The Madness of Adam Yoshida

Amid an avalanche of attacks on antiwar Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the latest (as of midnight on Tuesday) is one in the comically-named "American Thinker," a neocon web site for the intellectually challenged, which runs a piece by Adam Yoshida on "The...

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Ron Paul’s “Loyal Aides”?

A Washington Post piece on Ron Paul's rise in the polls comes with the usual "but he can't win" caveat, and there's also this nugget: "Yet, while the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman is earning support for his tight-fisted fiscal positions, he’s so out of step...

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What Does a War with Iran Mean?

I don’t want to alarm you or anything — well, actually, I do want to alarm you, albeit not unduly. I want to share something with you, a little news item that just came over the wires: An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites may become likelier in 2012 if Israel...

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“Of all people …”

I forced myself to tune in to CBS early this morning because of Ron Paul's "Face the Nation" interview. Establishment tool  Bob Schieffer previews the interview by announcing that "this morning, we've got an interview with Ron Paul, who, of all people, is rising to...

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Zombies On Parade

I won't comment on the content of Angela Davis' speech at "Occupy Philadelphia": I just want to note the bizarre practice at these gatherings of repeating back the words of the speakers. The echo chamber effect is like something out of a horror movie, perhaps a remake...

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Fox + Werritty + Mossad = ?

The Telegraph reports: "The meeting between Dr Fox, Mr Werritty and the head of Mossad will raise further concerns about Mr Werritty’s role and his connections to the Ministry of Defence. It has emerged that Mr Werritty has met several Iranian and Israeli figures in...

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The Ron Paul Plan

Ron Paul has a plan: cut $1 trillion from the federal budget, defund the wars and "foreign aid," and cut the president's pay to $39,336 — which is, as Politico points out, "a level that the Paul document notes is 'approximately equal to the median personal income of...

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Debunking Rachel Maddow

The Obama cult is going on the offensive, on the theory that the best defense is a good offense, the Obama cult is going on the attack – launching a special web site, and a twitter feed, attackwatch.com, which is devoted to refuting the “smears” being repeated by the...

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