Welcome to Shutdown Theater, 2015 Edition
By Thomas Knapp Well, here we go again. Sample annual headline: “Republicans Threaten Government Shutdown.” This year’s excuse: A feud over whether or not to continue writing an annual $500 million corporate welfare check to Planned Parenthood. With bated breath, the mainstream media informs us that the usual suspects on Capitol Hill are […]
More Sequestration: The Best Bad Thing, For Now
By Thomas L. Knapp If American politicians lived in the real world, US president Barack Obama would propose and Congress would pass a balanced budget for the federal government. But American politicians don’t live in the real world. Since World War II they’ve inhabited a Utopian fantasy in which the federal government has […]
Video of Stop Iran Now retired CIA analyst speech
Sunday September 6, 2015 CLARE LOPEZ Stop Iran Briefing SANTA BARBARA, CA watch short video Clare Lopez is a retired CIA Operations Officer, currently VP of Research & Analysis at Center for Security Policy. Recently in Montecito California she presented an amazing, short, insightful deconstruction of this horrendous deal that President Obama has […]
Cartoonist Chip Bok: Export/Import
By Chip Bok Bokbluster.com August 11, 2015 Boeing and GE have stopped contributing to politicians who oppose the Export / Import Bank. Both companies get subsidized loans from the bank to help them export their products. No stranger to crony capitalism, GE CEO Jeff Immelt threatened to move jobs out of the country if the Ex/Im is […]
Cartoonist Chip Bok: Hillary’s Secret
By Chip Bok Bokbluster.com August 12, 2015 Hillary is turning her home brew email server over to the FBI. They say it contained top secret emails. The documents weren’t encrypted. If the FBI really wanted to know what was on Hillary’s server all they had to do was ask the Chinese. Editor’s note: Chip is […]
Congress Accuses EPA Chief Of Lying, Mentions Criminal Prosecution
Republicans on the House science committee are accusing EPA Chief Administrator Gina McCarthy of lying while testifying before Congress last month, not so subtly reminding her that lying before lawmakers is a criminal offense. “Providing false or misleading testimony to Congress is a serious matter,” House Republicans wrote to McCarthy, accusing her of making false statements […]
Killing Animals vs killing children
When we hear of the death of child who was abused or neglected we feel a few seconds of empathy for their families, but life goes on. Our feelings may sometimes extend beyond empathy for the families and we may feel momentary anger directed at the killer or the Agency who may have been involved […]
White House defends sanctuary cities, threatens to veto crackdown bill
The White House vowed Thursday to veto a bill to punish sanctuary cities, instead calling on Congress to legalize illegal immigrants as the way to solve the problem of criminals who shouldn’t be on the streets. The threat came just hours before the House was expected to pass a bill that would withhold money from […]
