And the lord sayeth, let my Epstein files go.

 Release the Epstein files!  What is Trump et al. trying to hide from the American people?

What's up with the pink circles around Trump's eyes?

I've heard of dark circles under the eyes, black eyes and pink eye, but how does Trump get those light pink ones around his eyes?  Could it be the area covered by the goggles he wears while getting his orange spray tan?

Good thing he has Moscow Mitch McConnell to help him.

Who Would Have Predicted That Orwell Was Only 20 Years Early in Predicting the Arrival of 1984?

When reading Orwell's 1984 most readers would have predicted those conditions of propaganda and perpetual state of war would not arrive for a long time, certainly not within their life time.  Having listened to the mainstream media and public broadcasting outlets for long enough, the propaganda has certainly arrived as has our perpetual state of war (on Drugs, on Crime, on Terror).

Alan Grayson writes about it We've Always Been at War with East Asia.

NPR's latest, greatest breaking news headline!

On Sunday, February 7, during one of the top of hour news/headline synopsis the headline and story was about Sarah Palin criticizing Obama in her role as political analyst on Faux News.  Really, this is news?  According to NPR it's not only news, but headline worthy news.

What next, according to reports on Faux News "The sun rises today"?

I wish I could support the music and entertainment programming on my local public radio station without having money go to that abomination known as NPR News.

When all else fails, blame it on the left.

The New York Times has a discussion going online dissecting the meaning of the Republiecan victory in the Massachusetts senate election.  Glenn Greenwald and Theda Skocpol have particularly insightful commentaries on the results countering the villagers certain refrain "the Democrats went too far to the left".  Theda Skocpol distills us Republiecans down to one cogent sentence.

The dirty secret is that modern post-1980 Republicans believe government is the problem, and they are determined to use government’s own rules to keep government from working for most Americans!

Any other interpretation of Republiecans means the observer is just not paying attention.

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If this Doesn't Induce You to Stop Funding the Absurdity that Is NPR, Nothing Will.

Cokie Roberts enlightens us to the way of the world.  Crooks and Liars points out that Cokie (the Cokestry) Roberts is at it again.  Wagging her finger at the perceived shortcomings of The Democrats while touting the strengths of us Republiecans.

Shorter Cokester:  Everything is good for Republiecans and bad for Democrats.  It seems military service or lack thereof is only useful when it can be used against Democrats.  For these pundits it's never an issue for us war-mongering, war-profiting Republiecans becasuse, you know, were so strong on national defense.

Be sure to read the comments below the NPR (Nationally Promoting Republiecans) story.  Matthew Murrey from NPR Check has his usual astute take down of Roberts.

Until NPR and PBS stop being a propaganda arm for the Republiecan party, the government, military, CIA and the military-industrial-corporatist complex, they won't get another dime from me.

More Change We Can Believe In.

Once again Glenn Greenwald and the New York Times point out the fallacy about the promised change we were supposed to see under an Obama administration.  NYT condemns what it calls "Obama's cover-up"

There is also some buzz from around the progressive groups that Harry Reid's announcement that the Senate health care reform bill WILL include a public option with an opt-out provision for states might still be underminded by the White House's willingness to accept a trigger provision to get "bipartisan" support.  That means Obama is willing to let the obstructionist party block a public option for the sake of a few Republiecan votes.  I guess he feels the Democrats caving in to Republiecans is the kind of change we need.



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