Author Archives: oddmanout215

In guns we trust

Posted on December 20, 2012 by oddmanout215

Frank Rich says America’s love affair with guns is something that will have to be chipped away at; that guns… …have always been intrinsic to the very idea of America and “freedom” – enshrined in our Constitution’s Second Amendment (however … Continue reading →

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Media make a killing on massacre in CT

Posted on December 17, 2012 by oddmanout215

My e-mail yesterday included links to the “most recommended content about the Connecticut school shooting from the Daily Kos community.” Forgive me, Daily Kos, for not reading the articles. I’m sure the writers had good intentions, but only so much … Continue reading →

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Safety measures too ‘costly’ for Walmart

Posted on December 9, 2012 by oddmanout215

Officials at the retail monster called Walmart couldn’t install emergency exits at the Bangladesh factory where more than 100 workers died in a Nov. 4 fire. Too cash-strapped, it seems: … In a meeting last year, Walmart officials decided against … Continue reading →

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Why Adelson is so generous to GOP

Posted on December 7, 2012 by oddmanout215

The greedy gnome is a pragmatist, not an ideologue: In actuality, [Sheldon] Adelson’s fealty to the GOP stems primarily from the fact that his “Las Vegas Sands Corp. is being scrutinized by federal investigators looking into possible money-laundering in Vegas, … Continue reading →

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Alarming stats on sea levels

Posted on December 1, 2012 by oddmanout215

Is must be asked — what sort of “ambitious measures” could possibly hold back the ocean? From The Raw Story: Sea-level rise is occurring much faster than scientists expected – exposing millions more Americans to the destructive floods produced by … Continue reading →

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NYC’s holiday from homicide

Posted on November 29, 2012 by oddmanout215

What did they put in the water? From CNN: The big news in the Big Apple this week may be what didn’t happen. There was not a single reported slaying, stabbing, shooting or knifing in any of the five boroughs … Continue reading →

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Bombing an open-air prison called Gaza

Posted on November 18, 2012 by oddmanout215

Glenn Greenwald, reminding us why the Israeli military is able to be so brazenly aggressive in its treatment of Gaza, which Noam Chomsky has called “the world’s largest open-air prison:” …That the Netanyahu government knows that any attempt to condemn … Continue reading →

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It was the 47 percent’s fault

Posted on November 15, 2012 by oddmanout215

Mitt Romney, in a conference call to donors, blamed the usual suspects for his loss to Barack Obama: …Obama, Romney argued, had been “very generous” to blacks, Hispanics and young voters. He cited as motivating factors to young voters the … Continue reading →

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Grayson: Grand Bargain is bunk

Posted on November 15, 2012 by oddmanout215

Alan Grayson’s tie is goofy, but I like what he has to say about the false need for a so-called Grand Bargain: “An artificial crisis is being instituted to steal from us, to steal from the middle class, and to … Continue reading →

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Working class rides train to nowhere

Posted on November 9, 2012 by oddmanout215

The lead paragraph from a smart piece in The New York Times Magazine that explains why the old jobs are never coming back, and why any politician who says they are is a liar: As anyone who rides Amtrak between … Continue reading →

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