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You don't understand

While we all kind of understand that the movement to destroy government was started a long time ago and that it was really popularized by St. Ronnie, the real motivation is not hard to understand. The...

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The Only Hope is to Shame Them

Nothing will change until Progressives stop being polite. People will only change their behavior when they realize that they are being ignored, ostracized and marginalized by everyone they know. When...

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HRC is doing her best, but is doomed anyway.

So it seems Secretary Clinton has gotten quite the coup in picking up the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters in advance of the primaries. The group has not endorsed a candidate this early...

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Why are foreign companies getting US gov contracts?

Why are there no laws forbidding US gov. contracts going to foreign corporations if there are American companies available to do the same thing? I just read about the cooks and janitors that service...

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Well done NSA.

And now American businesses are moving overseas (or building new facilities overseas) to avoid the insane security state the NSA has created in the US.Congratulations go to the US government for not...

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While you were distracted with events elsewhere...

The government just helped facilitate the expansion of fracking again.  We cannot even take time to get over tragedy. The article at desmogblog.com is worth the reading. They go over how it was done...

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A rude surprise for the mainstream media - but not for the DNC

The on the ground support for Bernie Sanders is a real thing. I just went to the opening of a field office in Las Vegas. It was a noisy and impressive crowd of mostly young educated folk. The office...

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I couldn't sleep in one night in 1997

I wrote the following in 1997 when I was working in Hollywood. At the time there was a huge fight going on about de-funding the National Endowment for the Arts. I just ran across it today. I find it...

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More police over reaction

There is a story up at BillyPenn that tells of a proposal in Philadelphia to create a registry of all musical acts to play in the city. The idea is “to head off potential problems.” It would affect any...

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NV is Berning up

While lots of media have descended upon Las Vegas for the upcoming Democratic town hall and Saturday’s caucus. We are seeing more and more Bernie signs and stickers.The canvassers are out in force for...

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When you peel The Onion

Too bad that The Onion is no longer going to be a reliable satire site that is willing to take on all who deserve mockery.While this happened a few weeks ago, I missed it and have not see anyone post...

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When will someone step up to the plate?

I am really curious about this:When will enough be enough? The White House ignores the oversight functions of Congress. They ignore subpoenas. They ignore legal information requests. They refuse to...

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Make the arguement stick

I saw this tweet on Facebook and shared it because I thought it pithy and to the point:“America does not have a far left movement.Our far-right are fascists.Our center-right are extremist...

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While we are being distracted. The Dow tanks and investors are dumping their...

Bitcoin has been moving steadily upwards since the start of August. Its upward climb since the beginning of the year (3880 on January 1) has it trading at 11,786 now. With China shutting down all...

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UPDATE: Get on with it Nancy!

So it should be no surprise that poor little Nancy Pelosi is blowing it by not pushing for impeachment.  The Washington Post opinion piece from earlier this year points out.“As many who support...

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This means WAR!

The Trump crime group has gone too far this time!Screw me on healthcare. Make my life miserable by refusing to fix the roads and bridges. But this is too much: www.forbes.com/…Slapping a 25% tariff on...

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The Rich Really Don't Care - Sorry Ellen

With the blowback coming at Ellen D for sitting next to a war criminal at a football game, and her subsequent video explanation, I felt the need to put her stance into some sort of perspective.  The...

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It's an old joke with a new twist

The Republican party is having trouble recruiting new members nowadays. But they have new incentives:If a member brings in one new member, they can resign from the party.If a member brings in two new...

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Money doesn't help like it used to

An interesting thing happened in Seattle recently. Amazon, Microsoft and other huge corporations poured an insane amount of dinero into the local races for City council. It did them no good....

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Someone Has to Say it: Tulsi was right

Not trying to start a war here, but Tulsi is right. She made “regime change wars” her signature issue. She warned that the neo-cons/Republicans/Likud party have wanted war in Iran for decades. They...

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