FOILED BY CONGRESS, GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES TURN TO STATE BALLOTS IN BID TO END VIOLENCE. Lawmakers and organizations in several states are considering whether to place gun-related amendments such as universal background checks on state ballots as soon as the 2014 elections.Though the piecemeal approach is not ideal, activists are beginning to tire of [...]
MARK ZUCKERBERG: “A CERTAIN MANIA AT WORK.” (Counterpunch) The young Facebook co-founder—with a movie about him in his rear view mirror and risky ventures in marriage and stock market lying ahead—approaches the future with what looks like a “juvenile business plan” that minimizes the hazards being encountered. His behavior suggests to one internet blogger that [...]
The world’s most popular — and profitable — social networking brand is increasingly coming under fire for its questionable tax practices even as it is earning praise and adulation from Wall Street on the day it becomes a publicly traded company. The Facebook stock IPO (initial public offering) has become a media and market phenomenon, [...]
ETCHING THE TOMBSTONE OF EUROPEAN-STYLE AUSTERITY: “THE STRATEGY OF AUSTERITY HAS…BEEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE…” (The Globe & Mail) ` A new report from the International Labor Organization lays out in raw statistics the destruction and “devastating consequences” of the austerity programs imposed on most of Europe and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the United States. The [...]
“THE ISOLATION, THE EMBARGO, THE INDIFFERENCE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE…” (Reuters) Latin American leaders delivered a “bruising” message against President Obama and American policies towards Cuba at the recently concluded Summit of the Americas in Colombia. Far from being feted as a “rock star” when he attended the conference shortly after winning [...]
THE INVASION OF SYRIA STARTS WITH JOHN MCCAIN AND JOE LIEBERMAN… (Foreign Policy) ` Noted hawks in the U.s. Senate, John McCain and Joe Lieberman surprised everyone with an unannounced trip to the Turkey-Syria border this week to visit refugees of the Syrian uprising and, more importantly, to meet with leaders of the “Free Syrian Army” to [...]
ARAB SPRING IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE PERSIAN GULF. CAUSE OF DEATH: FATAL ATTRACTION BETWEEN U.S. AND GCC. (Asia Times) Pepe Escobar describes the deadly arrangement between the U.S. and the wealthy Persian Gulf countries countries comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council, an alliance of six wealthy Persian Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, [...]
“CLUELESSNESS IS A CONSTANT IN U.S. FOREIGN-POLICY MAKING.” (Counterpunch) So says James Bovard, noting that the floundering U.S. effort in Libya is based once again on the advice of foreign policy “experts” who have no clear idea of the likely outcomes of their recommended actions. All this is laid bare in periodic exposes of official [...]
KNOW THY ALLIES: PETER DALE SCOTT IS “TAKING NOTES” ON THE LIBYAN REBELLION THAT THE U.S. AND NATO ARE SUPPORTING. (Asia Pacific Journal) The renowned scholar of “deep politics” begins a “notebook” on the complex question of just who are the rebels whose opposition to the Qaddafi regime is being supported by air strikes. Although [...]
Facebook’s attempts to limit online friendships in the name of span reduction interferes with political communication Editor’s note: I am happy to post here Kellia Ramares’ article about what appears to be suppression of political activism. As one who has collected over 1400 Facebook “friends” in the course of my Campaign Corner activism, I can attest [...]
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