While most Americans were captivated by last night’s World Series Game 7, some very, very big news broke. Normally, I’d summarize the news and provide my perspective before highlighting source text, but in this case I want to provide the information first. The real blockbuster came from Fox News’ Bret Baier, who released some serious information courtesy … Read more
Op-eds/Must Reads Ilargi: Ungovernability (Naked Capitalism) ‘The Woman is a Disaster!’: Camille Paglia on Hillary Clinton (The Spectator) How Congress Can Protect the U.S. From Russia (If you want to read the ramblings of an insane warmonger, read this, Politico) A Constellation of Influencers: Behind the Curtain at Teneo (The New York Times) Hacked Memo Offers … Read more
Whether participating in glittery dinners with heads of state, or tête-à-têtes in the Oval Office, Andrew Liveris, the chief executive of Dow Chemical, has regularly visited the White House. He served as co-chairman of President Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. He stood beside the president onstage at events. Many of these Washington appearances by Mr. Liveris … Read more
There’s an ongoing humanitarian disaster happening in one of the poorest countries on earth — Yemen. Yet you won’t hear much outrage about it from the media, and you won’t hear moderators asking questions about it during the debates. Why? Because close U.S. government ally and Clinton Foundation mega-donor Saudi Arabia is the one committing … Read more
At least part of the message is beyond dispute: the cash flowing out of China into assets around the world has hit tsunami proportions, driven by fears of a slowing economy and a declining currency. Estimates peg the amount Chinese investors and companies moved out of the country last year at nearly $1 trillion, up more … Read more
28 links today. Enjoy. Pentagon’s Sloppy Bookkeeping Means $6.5 Trillion Can’t Pass an Audit (The Fiscal Times) Tracking Lobbying by Foreign Governments (Mind-boggling lack of transparency, by Demand Progress) Pentagon Acknowledges US Ground Forces Supporting ISIS Fight in Libya (More non-boots on the ground, The Hill) With Yemeni Casualties Rising, GOP Senator Looks to Block Big … Read more
I want to start this post off by taking a closer look at what Donald Trump actually said in his now infamous “2nd Amendment speech” yesterday. Here’s the part that generated all the controversy: If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don’t know. … Read more
15 links today. Enjoy. Images of Militarized Police in Baton Rouge Draw Global Attention (Must read of the day, The Intercept) Obama Calls For Turret-Mounted Video Cameras On All Police Tanks (From 2014, The Onion) Dallas Cop-Killer Micah Johnson Was Blacklisted by Black-Power Groups as ‘Unstable’ (The Daily Beast) When Cops Kill, and When Cops Die … Read more
Qaddafi on his way out, Bashar al Assad is next. — John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) August 21, 2011 Former Democratic Sen. Bob Graham, who in 2002 chaired the congressional Joint Inquiry into 9/11, maintains the FBI is covering up a Saudi support cell in Sarasota for the hijackers. He says the al-Hijjis’ “urgent” pre-9/11 exit suggests … Read more
In retrospect, Obama’s intervention in Libya was an abject failure, judged even by its own standards. Libya has not only failed to evolve into a democracy; it has devolved into a failed state. Violent deaths and other human rights abuses have increased severalfold. Rather than helping the United States combat terrorism, as Qaddafi did during … Read more