Even if you’re liberal and you feel like you have to “hate” Clint Eastwood for aligning with the enemy and speaking at the Republican National Convention, you can’t. All that Twitter talk about him sounding crazy and senile last night is ludicrous. Here’s why.
Egypt’s president traveled to Iran this week for a summit of the Nonaligned Movement, a 120-nation block that is transferring its leadership to Tehran. The UN Secretary General was there, too.
The severe drought across the US and the wheat crop failures in Ukraine and Russia are driving up food costs dramatically. Ethanol production, consuming 40% of US corn crop, is also to blame.
Canada may have its Albertan oil sands, and North Dakota has its Bakken oil formation. But don’t count Alaska out when it comes to producing unconventional oil.
The game play at the GOP Convention in Tampa has far-reaching implications for the future. Watch this news report on the far-reaching impacts of yesterday’s sham vote.
No one, not even Rand Paul, have mentioned the words “Tea Party” from the Tampa convention pulpit leading some observers to conclude that the RNC is trying to disassociate the GOP and Romney brands from the Tea Party. They do so at their peril.
At time of writing, polls show the race for the presidency to be tight. General consensus seems to be that whoever wins, the 2012 election will be won by a bat squeak. But the opposite may be true.
A convention attendee took video of the convention teleprompter reflecting that the GOP hierarchy, even prior to hearing the “Aye’s” and “No’s”, had already decided the outcome of the vote on the controversial rules change.
John M. Robinson, the Chief Diversity Officer at the U.S. Department of State, wants America’s diplomats to know that common phrases and idioms like “holding down the fort” are, in fact, deeply racist.
The Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the “supreme leader” of Iran – praised America’s “Occupy Wall Street” movement on Thursday, calling it a reflection of people around the world who are “losing their patience” with the dominance of the United States and Israel.