The obvious omissions with corporate MSM start with their failures to criticize years and years of ignorant Republican policy statements. “Arm the Syrian rebels” has been Republican dogma since 2010. They all want a piece of this issue, fantasizing that they will be the next Senator Bob Dole getting an

There’s two news stories here. The war in Iraq continues unabated, which will surprise no one. Islamic State of Syria and al-Sham controls northwest Iraq while a regular army organized by Major General Qassim Suleimani focuses on actions at Samarra and Tikrit.  A fresh, modern Battle of Tikrit has been

Can’t any of these guys play the game ??? We are all of three months from John McCain and Lindsey Graham calling for America to arm the Syrian rebels. Not one mention of ISIS. Then we got American Enterprise Institute going all NeoCon with “A plan to save Iraq from

Edward Snowden was never debriefed by Russian intelligence personnel. That is a small detail, but still the most surprising part of what he told Brian Williams. It seems odd, at first, as you would think that the Russians would want to get what they could from him. In normal circumstances

Social conservatives have generated quite the backlash recently with ads that slam date rape drugs along with marijuana. One unintended effect has been to identify abortion as a prime defense against the unintended pregnancies caused by chemical attacks. Same time, just under 1% of pregnant girls think that they are

The Senate and House votes to reopen the government and avoid Federal financial default gave us a hard look at the GOP’s “Die Hard !!” elected extremists. The Senate came in with 18 wack-jobs; the House showed up with 189 for the initial vote, then 144 for the final. These

They hear their “voices.” The deep baritone thug-tones of the Limbaughs and O’Reillys. The factless, non-rational arguments that populate the virtual world of “catfished” conservatives. Of course the aim is social control — reality testing is discouraged as the targets are compelled to carry on mindlessly: “Receive, Remember, Apply !”

There is a risk from terrorism. It is less than 1% of the risk that comes with government overreaction to terrorism. Usama bin Laden knew that — it’s why he participated in the 9/11 attacks. But what are the overall risks of overreaction? we need a commission to sort these

Occupy Security and Occupy SEC focus on capitalism’s vulnerabilities to organized criminal action. What America saw with houses in the 2000s, you will see today with automobile sales. This includes the top brands and the large dealerships. Wall Street’s ethical pollution has spread out. Car dealerships as an example of

Keep It Simple, Stupid. Those are the three guys who have done the most to show us what has happened to the world. Give credit to Pussy Riot. They’re girls and they did all they could. Mohamed Bouazizi will be invoked for centuries. There’s a couple hundred deserving souls in