February 5, 2013
Netflix’s House of Cards, episode one – review
Netflix’s remake of House of Cards is stylistically and amorally faithful to the original BBC political thriller, with Kevin Spacey giving a strong central performance
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February 4, 2013
UK Takes On ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks
There is no political will in the United States to do what’s necessary to make sure we don’t see a repeat of the 2008 financial meltdown. The reason might be more complex, but at the root of it is this: money in politics. Our elected officials are beholden to the banks, not the citizens. Across the pond, some are showing the political courage necessary to stabilize the financial system, and make it more amiable to the average person. If successful, banks in the UK will no longer be able to gamble with customer deposits. No longer will banks lean on taxpayer bailouts to hedge against unnecessary risk.
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January 31, 2013
Iraq War Hawks (John McCain), Have Reason To Whitewash History
I can’t say that I know what makes Senator John McCain tick, but it seems clear that many Iraq war hawks have nothing to lose in their attempts to rewrite history.
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January 29, 2013
Immigration Reform: Republicans Require Politically Advantageous Human Rights
Have you noticed this trend? — Republicans have a nasty habit of waiting until their position is politically untenable before they shift course and adopt a specific human rights cause. They do it time and time again. And let me clarify, I’m not talking about all Republicans, I’m talking about — old school, head in the sand, my way or the highway, cling to my guns and my religion — right-wing extremists. The problem is that many Republicans and conservatives have a hard time ignoring what should be the fringe and instead cater to it. So while not all Republicans have gone AWOL on human benevolence, all Republicans are culpable for the offensive and out of touch rhetoric and policies of their party.
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January 28, 2013
Boehner, Republicans, Know Something About Party Annihilation
A few days ago, Speaker John Boehner said President Obama was trying to “annihilate” the Republican Party.
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January 27, 2013
Regarding Obama: Sorry Fox News, There’s No Buyer’s Remorse
Fox News and it’s contingent of circus clowns and sideshow freaks have fostered a narrative of “buyer’s remorse” when it comes to President Obama. They have nurtured this idea through Obama’s entire first term and now into his second term. They point to things that Obama has done or not done, like not closing Guantanamo Bay, and posit that Obama isn’t following the will of his base. In other words, he’s not liberal enough. Of course this argument contradicts the rest of the Fox News coverage of President Obama where wing-nut pundits throw around terms like socialist and Marxist more times than an infomercial host saying “but wait, there’s more.”
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January 27, 2013
Military-Industrial Complex: 2011 U.S. Defense Spending More Than Next 13 Nations Combined
In President Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address he warned the country about the peril of the “military-industrial complex” to peace and a free people:
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January 25, 2013
Subverting Democracy: The Republican Electoral Vote-Rigging Scheme
Efforts to rig electoral college votes in favor of future GOP presidential candidates shows us why we can never underestimate Republicans.
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January 24, 2013
Colbert on Gerrymandering: Republicans Are Giving America The Finger
Tuesday night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert summed up Republican congressional district gerrymandering with a visual approximation…
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January 22, 2013
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre Says Obama Believes ‘Absolutism’ Is A Dirty Word
The National Rifle Association’s executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, apparently has a guilty conscience.
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