Operation American Spring promises to drive Obama from office this Friday (via Raw Story ) Self-styled revolutionary patriots plan to converge on Washington, D.C., this week to drive President Barack Obama and disloyal lawmakers out of office. “We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John…
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The Real Egyptian Divide is between Tahrir Self-Government and Authoritarians of all Stripes
(By Haifaa G. Khalafallah) Revolutions or coups seeking to change modern Egypt, whether in 1919 or 1952, never challenged the familiar patterns of power relations, that is to say, their political culture. The triumph of a home grown, new political discourse is the real and most significant Egyptian revolution that took place early in […]
Top 5 Signs that it is Rove who is Brain Dead, not Hillary
(By Juan Cole) Karl Rove was reported to have raised questions about Hillary Clinton’s mental well-being because of her fall in late 2012. He later walked back his allegation, but not too much. It is of course Rove who has careened about deeply harming the US because of some mysterious malady (more likely lack of […]
John Oliver: What if TV Climate Debates were 97 to 3 as in Real Science?
“John Oliver hosts a mathematically representative climate change debate, with the help of special guest Bill Nye the Science Guy, of course.” John Oliver LastWeekTonight: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Climate Change Debate”
Reich on Obama Walmart Photo-Op: “What numbskull arranged this?”
(By John Queally) A low-wage Walmart employee in California has a simple message for President Obama on behalf of the millions of workers who find themselves in situations just like hers: "Help us." President Obama's … speaking engagement at a Walmart superstore in California on Friday has attracted widespread criticism for those who think the […]
US Military Report: War effort in Afghanistan was bedeviled by Corruption, made it Worse
Enlarge Air Force aerial porters load a shipping container onto a C-130 Hercules cargo plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Khost Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. The 19th MCT, a small squadron of Air Force surface movement controllers and…
Dear GOP: Here are Some Basic Real Questions to ask about Benghazi & CIA
(By Michael G. Roskin) With a Congressional committee about to seize on the Benghazi question (as part of the 2014 election campaign), some previously unasked but basic questions should come before the committee: Who was the consul? Yes, the person—a State Department Foreign Service Officer—-in charge of a consulate. (A consul general is in charge […]
Israeli Squatter anti-Church Terror in Jerusalem “Poisons” Papal visit
(By Juan Cole) The Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has said that Israeli squatter attacks on and desecration of Christian churches has poisoned the atmosphere in advance of Pope Francis’s planned visit to Jerusalem. Suspected Israeli extremist squatters have committed 24 acts of vandalism against Jerusalem churches in the past year, many of them […]
Nisar lauds PTI workers’ attitude
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan praised the workers and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for demonstrating a “sense of responsibility” during the party’s rally in the capital on Sunday. In a statement released by the ministry at a time when PTI chief Imran Khan was delivering his speech as the […]