GOP candidates make U.S. a laughingstock

"Listen to this guy. He has one idea and repeats it over and over again."                                                                                                                   "No, you're the one who repeats himself. You have nothing to say."                                                                                                              "You can't be trusted.  You  lie."                                                                                                                                                          "You're the liar."                                                                                                                                  "So's your mother." Why don't you take it outside, fellas. If you watched the last GOP "debate" before …

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Mourning Paris journalists and attack on press freedom

If I were technologically proficient, I'd edge this blog in black. How profoundly sad is the grievous slaughter of 12 yesterday in Paris, journalists and their police protectors at the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo.  What an unspeakable attack on press freedom and the underpinnings of democracy.  What a barbaric assault on humanity! Say what you want …

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