Monthly Archives: March 2014

Obama to EU: Frack, baby, frack

Posted on March 29, 2014 by oddmanout215

From Common Dreams: Speaking after a meeting with European leaders at the [European Union]-US summit in Brussels on Wednesday, President Barack Obama suggested that the U.S. is open to exporting fracked shale gas, once promised as the source of American … Continue reading →

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Pro-union Democrats an endangered species

Posted on March 26, 2014 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit is a big fan of Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor during the Bill Clinton years, long-time economics professor and a high-profile advocate for workers’ rights. I’ve noted elsewhere that Reich often writes variations on the same column and … Continue reading →

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Top o’ the mornin’ to you!

Posted on March 17, 2014 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was in a foul mood. “Snow on St. Patrick’s Day,” he muttered. “And no food in the shack. It’s the end of the world, I tell ya.” “The end of the world for you if you don’t shut … Continue reading →

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Tweedledum, Tweedledee spar on NPR

Posted on March 16, 2014 by oddmanout215

My friend Swamp Rabbit and I get a kick out of Republicans who complain of National Public Radio’s “liberal bias,” a strange charge given the fact that NPR rarely veers from the “he said/she said” style of reporting and commentary, … Continue reading →

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Daring Dems vow to fight back against the Kochs

Posted on March 14, 2014 by oddmanout215

Hold on to your laptops: According to The New York Times, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has an idea. He wants Dems to launch a media counterattack against two prominent plutocrats who are on a mission to destroy democracy in America … Continue reading →

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MSNBC: The Russians are coming!

Posted on March 11, 2014 by oddmanout215

Robert Parry in Consortium News: If you were living in Crimea, would you prefer to remain part of Ukraine with its coup-installed government – with neo-Nazis running four ministries including the Ministry of Defense – or would you want to … Continue reading →

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Do as we say, Russia, not as we do

Posted on March 8, 2014 by oddmanout215

If I read one more time that President Obama thinks Russia’s support for a referendum on the status of Crimea “violates international law,” I’ll scream. This will mean nothing, because I live in a swamp and only my friend Swamp … Continue reading →

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A buy from Amazon is a vote for wage slavery

Posted on March 6, 2014 by oddmanout215

I read a piece in Salon about Amazon’s business model and almost throttled my friend Swamp Rabbit, I guess because he was the only creature in sight. But I was glad to see that at least one media writer wasn’t … Continue reading →

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