Category Archives: United States

A Lobbyist by Any Other Name Would Still Smell…with a Poem about Lobbying

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO In February, The Nation posted an interesting article about political lobbyists on its website. In the article titled Where Have All the Lobbyists Gone?, Lee Fang tells an interesting tale about the declining number of  registered lobbyists … Continue reading →

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A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: George W. Bush’s Art of Legacy

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

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 →

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Bill Moyers and Paul Krugman Talk about a Society of Inherited Wealth

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

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 →

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A Mark Fiore Video Cartoon: “Tradition”–On Having an Originalist Respect for Our Roots

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

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 →

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THE DIVIDE: Matt Taibbi Talks about Unequal Justice in the Age of Inequality

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

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 →

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Sheldon Adelson—Billionaire, Casino Magnate…and Political Kingmaker? (With a Mark Fiore Video)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

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 →

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It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: Glenn Beck Sued for Defamation

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

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 , | 47 Comments

Them Bones: 3-D Printing

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON In a stunning demonstration of the positive side of the development of 3-D (a.k.a. additive) printing technology, a team of innovative Dutch surgeons led by Dr. Bon Verweij with the help of Australian prosthetic company Anatomics have … Continue reading →

Posted in 3-D Printing, Australia, Biology, Chemistry, Health Care, Medical Technology, Netherlands, Science, Technology, United States | 9 Comments

Ku Klux Klan Distributes Fliers in Virginia…Insists It’s Not a Hate Group

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Two weeks ago, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported a story about the Ku Klux Klan distributing fliers in several neighborhoods in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The fliers—which were said to contain a hotline number, an email address, and two … Continue reading →

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Just for Fun on Friday a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: Jack Gerard’s American Petroleum Institute

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

POSTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO From Mark Fiore’s website: Keystone XL and tar sands oil are emissions-free wonders that will do everything good you ever thought possible.  (At least according to the American Petroleum Institute.)  Let’s take a look at the … Continue reading →

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