In his biggest political blunder since naming Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket as his running mate, McCain backtracks after blaming Obama for shooting in Orlando. Yeah he "misspoke", since he should have pointed out that it was George Bush (with McCain's full-throated support) that created ISIS by invading Iraq, and then giving millions of armed Iraqi soldiers and Baathists the boot following the destruction of its infrastructure...


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich