By Sarah Lazare Experts slam city's aggressive drive to disconnect water from residents who are unable to pay United Nations experts declared Wednesday that the city of Detroit's shut-off of water to thousands of residents who are unable to pay their bills "constitutes a violation of the human right to water" and may be discriminatory […]
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Republican Party
A Subtle Alchemy: US Finds it easier to Occupy Abroad than to Withdraw
By Alan McPherson In 2003, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld infamously foresaw victory in Afghanistan and Iraq as demanding a “long, hard slog” and listed a multitude of unanswered questions. Over a decade later, as President Obama (slowly) fulfills his promise to pull all US troops from Afghanistan, a different set of questions emerges. […]
Clinton to Cheney: Blaming Obama for not cleaning up your mess… Unseemly
During recent interview with David Gregory, Pres. Bill Clinton laughed off Dick Cheney’s suggestion that President Obama is to blame for the strife in Iraq, placing the blame directly at the feet of the former Vice President himself. When Gregory asked him if Dick Cheney had any credibility, the former president replied, “Well, I believe, […]
Fox News A ‘Fanatical Terrorist Propagandist Organization’ According To Russell Brand (VIDEO)
By Samuel Warde According to Russell Brand, “fanatical” Fox News is “more dangerous than Isis.” His comments were made in response to a particularly disturbing rant by Fox News host Jeanine Pirro in which she claimed that Obama “didn’t have the balls” to try Taliban suspects at Guantanamo Bay, and said Americans “are not convinced” […]
Fox’s Cavuto slams Bachmann on suing Obama: “There’s so much Wrong Here”
It’s not often that a FOXNews host takes a Tea Party “darling” like Michelle Bachmann to task for her Obama-Derangement-Syndrome, but that’s exactly what happened earlier today when Neil Cavuto got into a shouting match with Bachmann regarding her support for House Speaker John Boehner’s pathetic push to file suit against President Obama for having […]
Cheney’s Blame Game on Iraq: Mess O’Potamia – 300 (Jon Stewart)
Jon Stewart of the Daily Show: “The militant group ISIS quickly gains control of much of Iraq, giving Dick Cheney an opportunity to place blame for the crisis on everyone but himself.” The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook —-
Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands
By Sarah Lazare 'By denying water service to thousands, Detroit is violating the human right to water.' As thousands of people in Detroit go without water, and the city moves to cut off services to tens of thousands more, concerned organizations have taken the unusual step of appealing to the United Nations to intervene and […]
Koch Bros. Laguna Beach Black Sabbath targets Green Energy Activists with Greenbacks
Via Sourcewatch and The Young Turks: Anti-Regulation Energy Initiative At a secretive summit held in June 2014 at a resort in Laguna Beach, California, the Koch Brothers discussed their plan to launch a new energy initiative that will be spearheaded by the Freedom Partners. The Daily Beast obtained an April 2014 email sent by Kevin […]
Flashback: All the Ways the Neocons were Wrong about Iraq
via Bernie Sanders US Senator Dick Cheney “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.” (Source) “I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of […]
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