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You know, if the Republicans prevail in their latest seditious assault on the U.S. government as we have known it, you can bet that if a Democrat is elected president they will–whether in the majority or not (and yes, defeatist … Continue reading →

The New York Times’ editorial board asks whether the GOP will “be willing to create a constitutional crisis and usurp the authority of the president to ensure that the Supreme Court functions as one branch of this government?” YES. They … Continue reading →

Again, the gap between perception and reality–fostered, of course, by our “mainstream” “news” media–is staggering Tom Engelhardt at Tomdispatch.com exposes the tragic farce of Obama directing more slush toward the Pentagon, to be used, among other things to provoke a … Continue reading →

Madeleine Albright, who signed off on the deaths-by-sanctions of 500,000 Iraquis, threatens eternal damnation to those who don’t vote for her friend. The degradation of our public  figures is fathomless. The almost incantatory insistence by Democratic party hacks that we … Continue reading →

Governor Cuomo sounds an alarm: the groundwater under Indian Point is extremely radioactive. The ancient, dilapidated nuclear power plant is owned by Entergy, which has a  terrible safety record, and of course it has issued its boilerplate denial: the crisis … Continue reading →

Danny Glover writes on Huffington Post: “We must change our national priorities, away from the endless overseas wars that are the main cause of terrorism — therefore begetting more war — and invest in the education of our children and … Continue reading →

As our completely out of control Pentagon plans a new war in Libya that could well spread to the rest of the continent, without even the benefit of Congressional debate, Ben Norton at Salon discusses the profit factor: “It is … Continue reading →

What the adled sachems of the Democratric party don’t get is that if they hound Sanders out of the race you can bet your bippy that his supporters are not coming out to vote for Hilllary. And one of the … Continue reading →

Who this month tore down that lovely bow-front nineteenth-century private house on 12th Street between Fifth and University? So glad our Landmarks Preservation Commission and City Planning Commission are doing their jobs.

to discuss Pelosi’s competence. As Ralph Nader writes on Common Dreams, Pelosi “has led the House Democrats to three straight calamitous losses (2010, 2012, 2014) to the Republicans, for whom public cruelties toward the powerless is a matter of principle.”