The troubles of Rep. Todd Akin, Republican candidate for the senate in Missouri, derive from his absolute opposition to abortion, even in cases where a mother’s life is in danger or in cases of incest and rape. The ‘personhood’ bill he co-sponsored with Paul Ryan would have had the effect of making all abortions for […]
On Real Gender and Racial Equality (Gloria Steinem Poster)
Anonymous Billionaires are Stealing Your Election with Attack Ads
It would be bad enough, as I reported last week, that 47 billionaires were responsible for the lion’s share of individual Super PAC contributions. It turns out that the Super PACs aren’t even the biggest players. The biggest players are the dark money PACs, which do not have to reveal the sources of their funding. […]
Top Ten Paul Ryan Falsehoods, Gaffes and Outrages, First Week
1. Ryan’s position opposing abortion even in cases of rape, and his attempts to define cytoblasts as legal ‘persons’ (which would outlaw all termination of pregnancies and some forms of birth control) came under scrutiny when Republican Todd Akin, running for the Senate in Missouri, provoked a furor. Akin said he opposed abortion even in […]
Assange Demands end of US War on Whistleblowers
Julian Assange called on the US on Sunday to cease its war on whistleblowers. He also blasted Russia for imposing a 2-year sentence on three members of the punk rock band Pussy Riot for their protest song in an Eastern Orthodox cathedral. Here is Assange’s statement from the Ecuadorian embassy in London:
Israeli President Peres Smacks down PM Netanyahu on Iran Attack, Supports Obama
For the past couple of weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak, have been making strident noises about a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities. It is hard to believe that the far right wing Israeli government actually would be so foolish as to mount such an […]
Putin, Pussy Riot, Hooliganism and the Syrian Bloodbath
The sentencing of members of the Russian punk rock band, Pussy Riot, to two years in prison for a protest song they sang in an Eastern Orthodox cathedral against Vladimir Putin, now president of the Russian Federation, has blackened the name of the second Russian republic abroad in a way its support for the murderous […]
Ann Romney: No More Tax Returns! (Jamiol Cartoon)
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Syria and the New Great Divide in the Greater Middle East
With news of a series of bombings and attacks in Iraq, of kidnappings and reprisals in Lebanon, and an ongoing Civil War in Syria, anyone who looks at the map of the Greater Middle East cannot fail to see a new Great Divide. The Great Divide has three dimensions. 1. First, it pits the Shanghai […]
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