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“Learn to Speak Benghazi”—A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Mark Fiore suggests that people should “think again” if they had thought that the tragedy that occurred in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2102, was a thing of the past. He said that House Republicans have … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Benghazi, Mark Fiore, Republicans
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Eric Shinseki, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Politics, and War
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last Friday, Charles P. Pierce posted a column at Esquire’s Politics Blog about the resignation of General Eric Shinseki and the “unfolding scandal” at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Pierce wrote: And thus ends the honorable … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Ronald Reagan, United States, US Military, War
Tagged Department of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, VA, Vietnam Veterans
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“Anthem For Doomed Youth”: A Poem by Wilfred Owen Read by Kenneth Branagh
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Anthem for Doomed Youth was written by Wilfred Owen in 1916, when he was a patient at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, recovering from shell shock.
Posted in Literature, Poetry, War, World History, World War I
Tagged Memorial Day, Wilfred Owen
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The Twelfth Post in the “Oh My Achin’ Head” Series: Florida State Representative Warns That the Company Hired to Create New Common Core Standardized Tests for the State Promotes Homosexuality
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last November, I wrote a column for Res Ipsa Loquitor on the subject of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Common Core standards. It appears that Duncan was unhappy with critics of Common Core and made … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Policy, Politics, States
Tagged Common Core, Florida, High-Stakes Testing, Oh My Achin' Head
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Koch Brothers Exposed: Robert Greenwald’s “Chilling” Updated Documentary about Charles and David Koch
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO According to Democracy Now!, Republicans don’t want people to see Robert Greenwald’s “chilling” updated documentary about Charles and David Koch—two of the world’s richest men. Democracy Now! reported earlier today that this past Monday “Republican Rep. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Libertarians, Oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, United States
Tagged Koch Brothers, Money in Politics
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“Sons of Wichita”: New Book about Koch Brothers to Be Published This Week
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO A new book titled Sons of Wichita: The Saga of the Koch Brothers by Daniel Schulman, “which delves into the four sons of Fred Koch and the influence their oil industry leader and anti-communist father had on … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Libertarians, Literature
Tagged Fred Koch, Koch Brothers, Sons of Wichita
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“Collect It All”: Amy Goodman Talks with Glenn Greenwald about NSA Bugging Tech Hardware, Economic Espionage & Spying on U.N. on Democracy Now!
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro On Tuesday, Glenn Greenwald’s new book No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State was published. According to Democracy Now!, the book contains “dozens of previously secret NSA documents” that include … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, NSA, United States
Tagged Amy Goodman, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwlad, NSA Surveillance, privacy
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McCutcheon, Citizens United, the Supreme Court, and “The United States of John Roberts”
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in November of 2010, I wrote an article for Res Ipsa Loquitor titled Citizens United Ruling Brings on “Tsunami of Sewer Money.” In it, I quoted a question posed by Joe Conason in a Salon article he … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Free Speech, Government, Justice, Politics, SCOTUS, United Kingdom
Tagged Campaign Finance, Citizens United, John Roberts, Mark Fiore, McCutcheon
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Sandy Hook Truther Steals Peace Sign from Playground Honoring the Memory of Newtown Shooting Victim
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Conspiracy theories abound in this country. The conspiracy theorists that people are probably most familiar with are the 9/11 truthers and the Obama birthers. What I hadn’t been aware of until recently was the existence of a … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, United States, Weird Crime
Tagged Grace McDonnell, Gun Violence, Newtown Massacre, Sany Hook Truthers
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Wayne LaPierre and the NRA’s Mission to Terrify America (With a Mark Fiore Video)
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Ana Marie Cox wrote a couple of articles about the NRA for The Guardian in late April—at the time of the organization’s annual convention in Indianapolis. Cox said that the NRA “doesn’t spend a lot of time … Continue reading
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