle Recipe
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Frank Serpico Tells How Some Police Are “Still Out of Control” in Recent Politico Article
By Elaine Magliaro NOTE: I want to thank Michael Beaton for calling my attention to the Politico article titled The Police Are Still Out of Control, which was written by police whistleblower Frank Serpico. ABOUT FRANK SERPICO Frank Serpico–born on … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Media, Society, United States
Tagged Blue Wall, Ferguson (MO), Ferguson Police, Frank Serpico, Knapp Commission, NYPD, police, Police Corruption, Police Departments, Serpico
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On the Subject of Rahm Emanuel, the City of Chicago, and Risky Interest-Rate Swaps
By Elaine Magliaro While I was doing research on my post about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel accepting campaign contributions from financial firms managing city’s pension money, I came across another interesting story about Emanuel being involved with risky interest-rate swaps. Heather Gillers of the … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, United States
Tagged Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Interest-Rate Swaps, Rahm Emanuel
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Investigative Journalist David Sirota Reports on “Pay to Play” in Chicago: Mayor Rahm Emanuel Accepted Campaign Contributions from Financial Firms Managing City Pension Money
By Elaine Magliaro Investigative journalist David Sirota reported earlier this week that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former chief of staff to President Obama, has accepted campaign contributions from financial firms that manage the city’s pension money. Sirota said that, according to documents that … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, United States
Tagged Campaign Contributions, Campaign Finance, Chicago, David Sirota, Pay to Play, Rahm Emanuel, SEC
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You Won’t Hear This Story on Fox News: US Government Expects to Earn at Least $5 Billion from Loan Program That Funded Solyndra
By Elaine Magliaro Justin Doom of Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Wednesday that the US government “expects to earn $5 billion to $6 billion from the renewable-energy loan program that funded flops including Solyndra LLC, supporting President Barack Obama’s decision to back … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Media, Politics, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Conservatives, Green Energy, Republicans, Solar Energy, Solyndra
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POETRY FRIDAY: Those Who Go to War and the “Fortunate Sons” Who Never Have to Serve
By Elaine Magliaro At the Concert for Valor on Tuesday night, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Zac Brown performed their rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son.” John Fogerty’s 1969 song “Fortunate Son” is an anti-war “anthem that rails against blind … Continue reading
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