RUSSIA’S 2008 RED LINE IS STILL A RED LINE

I thought you would be interesred in Russia’s 2008 prediction about the consequences of Ukraine becoming a NATO member. According to Wikileaks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov considered Ukraine joining NATO a military threat. Lavrov also said that the NATO move would split Ukraine in two, start a civil war, and force Russia to consider […]

ARE YOU STILL BLAMING RUSSIA FOR THIS?

Folks, you have to pull your heads out of the mainstream newspapers and at minimum consider that the US shares equal blame for the situation in Ukraine today. Using the term “equal” could be generous. While I list the instances of the America’s Ukraine meddling, I want you to reverse the roles and tell […]

OBAMA, THE MAN WITH NO (ISIL) PLAN

Mungu Wangu, President Obama! You have no plan?? The Islamic State – also known as ISIL – is rearranging the Middle East chessboard as we know it when these slick-dressed New Jack jihadis began macking parts of Iraq, carving out territory in Syria, announcing a conquest vision that includes parts of Europe, crucifying non-believers, pulling […]

JINDAL IN SCHOOLS TRYING TO GET A REP

How can the Governor of a US state which the University of Montana-Billings, WalletHub, Education Law Center (pdf), and the US Department of Education has ranked near the bottom of national student achievement or state effort lists, gather the nerve to sue the Obama administration over the fear of a federal government education mandate? Welcome […]

BLACK CODES OF MODERN-DAY FERGUSON

People who ask “How come Blacks can’t get ahead” – whether in inquisitive or derogatorily accusative terms – can look to ArchCity Defenders‘ researched exposé (pdf) of Ferguson Missouri’s predatory law enforcement and court systems for a source of answers which will remind you of America’s post-Civil War Black Codes. To summarize the research, St. Louis […]

A BANANA REPUBLIC WITH POISON FRUIT

Now that a state of emergency has been declared by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, lets ask again: what’s happening in the city of Ferguson? Or more broadly, what’s happening in America? Did The Terrorists finally win? Did the September 11 attacks become the decisive battle that turned Big and Small Town America into paranoid, […]

OH, IT’S NEVER ABOUT OIL!

I don’t know of many instances where the US militarily intervened in another nation’s affairs which had nothing to do with economics or American hegemony. That’s why I don’t completely buy the current US humanitarian intervention in Iraq. ISIL has been burying Yazidi women and children alive, as well as literally crucifying Syrian rebels […]

ISIL – COMING TO AN AMERICAN CITY NEAR YOU

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), could deliver the next terrorist attack in America, Heavens forbid, and the potential event can arguably wear a stamp that says “Made in America.” It didn’t take long for the video electrons to dry after President Barack Obama announced that he will help Iraq “Prevent an […]

UKRAINE: NOT ABOUT DEMOCRACY

Look, I’m not an obsessed conspiracy theorist who labors in a grandmother’s basement day and night until he can connect every news item to some American grand scheme for world domination. (Laughing) I’ll offer my previous post as partial evidence. Most people who meet me would say I’m a rational guy who likes to ask simple […]

1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AT 50 – NEITHER A BEGINNING NOR END

I’ll mark today’s 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act by reading you a piece of legislation: [W]ith a view to affording reasonable protection to all persons in their constitutional rights of equality before the law, without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude… Sounds familiar? I have […]