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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
Hardend Criminal Or Born To Be Wild?
submitted by GENE HOWINGTON As reported by the Ottawa Police Service: “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 4:35 pm (Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section have charged a 62 year old Ottawa man … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Weird News
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Before Horsemen, Four Growling Dogs
by GENE HOWINGTON At any given time, there are dozens of hotspots around the world where regional conflicts or outright wars are fermenting. Most times these potential conflicts are local or regional in scope. There are four areas at the … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United States, War
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A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: George W. Bush’s Art of Legacy
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Political cartoonist Mark Fiore wrote about the art show displaying George W. Bush’s original portraits of the “big important people” that he met while serving as president of the United States for two terms. Fiore said … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Conservatives, Foreign Policy, George W. Bush, Iraq, Politics, Presidents, United States, War
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Bill Moyers and Paul Krugman Talk about a Society of Inherited Wealth
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last week, Bill Moyers sat down with Paul Krugman on his program Moyers & Company. The two men discussed Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Piketty’s book “shows that two-thirds of America’s increase in … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Video Cartoon: “Tradition”–On Having an Originalist Respect for Our Roots
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO In the following cartoon video, Mark Fiore ponders what life might be like in this country if we lived in the same kind of society Americans did at the time our Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution. … Continue reading
Posted in American History, United States
Tagged Antonin Scalia, Founding Fathers, Mark Fiore, Originalism
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THE DIVIDE: Matt Taibbi Talks about Unequal Justice in the Age of Inequality
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in February 2011, Matt Taibbi wrote an article for Rolling Stone titled Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? In his article, he said that “financial crooks” brought down the world’s economy—yet the feds were doing more … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, DOJ, Financial, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Prison, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Financial Meltdown 2008, Matt Taibbi, SEC
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Sheldon Adelson—Billionaire, Casino Magnate…and Political Kingmaker? (With a Mark Fiore Video)
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in late March, Josh Green of Bloomberg Businessweek spoke on Bloomberg TV about a number of Republican politicians who traveled to Las Vegas to meet with—and “kiss the ring” of—Sheldon Adelson. The politicians—including governors Chris Christie … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Politics, United States
Tagged Chris Christie, John Kasich, Money in Politics, Scott Walker
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It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: Glenn Beck Sued for Defamation
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last April, during the running of the Boston Marathon, a tragic event occurred when two bombs exploded killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. Two brothers—Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev—quickly became the FBI’s primary suspects for … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, FBI, Law Enforcement, Media, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, United States
Tagged Glenn Beck, Terrorism
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