Israel's Real Goals in Gaza
By any measure, Israel's destruction and slaughter in Gaza, makes amply clear that this was not a mere operation to take out Hamas rockets from firing on Israel. Israel's goals were far reaching and...
View ArticleConnelly slaps down Jindal on Volcano Monitoring
As if we needed more proof of Louisiana Governor, Bobbie Jindal's massive fail in the Repubs response to President Obama's speech, Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist, Joel Connelly slaps down...
View ArticlePledge Week at NPR: Screw Them
It's pledge week at NPR, wherein we are endlessly exhorted to give them money for their "unique reporting." As if to underline just how "mainstream" NPR has become their lead political story is an...
View ArticleNPR Economics Coverage compliments of the Wall St. Journal
I have written before on how NPR's political coverage has veered to the right. See Pledge Week at NPR: Screw Them and The Cokie Roberts Award for Stupidest Pundit as well as this piece. Obviously, it...
View ArticleTime To Decriminalize Being Black, Mentally Ill, Drug User or Poor
In both actual and per capita terms, the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. The figures for incarceration are staggering.The number of prisoners held in 214...
View ArticleRacist Roots of Glenn Beck and his Gaggle of thugs
I wrote this piece in June of 2008, but given the recent "outing" of Glenn Beck as an extremist wingnut, I thought it would be timely to post a version of that piece. (A version of this was originally...
View ArticleSwine Flu Provides Latest Fodder for Nativists
The racists, such as Pat Buchanan, Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck, who populate the cable hate shows have recently been blaming the latest outbreak of swine flu on immigrants. Their anti-immigrant narrative...
View ArticleTorture by U.S. Started Before 9/11: Those who do not remember...
Upon taking office, President Barack Obama proclaimed that the United States does not torture. If so, it would mark a sea-change since the U.S. has been torturing and teaching surrogates to torture...
View ArticleRadical rightwingers and the Mainstream Media
Following up on BarbinMD's post, MSNBC, Pat Buchanan & White Supremacists, specifically the fact that Pat Buchanan, who is himself pretty radical, has invited radical white supremacist, Peter...
View ArticleCokie Roberts continues to berate "left-wing bloggers"
NPR's Cokie Roberts, who has been shifting ever right-ward with each passing election cycle, continues her campaign against "left-wing bloggers." This time Cokie reguritates Rebublican talking points,...
View ArticleAn El Paso Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving produces mixed emotions for me. Having grown up Chicano, in El Paso, Texas, the holiday carried considerable cultural baggage for me: the rampant celebration of gluttony, the Dallas...
View ArticleDedicated Kossack, Cherisse Luxa of Seattle Passes Away
It is with a very heavy heart that we write to inform you of the passing of our dear friend Cherisse Luxa, the founder of Burien Drinking Liberally. Cherisse lost her fight with stomach cancer this...
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