Stephen Colbert reviews Mitt Romney’s speech on foreign policy and concludes that he knows what Americans want: Vague, long-winded threats and “four more wars.” Colbert also points out the danger of Iran, which is ‘days from having an atomic bomb,’ and ‘has been for years.’ He formally puts Tehran ‘on notice.’ The Colbert Report Get […]
Omar Khayyam (42) “No hand would set out to break them”
As for the parts of a wineglass that have been joined together– no hand would set out to break them apart. But as for the shapely hands and feet of a temptress– whose grace joins them together? […]
Romney and the Syrian Dilemma
On Monday, Mitt Romney made clear his intention to intervene in Syria should he become president. As usual, how exactly he would do that remained vague. In the meantime, events in Syria are moving fast. The suicide bombing at a branch of Air Force intelligence at a base in Hrasta near Damascus showed that the […]
Romney as Mr. Rogers (Video Satire by Jimmy Fallon)
Jimmy Fallon’s satirical sketch, “Mr. Romney’s Neighborhood
The Pentagon’s Imperial Overstretch and Victory Culture (Engelhardt)
Tom Engelhardt, author of the scintillating classic, The End of Victory Culture writes at Tomdispatch.com : Overwrought Empire: The Discrediting of U.S. Military Power By Tom Engelhardt Americans lived in a “victory culture” for much of the twentieth century. You could say that we experienced an almost 75-year stretch of triumphalism — think of it […]
Col. Wilkerson on Romney’s Chickenhawk Advisors: They “make me sick”
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to then Secretary of State Colin Powell, tells Ed Schultz what he really thinks of the Neocon sharks such as former Bush ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, who are circling Mitt Romney and their foreign policy goals. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news […]
Romney’s Five Wars
Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI on foreign policy has been widely condemned as vague and lacking in substance, sort of like the man who gave it. But the speech is also full of suggestions and criticisms of the Obama administration that are simply not realistic. The speech is Romney’s “Mission Impossible,” only without the cool […]
Omar Khayyam (383) “it is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness”
It is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness. It is a great disgrace to feel distress at the injustice of the turning of the wheels of fate. To get drunk on the nose of a fine vintage born of luscious grapes is better than to be renowned to be a self-denying prude. Translated by […]
Acting Like a Democracy, Libyan National Congress dismisses Prime Minister
On Sunday, the elected Libyan National Congress acted decisively to hold a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur. The same body had put him in power on September 12, but had grown increasingly impatient with his lack of leadership qualities. They complained that he took too long to form a government, that […]
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