Blacklisting Known Spies : Russia vs. U.S.A.

  Russia has drawn up a list of Americans who will be banned from entering Russia. The move comes as a response to Washington’s blacklisting of Russian officials linked to suspected human rights violations.       Barack Obama’s much vaunted ‘reset’ of relations between the United States and Russia has suddenly hit a major…

Tea Party Fanatics Make Constitutional Fabrications

Here are a few things the framers did not know about: World War II. DNA. Sexting. Airplanes. The atom. Television. Medicare. Collateralized debt obligations. The germ theory of disease. Miniskirts. The internal combustion engine. Computers. Antibiotics. Lady Gaga.       People on the right and left constantly ask what the framers would say about…

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‘Climate crisis is a struggle for the soul of America’

Gore’s rallying call: ‘Climate crisis is a struggle for the soul of America’ Gore evokes the Iraq war, credit crunch, civil rights and emancipation to argue the US electoral system is broken and only a mass movement can deliver reason on global warming     Al Gore, pictured in Florida in September 2010, argues in…

“Wow, I wish I’d thought of that.” Bill Clinton`s Jobs BluePrint

It’s Still the Economy, Stupid Fourteen million Americans remain out of work, a waste of our greatest resource. The 42nd president has more than a dozen ideas on how to attack the jobs crisis. Andrew Hetherington for Newsweek Bill Clinton 14 WAYS TO PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK Next week in Chicago, the Clinton Global…

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Our Our Global Village Is Between Hell and Reason: Each trying to impose itself on reality

In a terrifying society, there is no place for truth or ideals     Language socially engineers behavior.     It was during this same week in 1949 (June 8), that George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” dystopian novel was made known to the world. His book was published after World War II and Nazism’s ruin and…

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Mitt Romney Reboots Message : “Everything about him is Elite”

  Indeed, Mitt 3.0 hopes to play up his past as a corporate turnaround artist and focus less on being “just one of the guys.” While Romney tends to poll well with upper-middle-class, college-educated voters, he has traditionally struggled with the party’s blue-collar base. The campaign appears now to be betting that even if Tea…

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The nude pictures of Turkish-German actress/artist Sila Sahin spark debate over integration of Muslims in Germany

First Turkish Woman Poses For German Playboy The nude pictures of Turkish-German actress Sila Sahin spark debate over integration of Muslims in Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. It may also be a curveball for feminists.   Sahin’s Cover Page  

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Lady Gaga plays Mary Magdalene: God can take a musical joke [JUDAS AUDIO RELEASE]

  It seems that God can take a musical joke.     By Terrence Blacker   Praise the Lord, Lady Gaga is to release an Easter single. The exotic singer has taken her interest in religion a step further with a song called “Judas” which will be launched next week. According to Lauriann Gibson, her…