Towards the end of this recent post I wrote: I was thinking today that Obama and his helpmates lie so often and so globally and reflexively that I wonder if they can even discern when they are lying and when … Continue reading →
…when they said the Obama administration lied about its deal with them. It’s a sad thing that, on hearing those Iranian claims, I was already inclined to believe their version more than Obama’s. That’s how little meaning his word has … Continue reading →
This?: The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against Al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues. Senior British diplomatic sources, quoted in a report in Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai on Wednesday, … Continue reading →
…but please don’t go there. A “big health care marketing campaign” had been planned for December (at your expense, you lucky taxpayers!) to further sell the program to the reluctant public. But that’s been postponed for fear it would be … Continue reading →
Another day, another religious group offended. All in a day’s work for Obama; including the lies about it: The Obama administration, in what’s been called an egregious slap in the face to the Vatican, has moved to shut down the … Continue reading →
Good piece by Jonathan S. Tobin: what are Obama’s Jewish supporters to do? In other articles on the Iran deal and its effects (particularly on Israel), see this by William Jacobson. In contrast to many previous foreign policy initiatives (or … Continue reading →
…and our new enemy, Israel. I get tired sometimes of writing “this is no surprise” about what the Obama administration does. But: this is no surprise. The word “historic,” which has been used in many articles about the deal with … Continue reading →
The imperial president whose party is nevertheless subject to those pesky little formalities known as “elections” changes the ACA rules again in order to delay 2015 insurance enrollments until after the election. However: …[T]his misses the real risk for the … Continue reading →
…its talking points: President Obama held an off-the-record meeting with MSNBC hosts and liberal pundits on Thursday, POLITICO has learned. Present at the meeting: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz and Lawrence O’Donnell, Washington Post economics blogger Ezra Klein, Mother Jones Washington bureau … Continue reading →
Somehow I missed this story when it first came out almost a year and a half ago, but let’s take a break for a moment from Obamacare and re-visit another travesty: President Barack Obama is backing a controversial campaign by … Continue reading →
Susan Rice and John Kerry are reportedly at odds over Egypt: The tension between the national security adviser and the secretary of state spilled over into public view in the past week, when Rice laid out her critical appraisal of … Continue reading →
On one level, the events of the last few weeks have been deeply satisfying. Who wouldn’t feel a certain vindication in seeing one’s predictions come true, and watch the perpetrators running for cover? But I’m having a lot of trouble … Continue reading →