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The Mainstream Media As Reverse Barometer: Hillary Must Go Left, Not Right
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedI feel like I'm flogging a dead donkey here, but it is crazy-making how the mainstream media continues to yearn for a Democratic candidate who magically will...
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Barack Obama: Great President or the Greatest President?
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedWith apologies to Stephen Colbert, the title of this post is not meant as parody (for the most part).Not that I don't have serious issues with some of Obama's...
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Tell Me Why I Don't Like Military Mondays
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedWhat's with the Mets' camouflage uniforms and caps? Given their excellent play of late I don't think it is in anticipation of a frontal assault by disgruntled...
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The Kim Davis Presidential Litmus Test
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedI do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and...
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Say It Ain't So, Joe: Biden Must Cut Bait
Originally posted at Fair and Unbalanced Ah! well a-day! what evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung. -- Samuel Taylor...
View ArticleShame the Bigots but Address the Fear
Originally posted at Fair and Unbalanced Republicans have long proven their genius for exploiting fear for political gain, using bigotry and cheap slogans to project an aura of toughness. Aided by a...
View ArticleCalifornia's Dysfunctional Death Penalty Can't Be Fixed
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedCalifornia's death penalty scheme is a costly government program that doesn't work. The approximately 750 men and women on death row are far more likely to die...
View ArticleThe Arbitrary Execution of Tom Thompson
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedI knew if I wanted to see Tom one last time I had to leave for the prison soon. It was already late in the afternoon and at 6:00 pm, he would be taken from the...
View ArticleOn Loving Bernie But Not Feeling The Bern
Originally posted on Fair and UnbalancedThe 2016 presidential campaign so far has been driven largely by fear. The Republicans are cynically drawing on (and generating) the fear of terrorist attacks...
View ArticleRepublicans Will Not Release Their Stranglehold On The Supreme Court (Ever)...
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedRelying on hypocritical, ahistorical, patently bogus rationalizations, the Republicans will not allow President Obama to appoint a Supreme Court justice to...
View ArticleA Public Defender for (Supreme Court) Justice
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedThe typical path to becoming a federal judge is to have been a prosecutor and/or a big firm lawyer representing corporate interests. This is true whether the...
View ArticleSchadenfreude Tinged with Fear as the GOP Devolves Into the Party of Trump
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedMost likely hurt and disappointed that neither of them were endorsed by David Duke, the former KKK Grand Wizard himself, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz both condemned...
View ArticleThree Easy Steps For Democrats
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedThe Republican Party is trying to cope with the overtly racist, xenophobic, misogynist, homophobic, climate-change-denying chickens that have come home not only...
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice for All? The Shameful Attack on Zealous Advocacy for...
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedThe popular version of the heroic criminal defense lawyer is one who tirelessly defends the wrongly accused, saving a client who is more victim himself (or...
View ArticleAnother Poster Child For California's Dysfunctional Death Penalty
Originally posted at fairandunbalancedblog.blogspot.comAfter 35 years on death row, Bernard Hamilton died of "natural causes" at the age of 64. How profoundly messed up is our system of criminal...
View ArticleDown Ballot Blues: Hillary Clinton Can Better Help Democrats Take Back the...
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedAssuming a Democrat wins the White House but the Senate remains in Republican hands, there will be no political revolution as Bernie Sanders promises and little...
View ArticleTime For A Sanders Pivot?
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedI would seem to fit the demographic that has come out full throttle for Bernie Sanders -- I consider myself very progressive in my politics and live in Berkeley,...
View ArticleAmerican Exceptionalism: Celebrating Our Favorite War Criminal
Originally posted at Fair and Unbalanced"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." -- Satchell PaigeInteresting juxtaposition. President Obama announces plans to become the first sitting...
View Article#NeverNader: A Reminder About the Perils of Purity
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedIt is no coincidence that the most potent insurgencies from the left come to the fore at the end of a Democratic -- not Republican -- Administration. That is...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren for Veep
Originally posted at Fair and UnbalancedThere are some very good reasons why Elizabeth Warren would not be an ideal choice for Hillary Clinton's running mate. Democrats would be giving up a key Senate...
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