Preparations for elections in Iraq next month have been thrown into disarray by a row over a court ruling allowing hundreds of candidates to stand, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The candidates were banned because they are affiliated with Saddam Hussein's Baath party which ruled the country before the invasion in 2003. The … Continue reading Iraq elections look like phoney, corrupt exercise
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An evil twerp – Ross Douthat wants to steal your Social Security and Medicare
"To this list, I would add tax reform and entitlement reform. The former should broaden the tax base while cutting taxes on work, child rearing and investment. The latter should means-test both Social Security and Medicare, reducing both programs’ spending on well-off retirees rather than questing fruitlessly for their privatization." That's the word from 30-year-old … Continue reading An evil twerp – Ross Douthat wants to steal your Social Security and Medicare
White House once again is ignoring reform of their friends, the Wall Street financiers
Economics is like mathematics - hard to understand for people who have not learned the discipline or who are too dumb or afraid to learn - including Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush I and Reagan. Carter was smart enough, but they killed him with oil shortages and hostages. Clinton was a moral weakling, who sought Republican … Continue reading White House once again is ignoring reform of their friends, the Wall Street financiers
Trilateral Commission membership – the complete official North America Group roster
This is the most current (August 2009) list of members of the North American Trilateral Commission (TC) and their titles. This group is the source of most Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) philosophical stands on globalization. For example, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) is a prominent member of CFR and former member of TC. She also … Continue reading Trilateral Commission membership – the complete official North America Group roster
Huffington Post releases memo outlining deal with White House and drug kingpins
A memo obtained by the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/) today seems to confirm that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby have secretly agreed to a wide-ranging deal that both parties were denying over the past week. In a flurry of responses everyone from the drug manufacturer lobbyists to spokespawns for the White House seemed to … Continue reading Huffington Post releases memo outlining deal with White House and drug kingpins
You can fool nearly all the people... 