Robert Reich | The 7 Biggest GOP Lies About The Economy

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Glenn Beck Suggests Killing #OWS Protesters To ‘Control’ Them

Glenn Beck is an idiot.  That much is undeniable.  His lies, his paranoia, his outright fear-mongering has been well documented. I thought that his saying “the President hates white people” would be the lowest he’d ever sink. I was wrong. In talking about the Occupy Wall Street protestors, the king of all idiots had this to say. “Capitalists, if you think that you can play footsies...

Want To Legally Beat Your Wife? Move To Topeka, Kansas

Call this the law of unintended consequences to constant tax cuts and austerity measures by the GOP. Last night, in between approving city expenditures and other routine agenda items, the Topeka, Kansas City Council debated one rather controversial one: decriminalizing domestic violence. Here’s what happened: Last month, the Shawnee County District Attorney’s office, facing a 10% budget cut, announced that...

Corporate Media | Tea Party Vs. #OccupyWallStreet

The difference in corporate media coverage of the Tea Party rallies versus the coverage of the Occupy Wall Street couldn’t be any more different. CNN, who hosted the recent “Tea Party GOP Debate”, and Fox, who endlessly promote everything Tea Party, trip over each other to give legitimacy to a movement that is primarily white, primarily upper-middle class, primarily older, and primarily...

President Obama – Child Soldiers Ok With Me

I’m utterly sickened by this. President Obama has decided to issue a waiver allowing continued U.S. military aid to four countries that use child soldiers for the second consecutive year. The Obama administration says it will waive penalties under the Child Soldiers Prevention Act to prevent a cutoff of military assistance to Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Yemen. According to...