On This Week with George Stephanopoulos yesterday, George's guest panel talked about the speech. George Will's remarks have been rattling around in my head; I'd like to know what you think about these remarks. ...
Last week the Consortium News posted a blog here at the Cafe; it got no attention, possibly because many readers dislike cross-posts. I found it really interesting. Grit TV's Laura Flanders interviewed John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man...
From CNBC: The Center for Responsive Politics recently analyzed the financial disclosures of Members of Congress. They found there are 237 Millionaires in Congress. The financial holdings for the top 17 are listed: Assets, for instance, include non-government income,...
The New York Times states that the White House internal figures use the One Million per Year per Soldier as a working number. The 40,000 troops General McChrystal is asking for would cost $40-56 billion per year. ...
(Just joshin' about the Beach-fronts...) But: An Indian company called Lunar Embassy has been selling Lunar property for the past 29 years. The company's website details its right to do so: Its owner, Dennis M. Hope...
A recent investigative piece by Aram Roston in The Nation magazine digs into the story of US contractors, paid by the US Military, funnel money to the Taliban for protecting US convoys transporting everything they...
Yesterday (Oct. 28) on Morning Meeting, Dylan Ratigan had on Eliot Spitzer and Glenn Greenwald to discuss Banking Reform the lack of any meaningful Banking Reform Spitzer was on fire! Everything Tim Geithner is doing right now on Capitol Hill, and Barney...
During this rather grim political period, I thought I would offer a brief interlude from my corner the natural world. I put these and some others up on Flickr.com, but I have no idea how you access them, unless it's...
For all you Guys and Gals out there who just LOVE to twist Dick Cheney's knickers, I present you with an OPEN THREAD to have at it. It will be tagged as "SPORT." PUT YOURSELVES ON IRONY ALERT! I can't...
I took this down too early; my apologies. I thought I was just gettin it out of the way for other, more universal blogs. It was requested that I re-publish it and the comments. If they don't appear, I can...
This photo shows Paul Volcker at the White House Economic Advisory Board, head in one hand, looking away from the President beside whom he is seated. He looks frustrated and dejected. He has a right to be....
This week on Bill Moyers Journal Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), who is on the House Budget and Oversight, Appropriations, and Government Reform Committees, and Simon Johnson, a former Chief Economist of the IMF were on to talk about the lack of...
The New York Times is reporting that lobbyists have been paid at least $400,000 so far to lobby Congress on behalf of the defacto Micheletti government after Manuel Zelaya was deposed. Cold War warriors Otto Reich, Roger Noriega, and Daniel...
Language in the 2002 Homeland Security Act prohibited federal contracts for companies that put most of their operations offshore to limit their tax liabilities. You may remember that the Obama White House has been trying to find some of those...
These are recipes to keep you healthy, save you money, and provide comfort for the winter. One even uses all those bloomin' green tomatoes your neighbors keep trying' to give you!...
David Attenborough did a video series called The Life of Birds. One section is called Finding Partners, and shows and desribes the mating plumage, gift-giving and rituals of different male birds in efforts to entice the females, and convince them that they are Superior Mates. ...
I'm going to take a chance here, and offer some cooking ideas. Yep, I know it's a political blog, but I have had extra time in the past few years to learn a lot about cooking, and it's something I...
Not really virtual, but it's as close as I could come to coining a conceptual term for it. A new Café friend recently emailed me and asked a question about how she might convey a message of gratitude to another...
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2009/09/bill_moyers_on_obamas_mom... Moyers briefly explained who Josh Marshall is, and what TPM is, and identified him as a journalist and an historian, and "not a politician." Moyers said Marshall has a clear and simple message on the question people should be asked...
Friday August 28 in US District Court in Alexandria, attorneys for families of Iraqi civilians slain by employees of Blackwater USA brought charges of murder against Eric Prince, company founder and former CEO. "The person responsible for these deaths is...
