Month: May 2016

Tienanmen Massacre: Trump-Approved

Means of Dealing with Folks Like Us. A feature, not a bug. digby:In that Playboy article he said he thought Gorbachev didn’t have a strong enough hand and expressed disgust for the Tienanmen Square protesters,”when...

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Is It Money Laundering? Update

Politico has a new article up about the Hillary Victory Fund – Clinton Fundraisng Leaves Little for State Parties..   What they report is accurate, but it’s also incomplete and doesn’t, IMO, properly...

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I’m a Rock, You’re Water

Right-wing polling of Florida paints the bleakest of pictures for Donald Trump in November, and it’s probably accurate, at least for now. Naturally, the candidates have to have their conventions, pick their running mates,...

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Fracking is Bad on So Many Levels

Many, including President Obama and Hillary Clinton believe that natural gas can be a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future for the world, even if fracking technology is used to extract this resource, so long as we take the...

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Fracking, Who Gets to Decide?

Fracking is a difficult issue, as it allows for a lot of domestic energy production which brings down consumer costs and gives our foreign policy establishment more flexibility, but also introduces new environmental concerns...

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