CONNECTICUT ADOPTS “THE STRONGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE BILL IN THE UNITED STATES TO FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE.“ As pro-gun Republicans and Democrats wary of election prospects in red states next year combine to stall new gun regulations on Capitol Hill, some states are taking it upon themselves to crack down on lax gun laws and [...]
FORGET A “SLIPPER SLOPE.” THE LEAKED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MEMO ON KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENS IS DOWNRIGHT TERRIFYING. Reaction has been strong to news of a leaked Justice Department memo that bluntly lays out the Obama administration’s justification for its highly controversial and legally questionable use of drone strikes to kill suspected “terrorists.” Language in [...]
HAS THE ALEC/NRA POLITICAL GIANT BORNE BITTER FRUIT ONCE AGAIN IN CONNECTICUT? As President Obama pledges “meaningful action” to avert yet another mass killing at a U.S. school using an assault weapon, the most “meaningful” (effective) action seems to be the political muscle of ALEC which, in tandem with the NRA, has pushed through [...]
GIVING “MATERIAL SUPPORT” TO THE JIHADIST ENEMY: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. As many people languish in detention for such “crimes” as making money donations to Islamist charities, it now emerges that the Obama administration itself provided much military support for “rebel” forces in Libya by way of arms transfers to Qatar which wound up in [...]
THE FORGOTTEN VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY. While much of the media is focused breathlessly on the aftermath of winds and storm surge that battered New York and New Jersey during this week’s landfall of “super storm” Sandy, the hurricane’s first stop is generally ignored by the rest of the world. Before it threatened [...]
“INVESTING IN MUSIC FOR ALL CITIZENS”: THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MANY AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS DO NOT DO. “Non-profit” orchestras treat their audiences and their musicians just like many for-profit corporations treat their employees: get as much “productivity” as they can out of their employees by keeping their wages as low as possible. Symphonies in [...]
WHEN PLANETS COLLIDE: COULD THAT BE MARS AND PLUTONIUM? NASA’s Rover mission to explore the planet Mars is to be fuelled by on-board production by energy-generating cells with a plutonium base. This may be but the beginning of a surge of such explorations in which China and Russia are expected to join in this [...]
U.S. COURTSHIP WITH LAOS SET BACK A BIT BY DISCOMFORTING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY UNEXPENDED AMMUNITION FROM U.S. BOMBING BETWEEN 1964 AND 1973 IS YET TO BE CLEANED UP. (Asia Times) Hillary Clinton’s “historic” visit to Laos is aimed to bolster relations with another south Asian nation in the policy of “pivot” from middle east to [...]
` PRESIDENT OBAMA’S “KILL LIST” A REVOLUTIONARY STEP IN THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY. (New York Times) ` President Obama and the current administration have already shown a willingness to embrace highly controversial and legally questionable tactics in pursuing groups and individuals deemed a threat to U.S. interests or branded a “terrorist” by U.S. [...]
ON THE WAR PATH: “WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN PLOTTING AGAINST U.S. OR ALLIED INTERESTS…” (Haaretz) American military and intelligence officials are ramping up the rhetoric against Iran in what appears to be an unmistakable search for a pretext that could justify U.S. military action against the Iranian regime. News broke this week that [...]
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