What will the United States look like in 2016 if Mitt Romney wins? While predicting the future is of course impossible, actually my experience is that if you play out known possible scenarios in your mind, you can often get a fair idea of the likely course of events. 1. Austerity does not work– it […]
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Top Five Signs of Capitalist Dictatorship in the Romney Campaign
The mainstream media and even Democrats have been slow to call Mitt Romney’s deliberate falsehoods “lies.” But after just calling them what they are, it is also important to analyze their meaning. Lies on Romney’s scale do not simply show contempt for the intelligence of American voters. They show contempt for democracy, and display some […]
Romney Ridiculed ‘Rising of Seas,’ Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)
Mitt Romney makes fun of President Obama’s pledge to slow the rising of the world’s oceans, caused by climate change, and his Republican audience tittered. Instead, Romney pledged to “help you and your families.” In general, more moisture in the air and higher ocean temperatures, both of which help hurricanes be more damaging, result from […]
A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)
Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon (The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods (2012), suggests that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the Zombie Apocalypse, and that learning Parkour (obstacle and speed training) would be an appropriate response to a Romney victory.
Jon Stewart: Romney/ Bain record on Picking Winners much Worse than Obama’s
Wherein Jon Stewart of the Daily Show on Comedy Central examines the proposition that Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital can pick winners and losers among investment prospects better than Obama and the Federal government. Turns out, not so much. !!!! The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Picking Winners & Losers […]
Romney’s Major Flip-Flops in the Third Debate
Gov. Mitt Romney continued his amazing chameleon act in the third presidential debate, apparently reversing several of his earlier talking points on foreign policy in the game’s ninth inning. On Israel-Palestine Romney said Monday, ” Is — are Israel and the Palestinians closer to — to reaching a peace agreement? No, they haven’t had talks […]
Big Brother is looking for a Cyber-Attack Pretext to Crack Down (Greenberg)
Karen J. Greenberg writes at Tomdispatch.com Will the Apocalypse Arrive Online? How Fear of Cyber Attack Could Take Down Your Liberties and the Constitution First the financial system collapses and it’s impossible to access one’s money. Then the power and water systems stop functioning. Within days, society has begun to break down. In the cities, […]
Walsh (Republican): No Pregnancy Ever threatens a Mother’s Life (Young Turks Video)
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill, a conservative Republican, now argues that there is never an instance when an abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother. In fact, 64,000 ectopic pregnancies occur each year in the US, which typically do require that the fetus be aborted or otherwise the mother would die. That is […]
Romney Binder full of Top Ten Mistakes and Falsehoods
1. Romney attempted to convey the impression that he has worked to increase women’s employment as governor, reaching out to women’s groups and receiving “binders of women” from them. (Yes, that is what he said). But Romney made no effort to hire women managers at Bain Capital, and even today only 4 of out of […]
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