This is funny in a weird and wrong kind of way, but it’s too ripe to pass up. Stand back! There’s a new game on the Internet Tubes: …and it’s called “United States of Earth”, which involves what sounds suspiciously like Civil War, or at least, the US morphing into one gigantic, feverish, sweating, drooling, spittle-flecked, cheeto-munching teabagging party. The backstory, please!: It is the year 2011. The United States has become saturated with suspicion and unrest. Si

This is an outstanding show. I opened the show by talking about Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. There is some that are angered on the right and left. Some on the right say that Barack Obama hasn’t done enough. Those on the left point to the fact that Guantánamo Bay still hasn’t been closed. Those that allowed torture to occur in the name of the United States have not been brought to justice. Both sides mentioning that Barack Obama has sent more troops to Afghanistan. I agree with all of these

NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, today praised the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security for including the faith community’s perspective on immigration reform at a hearing titled “Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Faith-Based Perspectives.” The hearing highlights the voices of faith leaders who see the urgent need for comprehensive immigration reform in their communi

The United States appears to be preparing to bomb nuclear facilities within Iran, ABC News reported this morning. Apparently odd appropriations for defense spending have been popping up in Congress. Now the Pentagon is shifting spending from other programs to fast forward the development and procurement of the Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The Pentagon comptroller sent a request to shift the funds to the House and Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees over the summer… The not

In Senate testimony on Wednesday, Secretary Napolitano, FBI Director Mueller, and Michael Leiter, Director of the National Counter Terrorism Center, outlined the terrorist threat to the United States. According to Leiter: Despite our counterterrorism (CT) progress, al-Qa‘ida and its affiliates and allies remain resilient and adaptive enemies intent on attacking US and Western interests—with al-Qa‘ida’s core in Pakistan representing the [...]