On August 17, Air Force veteran Chris Keniston was formally declared the first official presidential candidate of the Veterans Party of America. However, few people have likely heard of Keniston or the Veterans Party, founded in 2013, since not a single major news outlet covered the event.
Yet for Keniston, this wasn't unexpected.
It is an unavoidable argument these days which seems to admit of no adequate rebuttal: arming the moderate rebels in Syria, whoever and wherever they are, will ultimately end up benefitting the extremists. To avoid another Afghanistan (where the U.S. aided the mujahideen in a proxy war against the Soviets and contributed to the rise of the Taliban), the U.S. should therefore simply stay out of the conflict in Syria.
At 9 a.m. PDT, Edward Snowden officially joined Twitter with one statement: "Can you hear me now?" The controversial figure was welcomed with a mixed reaction from the Twitter community, but he garnered over 200,000 followers in just over an hour.
The VW case of tampering with the computing in their automobiles for emission tests once again highlights just how easy it is for a computer to "do" whatever it's programmed to do -- even if for nefarious reasons.
With a simple switch inserted into the program, the output is factual when circumstances are one way and are tainted when it's another way.
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Rand Paul, once considered the GOP’s savior after two grueling presidential election losses, has fallen on some hard times.
Paul was labelled by the media as a front-runner or top-tier candidate months before he officially entered the presidential race on April 7. Now nearly at the 6-month mark, the early stages of the Republican presidential primary changed the game and showed some chinks in Paul’s armor.
In the last decade, congressional support hasn't been high. A recent Gallup poll found that 52% of Americans view the legislative branch as corrupt, and 79% say members of Congress are out of touch.
“Opposite Day” is a fun-filled pastime for children of many generations. During these magical days, up is down, left is right, good is bad, and yes is no. During his recent visit to the United States, Pope Francis managed to stir a nationwide, week-long version of “Opposite Day.”
It was a week that highlighted the paradoxical nature of partisanship and political opportunism. The lack of principled beliefs has never been more glaring than they are now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZkICn8qfDE
A pair of U.S. congressmen are seeking to cut off funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s "Domestic Cannabis Eradication / Suppression Program."
The program is funded through controversial asset forfeitures, where agents who suspect you’re in the drug business take your home and car without due process.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu of the L.A. area and Republican U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan have paired up for the "Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act," which they recently introduced in the lower house.
In keeping with this past week's announcement that current Speaker John Boehner will retire at the end of October, it seemed fitting to really examine the power and possibly the Achilles heel of the House Speaker.