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My opinion of what’s going on in the world and what’s in the news.

How many times does Osama bin Laden have to die before he’s dead?

Recently President Obama announced that the U.S. had killed Osama Bin Laden (OBL), despite releasing no evidence supporting those claims. While some orchestrated groups were shown celebrating the President’s announcement, many more met his announcement with skepticism and laughter. There are many reasons to question President Obama’s announcement, primarily the fact that OBL was reported as [...]

Wisconsin Scholar targeted by GOP for revealing their agenda

William Cronon, author and professor of history, geography and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is taking flak from Republicans for revealing the actions of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and their involvement in Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker and his legislature’s illicit agenda that has fired up the nation because he published [...]

The GOP’s costly Wisconsin Koch binge is a wake-up call

The GOP’s Koch-driven declaration of war on Wisconsin workers – coming soon to a state near you — and the deceptive passage of controversial union-busting legislation is a wake-up call that is sparking outrage and igniting a recall movement.
The Wisconsin debut of the GOP’s latest preconceived war on the American people has hit a snag [...]

IVAW Issues a Call for Accountability Over Iraq War Logs

The  information below is a statement in response to the Iraq War Logs that were recently released by Wikileaks from Iraq Veterans Againt the War.
A Call For Accountability
The latest release by Wikileaks of the Iraq War Logs is the largest leak in U.S. history and reveals in extensive detail what Iraq Veterans Against the War has been saying [...]

Study Links ADHD in Children to Pesticides

A recent study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health reportedly claims that children exposed to pesticides known as organophosphates could have a higher risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and urges parents to always wash produce thoroughly.
Pesticides’ breakdown products in children’s urine was tracked by researchers. Children found with high levels were almost twice [...]

Is Arizona’s Immigration Law a GOP Voter Suppression Tactic?

A recent immigration law passed by Arizona is allegedly aimed at cracking down on hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, but investigative reporter Greg Palast uncovered evidence suggesting that the racially-charged show-me-your-papers law is another Republican tactic aimed at suppressing Hispanic voters.
Politicians in Texas, Utah, Georgia, Ohio, Maryland, Colorado, North Carolina, and South Carolina want their states to adopt [...]

Obama Mandates Hospitals to Grant Same-sex Couples Equal Rights

A mandate issued by President Obama requires hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.
In the memo (PDF), President Obama reportedly ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. In his memo, [...]

Meg Whitman’s Dirty Little Goldman Sachs Secret

Meg Whitman has been bombarding the airwaves with her campaign ads trying to buy her way to becoming California’s next Governor, but her campaign ads never mention one very important fact: she was a Goldman Sachs board member for a little over a year before having to resign amidst controversy due to ’spinning’ — a [...]

McCain’s Pugnacious Attempt to Turn Democracy Into a Dictatorship

When does an alleged military hero turned Senator become a serious threat to the country he served? When he introduces a bill (PDF) titled “Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010″ that if passed, would change this country from a “Democracy” to a military dictatorship.
I’ve been putting this off, thinking that because of [...]

CIA Docs Reveal the Planned Meticulous Cruelty of Waterboarding

Recently released CIA documents show that their use of waterboarding was more than “a dunk in the water” as claimed by Dick Cheney — the controversial “enhanced interrogation” used by the CIA was reportedly far more brutal on detainees and was concocted and administered with meticulous cruelty.
Waterboarding would have been a luxury compared to the [...]