Embassy Attacks

Hillary Clinton Falls on Her Sword for Obama

Clinton has taken responsibility for the Benghazi attacks. I’d be curious to know how she was coerced into doing this.

The War on (Some) Drugs

Aaron Sandusky Facing Life in Prison for Operating a California Dispensary

Sandusky is facing life after a trial barring even a mention of the relevant California law. Remember when not going after clinics was one of the reasons Obama was “better than Bush?” What reasons have you got left?

Music

Happy Jew Year From Donald Fagen

One of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan chats about Lenny Bruce, his new record and his fellow Jews.

Election 2012

Women Pushing Romney Into Swing State Lead

Further evidence that shrieking about how the Republicans will turn women into breeding slaves isn’t a winning strategy, Dems.

“Memorandum of Understanding” for the Debates

Our elections are tightly managed, corporate-controlled affairs that leave little to chance. Here’s a peek behind the curtain.

Just Plain Awesome

Hollywood Skateboard Riot

Some skateboarders got totally radical on cops not too far from my house. I support this.

Libya

Obama Vows “Justice Will Be Done”

This does not bode well…

Obama Moves Military Into Place In Libya

See above.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney Talks To Gay Families

Mitt Romney is an awesome dude who doesn’t know gay people have families and doesn’t think adopted kids are “real.”

Romney Flip Flopping On Obamacare

Presumably because:

• He needs something to run on.
• He did the exact same thing in Massachusetts.

Ron Paul

Ron Paul One Of The Most Corrupt Members Of Congress

This is my surprised face.

DNC

Elizabeth Warren’s Wall Street Money

Elizabeth Warren receives beaucoup bucks from Wall Street lawyers and the DSCC, the latter a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wall Street banksters.

Native American Democrats Not Keen On Elizabeth Warren

It’s curious to ponder how Dems would react to a Republican lying about her ethnic heritage for personal gain. Elizabeth Warren is a charlatan and demagogue of the worst kind, exactly the type of vile creature that the Democratic Party’s increasing reliance upon identity politics creates.

World Socialist Web Site on the DNC

Always worth a read, the WSWS cuts through the BS to the heart of issues, particularly with regard to the Democratic Party and “the left.” This article is no exception and a welcome breath of reality.

Animals

Vietnamese Elephants Almost Completely Exterminated

As a vegan, I obviously find this very troubling and sad. Without any intention of diminishing any person or group’s experience, I don’t understand why the world reacts to this differently than it would genocide.

War

U.S. To Retain Role As Afghan Jailer

The American government will continue to oversee prisons in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future. The atrocity stories should start trickling in any second now.

Libyan Alleges C.I.A. Waterboarding

Remember when Barack Obama started an illegal war and liberals didn’t care? Well, it wasn’t as clean and surgical as the self-appointed PR men claimed, surprise of surprises.

Names of the AfPak Dead

The names of the war dead aren’t something I seek out, but I will always repost when I see them. My position isn’t some nationalist “respect for their service,” but a desire to humanize the perverse waste of this deeply unpopular 10-year war.

Secularism

Circumcision Limited But Not Banned in Berlin

Proof that if you say “God commands it” you can get away with anything.

Russian Social Conservatives Emboldened By Pussy Riot Verdict

Pussy Riot’s conviction have emboldened the Russian ultra-right, who are now behaving in a decidedly fascistic manner.

Police State

Police Work With Apple To Block Transmission of “Sensitive Data”

Apple, America’s favorite toy maker, are working hand in glove with police departments on a device that would disable cameras during protests, etc., in any attempt to curtail police brutality footage.

Literature

Bret Easton Ellis Attacks David Foster Wallace

The thousand monkeys in a room known as Bret Easton Ellis projects hard, calling David Foster Wallace “the most tedious, overrated, tortured, pretentious writer of my generation.” Harsh words about the dead from a man who wrote one good book almost 30 years ago.

Odds and Ends

Stanford Study On Organic Food

Organic food is a marketing gimmick. Get over it, hippies.

Are Attacks On Clint Eastwood “Ageist?”

Mostly wanted to post this to point out the absurdity of using -ist / -ism to explain and analyze everything. This is a paradigm that can literally be applied to everything from hair color to what kind of car you drive.

L.A. City Pot Ban Blocked

Add this to the long list of “toldyasos” I have clocked.