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Will Cyrus Vance Turn His Head & Walk Away From DSK?

By: bmaz Thursday June 30, 2011 10:24 pm

The case against DSK, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is disintegrating at the seams. It never seemed to be quite the closed case it was portrayed as, and now we are left to ask what lies beneath the messy and complicated incident.

Egyptian Trash Talk

By: bmaz Friday February 11, 2011 4:15 pm

Time to get the lead out and get America’s youth into an American Tahrir Square because the United States needs a revolution as much as anywhere in the world right now. Time for some real hope and change instead of the disingenuous drivel we were conned with in 2008.

Ballots and the Bench: The Iowa Judges

By: bmaz Wednesday November 3, 2010 3:48 am

In a devastating night for Democrats, there was a notable and disturbing loss that did not draw enough attention, that of the so called “Iowa Judges”. From NPR: Iowa voters decided to remove three State Supreme Court justices who’d overturned an Iowa ban on same sex marriage last year. Out are Iowa Chief Justice Marsha [...]

Obama and the Constitutionality of DADT and Other LGBT Discrimination

By: bmaz Friday October 29, 2010 9:55 am

All signs point to the fact that President Obama considers DADT and LGBT discrimination to be merely a political problem and not a Constitutional rights issue. But the Constitution and its fundamental equality, due process and first amendment protections is not a political issue football to be tossed around, nor is it properly enforced by degree of popularity in the latest Gallup poll trendline.

Todd Purdum & Vanity Fair Discover McCain the Gluehorse

By: bmaz Thursday October 7, 2010 1:14 pm

Todd Purdum has a pretty extensive and in depth article on John McCain just up at Vanity Fair and it paints a very brutal picture of McCain the tired old gluehorse. It is a picture I know well.

Military Encroachment On Civilian Authority & Seven Days In May

By: bmaz Wednesday October 6, 2010 2:53 am

The military is becoming ever more aggressively meddlesome in civilian control and political decision making at a time where the surveillance and communications control of the military is unparalleled. With public unrest from the dire economic conditions, there may be a further militarization of the political leadership.

Sparky Takes a Dump, Produces Turd Named McCain and Other News and Notes From Wingnut Hell In Arizona

By: bmaz Saturday August 28, 2010 8:40 pm

Yes, that is Sparky the Sun Devil and the small turd next to him is John McCain. As you may have heard, the Arizona primary was last Tuesday and McCain squeaked by the “serious challenge” of gasbag extraordinaire J.D. Hayworth. McCain beat Hayworth by 25 points; this and other news and notes from the Arizona primary election.

Blago Goes Quietly Into The Night

By: bmaz Friday July 30, 2010 9:36 am

Despite all the noise and antics in the months leading up to his criminal trial, Rod Blagojevich has gone quietly into the night and put on no defense whatsoever.

Lanny Davis Fudges and Shills His Way Through Another Op-Ed

By: bmaz Friday June 18, 2010 8:56 am

Lanny Davis has an op-ed up at The Hill calling on Barack Obama to “Sister Souljah” the progressive netroots. As if Obama has not done enough of that already. Davis can go Sister Souljah himself.

Tired McCain a Foundering Gluehorse Without Weaver

By: bmaz Monday May 17, 2010 7:08 pm

The Old Gluehorse, John McCain, is lost without strategist Hohn Weaver and should be put out to pasture.


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