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Assad Is Apparently Alive

by John April 6, 2013

  Bashar al-Assad is no Mark Twain.  But it appears that rumors of Assad’s death are wrong or, as Twain said, “greatly exaggerated.” Reuters and the Jerusalem Post have the story of Assad doing a taped interview with Turkish TV.  The photo is a screen shot of him from YouTube that I took from the […]

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North Korea: Iran’s Beard

by John April 6, 2013

  Maybe there is a good reason for North Korea’s silly “war talk”.  But it has little to do with the Korean peninsula and more about the Middle East and Africa. It looks like another chapter in that unholy nuclear alliance between the Fat-Boy leader Kim Jong Un and the Fascist followers of the Ayatollah. […]

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End of Power Means End of Constitution?

by John April 5, 2013

Be careful reading this book. You may say un-American things. For instance, you might think the U.S. Constitution should be changed immediately.  That laugh or growl you just heard came from a nearby Tea-Partier. Moises Naim’s The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn’t What It […]

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Assad Assassination Rumors

by John April 4, 2013

Has Syrian President Bashar al-Assad been assassinated? The chatter online is there.  Google it for yourself.  Many of the sites, though, are not credible. I have talked with numerous sources who are hearing the same rumors.  No one can confirm or deny them. Credible news sources won’t touch it until something is known for certain.  […]

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Inside China: North Korea’s Dufus Leader

by John April 3, 2013

  My sources in China give a peak of “on the street thinking” among the common folk.  It paints a fuller picture when we combine it with the news stories that get out of China – especially about North Korea. It also appears the Chinese middle class are much like the United States middle class […]

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Monsanto Protection Nibbles on Media Bias

by John March 31, 2013

  You’re probably getting a lot of emails or ads about the Monsanto Protection Act. My good friend Chef Heinz Lauer, who has cooked up some great meals for me, served me this question in an email: John, why is the media not reporting on the Monsanto Act our President just signed? Let’s sink our […]

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Mexican Weapon of Mass Distortion

by John March 30, 2013

  Look at this photo someone just emailed me. Ay caramba!  Santa Ana and Poncho Villa live. Read the sign that Hispanic guy is holding. Give us health care, jobs, no taxes, house, food.  You owe us.  We will shoot more Police in Arizona until we get free. OMG.  Protect the women and children.  Screw […]

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Morning Jolt Leans Nicely Right

by John March 29, 2013

  Here’s a suggestion for your morning reading and some discussion on the extinction of the GOP. The good read is Morning Jolt by Jim Geraghty from the National Review Online. You can sign up here.  It’s free.  Don’t be alarmed if it’s not delivered right away.  Jim is on vacation until next week. That […]

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North Korea Follow-Up

by John March 29, 2013

  North Korea gets stranger by the day. The bellicose pronouncements are probably just the usual verbal diarrhea coming from Pyongyang. However, if militaries and rockets are on the ready, then who knows what hair-pin trigger response could set-off a war?  Remember August, 1914. Third Way, a think tank I recommend, has a great report […]

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Leno Right-Wing Hero?

by John March 22, 2013

Apparently the right-wing is using the upcoming end to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show as a new evidence of liberal media bias. Politico quotes from right-wing sources: “Left cheering Leno exit typical, he dared to entertain and offer jokes for the other 50% of country. Unacceptable in ‘New America’…” tweeted Matt Drudge this week […]

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