RSN: Shinseki Resigns

Write it anyway you want, but Shinseki is the sacrificial lamb for GOP fiscal policy.

More GOP lunacy!

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FOCUS: Daniel Ellsberg | Snowden Would Not Get a Fair Trial - and Kerry Is Wrong

Daniel Ellsberg, Guardian UK
Ellsberg writes: "Snowden would come back home to a jail cell - and not just an ordinary cell-block but isolation in solitary confinement, not just for months like Chelsea Manning but for the rest of his sentence, and probably the rest of his life."
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Shinseki Resigns
William Branigin, The Washington Post
Branigin reports: "Eric K. Shinseki resigned Friday as secretary of veterans affairs, taking responsibility for a scandal in the VA health-care system over excessive waiting times and coverups of what he called 'systemic' problems."
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The Lunatic Fringe justfies.......

Center for Biological Diversity shared CREDO Mobile's photo.

Rex Tillerson, head of ExxonMobil, assures you ‪#‎fracking‬ is safe, but he sure doesn't want it anywhere his house.

 

Exxon's CEO claims fracking is safe -- but files a lawsuit to stop fracking near his $5 million home in Texas!

Get the story from Think Progress: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/21/3316881/exxon-ceo-protests-fracking/

Explain to me again why we fought to keep these ignorance Neanderthals in the 'Union,' when we're still supporting them with our tax dollars and they still live in the 19th Century?

The New York Times shared a link.

Racist Episodes Continue to Stir Ole Miss Campus

nytimes.com

Students say the University of Mississippi needs to mount a more aggressive stand against bigotry after two men placed a noose around a statue of the first black student.

Steve Marmel

In case you missed it, here's Ted Cruz' smarmy, pandering justification for people who agree with Nugent: It's President Obama's fault.

 

 

Please STOP putting lunatics in office!

We can thank the generosity and secret $$$ of the Dirty Energy Koch Clowns for putting the LUNATICS in office.

Enough is ENOUGH!

Folks, There are important issues to address that the GOP Lunatic Fringe is incapable of accomplishing! Let's work together to restore 'GOVERNMENT'!

https://my.democrats.org/Impeachment

Sen. Pat Roberts puts on his crazy pants

Political insight from Jim Hightower:

The superrich literally live in their own world

By Jim Hightower - Thu., 2/20/14

Attention class: Today's word is "fractal inequality."
Okay, that's a phrase, not a word, and a very wonky one. It means "uneven inequality," but the unevenness refers not to the relatively... [read more]

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The what-abouts and whereabouts of Sen. Pat Roberts

By Jim Hightower - Wed., 2/19/14

If a politician clings to office too long, a couple of bad things can happen: The constituency can change and suddenly yank the comfy rug of incumbency out from under the politico, or the office... [read more]

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The psychic pain borne by the rich

By Jim Hightower - Tue., 2/18/14

One thing about the tea party Republicans in Congress is that they do know who butters their biscuits. Several have recently rushed forward with an anguished plea in defense of Wall Street barons, CEOs, and... [read more]

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Sen. Pat Roberts puts on his crazy pants

By Jim Hightower - Mon., 2/17/14

In the Wizard Of Oz, Dorothy assessed the odd things she was experiencing and said to her little dog, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
Lately, Sen.... [read more]

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Shouldn't natural foods actually be natural?

By Jim Hightower - Fri., 2/14/14

Years ago the delightfully-naughty movie star, Mae West, said: "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."
Less delightful are some of the purity claims of such food manufacturing giants... [read more]