"Over the past 30 years, the Republican rightwing has become joined at the hip with Israel’s hard right Likud Party, hence the emergence of so-called “Christian Zionists” who are cynically exploited by Israel’s Likud Party even though a generation ago their fathers may have belong to the racist, Jewish-hating Ku Klux Klan.In short, (Iowa is), fertile ground for the Republican party’s far right. We are reminded of the great American writer Upton Sinclair, who wrote in the 1930’s “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”

"New documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act directly contradict published claims by Stephen Harper's chief spokesman that bureaucrats have not been directed to replace the words Government of Canada with "Harper Government" in departmental news releases and backgrounders."

"Did you know that Florida has the second-highest population of homeless veterans? Seventeen thousand of them, and Scott cut their services, too. I was in Florida last month, and I didn't meet one single person who wants to reelect him, so at least it's likely that he's a one-termer."

"The Republican world view is a mash-up of Orwell's 1984 and It's a Wonderful Life – with 'doublethink' at its heart"

"the media has ensured that she will continue to get enormous contracts from rightwing TV channels and public speaking events because she is, clearly, a news agenda setter. And that is because the news covers her. Because she's a news agenda setter. She's like an Escher drawing without the skill."

-FRENCH POLITICS IS A FILM NOIRE-"Strauss-Kahn is expected to step down shortly as head of the International Monetary Fund and announce his run for president."
He may step down for another reason and probably won't run for Prezzie for the same.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/nyregion/imf-head-is-arrested-and-accused-of-sexual-attack.html?_r=1&hp

-"they've created a sort of self-perpetuating stupidity whirlpool capable of engulfing any loose molecules of logic within a six-mile radius."

-The subject of modest cuts from the sacred cow of military spending is being timidly raised by politicians of both parties. But they are terrified of being accused of the ultimate sin in hyperpatriotic US politics, being unpatriotic and “not supporting our boys.”

-- " ..but the United States-and history-do not look favorably upon tyrants who murder their own people, unless they do it in Bahrain and Yemen and kill them in acceptably low numbers........"

-"he makes Mulroney a buffoonish yet tragic figure" -always thought Mulroney was a buffoon - buffoons with power have always scared me!!

"And in the aftermath of CUBE DX-9's inevitable election to the highest office in the land, political leaders worldwide would be clamouring for an inscrutable impersonal shell of their own. Before long there'd be a Chilean mayor who rolls around inside a gigantic onyx egg, and a German chancellor who consists of nothing but a runic symbol flickering on a monitor accompanied by a vaguely menacing drone.
And we'll all feel much better about our elected masters. Yes we will. Stop lying. We will."

"Charlie Brooker has scoured through a whole year's worth of cultural detritus to test your knowledge of what was really important during the last 12 months."

"WikiLeaks is at least doing in part what America’s elected leaders and supposed free media should have been doing: telling citizens what’s really going on. Let’s see what other squirmy secrets will be exposed when the next rock is turned over."

-which really is too bad!

"Right-wing Republicans will press for more war, in more places – financed, of course, by the magic of credit. Few stop to think that this manic borrowing it wrecking America."

"Next week: Clegg defends his decision to force the Chilean miners back underground, claims 2 Unlimited were better than the Beatles, and explains why the coalition's proposed oxygen-rationing scheme will usher in an age of peace and prosperity for all."

-more sheer brilliance from the "tea party!"

-OMFG!-it's soup for Christ's sake! ;)

Terminal Man wrote: "I eagerly await the creation of the BC Rhinoceros party. I want my next vote to at least count as a joke if nothing else. No matter what "real" party I have voted for in the past the result has always been that the province is run by liars and thieves"-agreed!.

-and so it goes!

"SAO PAULO - Voters the world over complain about having clowns for politicians, but Brazilians embraced the idea Sunday by sending a real one to Congress with more votes than any other candidate."- ;)

-and why not?-lots of, "illiterate clowns", get elected all over north america!

Rep. Tom Moore was dismayed at how often his colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives passed bills without understanding them. So in April 1971 he sponsored a resolution honoring Albert de Salvo:

" This compassionate gentleman’s dedication and devotion to his work has enabled the weak and the lonely throughout the nation to achieve and maintain a new degree of concern for their future. He has been officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts for his noted activities and unconventional techniques involving population control and applied psychology."

That’s true as far as it goes — Albert de Salvo is the Boston Strangler.

The measure passed unanimously.

"So volatile and unpredictable and hysterical has the North Korean regime become that it was believed in some quarters that even the finding might trigger a fresh escalation—an escalation that might pass the nuclear threshold before anyone could draw breath. Richard Nixon used to ask his sick and compliant operative Henry Kissinger to imply to the Russians and Chinese that he might be such a touchy president that he was capable of anything—this loopy strategy became known in policy circles as "the madman theory of war." In the case of Kim Jong-il, nobody has any difficulty believing that he is delusional and worse, so the blackmail keeps on working."

"Electoral reform: Be a Purple Person and make every vote count"

"Opposition to the tax, which combines the five per cent GST with the seven per cent PST, centres on the fact the HST will be applied to everything the GST covered, including many items previously exempt from the provincial tax."

"Speaking to reporters, Mr Cowen said: “[Ministers] have asked for the matter to be considered and reflected upon by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. That’s the general position for every pension holder.”- " considered and reflected upon " ;)

-somehow,someway Palin rhymes with "itch"!

-of course she is!

"Palin fits in totally at Fox – standing up for ignorance and stupidity. "- ;)

"free warm croissants on buses"-what a grand idea!

-how, i mean really, how can they sleep at night?

WTF?

"WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters."

"An MP used his expenses to claim for a £5 donation he made during a church service to commemorate the Battle of Britain."-;D-what a giving guy!!

-even his chocolates!

"London Mayor Boris Johnson, who is chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, has indicated that officers should be called in to investigate the questionable expenses claims made by some MPs"

-0h yeah!-well, here in British Columbia we have a Premier who was arrested in Hawaii for driving drunk and also had two teenage women in the truck with him! Came home, was re-elected,(of course), and is about to be again! Now, that's bizarre!!-maybe not for B.C. come to think of it! ;)

-maybe he needs a stress leave, then again, maybe he's just a jerk!