Keep your enemies closer…
President Obama Q&A session with House GOP
January 29, 2010, 6:33pm
Was it racist or does it speak to the larger issue of hegemony and white privilege?
Reid apologizes for racial remarks about Obama during campaign
January 11, 2010, 3:09pm
Monopoly…
Comcast-NBCBehemoth: What Will Obama Do About Media Consolidation?
December 10, 2009, 2:13pm
Do we think Bibi is gonna budge?
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, is meeting Barack Obama, the US president, in Washington, for talks that could set the stage for any future developments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
US administration officials said Obama would press Netanyahu to endorse an independent Palestinian state during Monday’s talks at the White House.
May 18, 2009, 10:59am
WTF?
Obama wants Fed to be finance supercop
he Federal Reserve could become the supercop for “too big to fail” companies capable of causing another financial meltdown under a proposal being seriously considered by the White House.
The Obama administration told industry officials on Friday that it was leaning toward making such a recommendation, according to officials who attended a private one-hour meeting between President Barack Obama’s economic advisers and representatives from about a dozen banks, hedge funds and other financial groups.
May 12, 2009, 12:23pm
Where are we really at now?
Obama is same as Bush, says al-Qaida chief
“America came to us with a new face, with which it is trying to fool us,”Osama bin Laden’s deputy said in a video message posted on a Jihadi website. “He is calling for change, but he aims to change us so that we abandon our religion and rights.
April 20, 2009, 3:25pm
What is it with Islam vs Christianity?
Obama: ‘US not at war with Islam’
During his first visit to a Muslim nation, Barack Obama, the US president, has said the US “is not and will never be at war with Islam”.
In an address to the Turkish parliament in Ankara on Monday, he called for a greater partnership with the Muslim world.
Obama described Turkey as an important US ally in the fight against terrorism, the war in Afghanistan and the Middle East peace process.
April 06, 2009, 1:09pm
Seymour Hersh has always been a very thoughtful and insightful cat. This video is worth checking.
March 31, 2009, 12:09pm
It’s a start…
Obama offers olive branch to Iran in new video
In a significant departure from the tone of the previous administration, President Barack Obama welcomed “new beginnings” with Iran in a surprise video message marking Nowruz, the Iranian new year.
March 20, 2009, 5:03pm
Say Word…
Obama’s Council on Women and Girls
President Obama has just signed an executive order establishing the “White House Council on Women and Girls.” The purpose of the new group “is to ensure that American women and girls are treated fairly in all matters of public policy,” he said at the signing. “Our progress in these areas is an important measure of whether we are truly fulfilling the promise of our democracy for all our people.” He defined those areas as economic security, a balance between work and family, violence against women and women’s health.
March 11, 2009, 5:01pm
Should he?
Obama floats talking with Taliban - CNN.com
(CNN) — President Obama says the United States is open to reaching out to some moderate voices in the Taliban, but critics say that’s not the right approach.
March 09, 2009, 2:02pm
Video: Barack Obama thanks Stevie Wonder for ‘soundtrack of my youth’ | Music | guardian.co.uk
February 26, 2009, 4:27pm
The Afghan trap
(via The Real News Network)
As Obama sends 17,000 troops to Afghanistan, we look back to the roots of the conflict. Ray McGovern says that the USSR was “mousetrapped” into invading Afghanistan by the CIA under both the Carter and Reagan administrations. He adds that the CIA policies of that day are “largely responsible” for the existence of today’s armed fundamentalist groups.
February 22, 2009, 12:46pm
Uighur (via Barack Obama’s Uighur Problem | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet)
First, the good news. Adel Abdul Hakim, one of five Uighurs (Muslims from China’s oppressed Xinjiang province), who was released from Guantánamo in May 2006, has had his asylum claim accepted by the Swedish government.
February 20, 2009, 11:33am
