By OcJim How much longer are we going to permit massacres in our country? For too long a minority force in our society, mostly represented by the National Rifle Association (NRA), has dictated what governs the common good in terms of domestic safety and security. The problem is that…
By OcJim There is a Republican pattern that has grown in the last several years. It’s called lying -- in more and more cases bold-face lying. It goes beyond distortion of truth or stretching the truth, which is normal in political arguments on both sides. It is outright lies…
By OcJim Fox News was so cocksure that the Supreme Court was going to gut what they call “Obamacare” that they didn’t bother to read beyond the first page of the ruling on Thursday morning. Several reporters boldly declared – and repeated -- in an enunciated, emphatic tone: “The…
The plutocratic elite put a great deal of money, planning, and pressure on the endeavor to capture all elements of power: Wall Street, the media, the courts, and Congress, including all elements of the American culture.
While we rotate around our own axis of myopic concerns, programmed to be first-class consumers, and culled like sheep by corporate America, we unknowingly rotate with the earth eastward on a 23.5° tilt at somewhere around 1000 miles per hour, at the same time mostly unaware of zipping…
With all this effort on the Democratic side and money on the Republican side, they still get the lying, smiling face of Scott Walker for maybe 3 or more years, the plutocratic hand-puppet.
Since the start of the financial crisis, Wall Street criminal activity has resulted in no arrests or prosecutions.
The announcement of disingenuous Speaker of the House, John Boehner, threatening a worse fight over a budget ceiling, could mean even more dire consequences. Boehner’s announcement was somewhat subdued this time, revealing dull, fish eyes.
Consuming more seafood, Gulf residents are at greater risk from seafood exposed to oil and Corexit. Areas of most concern are developmental issues for fetuses and children, as well as cellular toxicity and cancer.
Ninety percent of mothers report work-family conflicts. Children complain more about exhausted parents than absent parents.