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Screenshot via "Killing Trailer"
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The Fox News host and Hollywood star seem like an unlikely pair to work together on anything, but both men are associated with the National Geographic Channel’s new film. Click on the story to watch the trailer.
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
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French actor Gerard Depardieu has resorted to becoming Russian in order to avoid paying taxes in France, with a little help from Vladimir Putin of course; Jane Harman is being considered for CIA director, despite her past involvement in an Israeli intelligence influence operation; meanwhile, the Obama administration has been compiling a database that helps it determine how to treat a suspected terrorist. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
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By David Sirota — During the halcyon 1990s, we labeled annual congressional temper tantrums for what they were: standard, if boring, budget impasses.
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 31, 2012
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico —
Posted on Dec 31, 2012
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Aislin, Cagle Cartoons, The Montreal Gazette —
Posted on Dec 31, 2012
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 31, 2012
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U.S. Army/Specialist Ken Scar
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By William Pfaff — Christmas has provided a day of distraction from war, the usual condition for most of the world, and the steady-state of the modern American nation, so to speak.
Posted on Dec 29, 2012
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on Dec 21, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Dec 21, 2012
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By William Pfaff — The United States and the European Union remain impotent or irresolute observers of the most important issues of political “governance” of concern these days.
Posted on Dec 18, 2012
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Image from "Economix: How and Why Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures"
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By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law —
Fedspeak, vague and convoluted answers to economic questions, was popularized by Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. It allowed him to essentially say “no comment” without admitting that he was avoiding questions.
Posted on Dec 14, 2012
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AP/Patrick Semansky
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By Robert Scheer — The major news outlets that were thrilled to profit from the information that Bradley Manning uncovered are deeply afraid of being associated with the brave whistle-blower himself.
Posted on Dec 14, 2012
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — The potential of a renaissance in conservative thought is enormous, if the right can overcome a certain intellectual laziness and inflexibility that, in fairness, have at other times afflicted the progressive side of politics.
Posted on Dec 12, 2012
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By Amy Goodman — Pfc. Bradley Manning was finally allowed to speak publicly, in his own defense, in a preliminary hearing of his court-martial.
Posted on Dec 12, 2012
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By Richard Schickel — What makes “Hyde Park on Hudson” a good deal more than delightful is its lightly touched seriousness of purpose.
Posted on Dec 5, 2012
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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Over the long run, the most important impact of an election is not on the winning party but on the loser.
Posted on Dec 5, 2012
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AP/Gerald Herbert
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By Bill Blum — The justice has expressed contempt for the sitting president and is ready for a leading ideological role.
Posted on Nov 27, 2012
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AP/Elizabeth Dalziel
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By Chris Hedges — Humans must immediately implement a series of radical measures to halt carbon emissions or prepare for the collapse of entire ecosystems and the displacement, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of the globe’s inhabitants, according to a report commissioned by the World Bank.
Posted on Nov 26, 2012
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By Richard Schickel — He was never dark or monstrous as this film makes him seem. Rather the opposite. There was something—well—childlike about him.
Posted on Nov 26, 2012
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Pavel Constantin, Cagle Cartoons, Romania —
Posted on Nov 24, 2012
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Frank Kovalchek (CC-BY)
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At least six 3,500-year-old rock carvings from California’s Volcanic Tableland have been stolen, vandalized or destroyed. Thieves may expect a few thousand dollars for their haul—a pittance compared with the historic and spiritual value of the ancient petroglyphs.
Posted on Nov 20, 2012
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By Richard Reeves — Any way you slice and dice the data, they point toward inevitable political change over the next couple of decades.
Posted on Nov 15, 2012
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One of the bloodiest conflicts in human history ended 94 years ago this Sunday. Sometimes the saying is wrong, and a few carefully chosen words can be worth 1,000 images.
Posted on Nov 11, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — So much for voter suppression. So much for the enthusiasm gap. So much for the idea that smug, self-appointed arbiters of what is genuinely “American” were going to “take back” the country, as if it had somehow been stolen.
Posted on Nov 9, 2012
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David Drexler (CC-BY)
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By William Pfaff — Abroad, the widely noted aspect of Barack Obama’s re-election victory was its social and class character. The president was re-elected by a majority of American minorities.
Posted on Nov 7, 2012
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AP/Charles Dharapak
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By Bill Boyarsky — Record numbers of Latino voters almost certainly gave Obama Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania and, thus, the presidency.
Posted on Nov 7, 2012
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White House/Pete Souza
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By Peter Z. Scheer — I suspect that when my life is over I will have had two opportunities to vote in a presidential election for a black man, and I intend to take both of them.
Posted on Nov 6, 2012
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Office of the Speaker/Bryant Avondoglio
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By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law —
The voters in Ohio’s 8th District had better be happy with Republican Rep. John Boehner. They have no choice.
Posted on Nov 6, 2012
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AP/Evan Vucci
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By Bill Blum — The idealistic left might be willing to gamble away the judiciary, but the right never will.
Posted on Oct 31, 2012
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White House/Pete Souza
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By Richard Reeves — Republicans are ending this campaign where they began four years ago, questioning the legitimacy of an elected black president with an odd (to us) name.
Posted on Oct 30, 2012
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Illustration by Mr. Fish
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By Chris Hedges — The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is not a battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It is a battle between the corporate state and us.
Posted on Oct 29, 2012
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By David Sirota — The two names that best explain money’s unprecedented political influence in America are not Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, but Montgomery Brewster and Ross Perot.
Posted on Oct 21, 2012
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Romney’s campaign is benefiting from racism among voters; Catalonia’s cry for independence is inspiring violent threats from Spanish institutions; meanwhile, “Fifty Shades of Grey’s” immense popularity reflects the modern sexual condition. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Oct 21, 2012
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Photo by Peter Pearson (CC-BY-SA)
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By William Pfaff — From the beginning of the Arab Awakening (“Arab Springtime,” as it was, but alas two springtimes have already passed), my opinion has been to stay out of these events, as far as possible, and certainly not to attempt to control them.
Posted on Oct 16, 2012
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Warner Bros./Publicity Still
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By Richard Schickel — I don’t know how much of the picture—beyond its basic premise—is “true.” And, frankly, I don’t give a damn.
Posted on Oct 15, 2012
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Photo by David Drexler (CC-BY)
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By Eugene Robinson — First, he has to show up. Then, in his second debate with Mitt Romney, President Obama needs to offer not just history lessons and dire warnings, but also a hopeful vision for the next four years.
Posted on Oct 15, 2012
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Photo by Steve Hodgson (CC-BY-SA)
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Letting Scotland get away would go down as a pretty big blunder for David Cameron, who would lose about a third of the U.K.’s total landmass in the bargain.
Posted on Oct 15, 2012
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Oct 11, 2012
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Collage of photos by Gage Skidmore(CC-BY-SA)
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By Eugene Robinson — It promises to be an epic clash: Mitt Romney vs. Mitt Romney. Oh, and President Obama will be there, too.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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