Very gloat worthy! I think his little foray into politics may very well fall flat onto its fat kisser!

do you mean he was a kangaroo turd before he became a media mogul. Sorry, I guess he's still a kangaroo turd.

Why would ministers be anti-gay? They've been defending their gay/pedo brethren for decades.

are just about the last decent people in the Senate.

Yeah, Rupert pulls a lot of strings, but he's not the only puppet-master. In the case of FNC, that's mostly Ailes and his cronies. I would be interested in an update on how that relationship (between Roger and Rupert) is working out. I've heard rumor here and there that Rupert isn't that happy with how over the top FNC has become. That's a bit ironic, considering Rupert almost single handedly reinvented yellow journalism (though that crap goes back before Pulitzer and Hearst: two other "wizards").

I think this concern, rather than being discounted out of hand, has to be considered along with world trade policy, that has led to a massive problem with illegal immigration all over Europe.

“I believe you are the right leader for this moment in our nation’s economic history and I think your reappointment sends the right signal to the markets” Chris Dodd said.

Links for video research on 100 years of American propaganda here

To which I had thought to add Chomsky on the Creel Commission found separately here

Of special interest vis á vis Murdock is Orwell Rolls In His Grave found in the first section of links.

Bernie Sanders is one of a handful of people in Washington DC who shows no sign of the general corruption.

But then he is an independent from Vermont.

I made a file and saved these, Alice. I'm interested in things about the mind.

You might like this quote:

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. Norman Douglas, British author (1868-1952)

In Korea, it's a skinny housewife in a very mini, mini skirt, with long legs and high heels, that flutteries around like a butterfly to keep her husband and (secondly) children happy. She likes to dance around the kitchen and make happy, silly faces; totally helpless.

seem to have a penchant for "rolling live grenades down the aisle". I generally focus on other issues, as a rule. I am inclined to agree with you about the USA's open borders presenting a serious national security conundrum. For me, that was actually one of the very first indicators that Dubya's GWOT was a smokescreen for something else, something far more evil than a criminal investigation and law enforcement pursuit of the perpetrators behind 9/11/2001, which would have been the appropriate response.

The USA's border should be secured. The figures that I have seen regarding the number of illegal aliens present in the USA is closer to 28 million rather than 8 million. However, many of those who are here illegally came here legally, by plane or boat, as tourists or students, etcetera. The point is, they are here, most have adopted the (dying) American dream, and we should find the means of integrating them into society legally.

There is a Federal program, called RealID, that was designed to help winnow out the illegal aliens, but was never properly funded at the federal level to the States. There is another program, called Verify, that allows prospective employers to ascertain the legal status of potential employees. Neither program was properly funded, nor implemented. So, DHS and ICE go after all those who are here illegally, while the employers of illegal aliens get a free pass. Those employers belong in prison, up to and including their Boards of Directors -- their generally poorly paid and treated illegal employees, not so much.

Many of those "undocumented aliens" are not undocumented, as they are using stolen or false identities. These are criminal acts, and must be (IMO) prosecuted prior to any thoughts of amnesty extended to them. OTOH, illegal aliens that use their own identities, but have managed to grab a slice of the American dream anyway, should be given that chance to become citizens here, but behind that long line of immigrants who have chosen legal avenues toward USA citizenship. That's only fair.

This does raise other issues, however, that I would like to see you address, like: "How can anyone consider this country to be a society ruled by law when the previous George W. Bush/Richard Cheney administration committed so many crimes against both USA law and international law that they could not only be considered war criminals but also a "continuing criminal enterprise" punishable under conspiracy and RICO statutes, and yet go uninvestigated and unpunished?

OR,

If the Prohibition against alcohol was an utter failure, generated much violence and other criminal activity, and then was ultimately rejected, why do successive Democratic and Republican administrations continue a newer and much longer lasting Prohibition against other drugs proven to be far less harmful to society than alcohol, or even tobacco?