Thoughtful Processes

NYBooks.com: Dr. David Bromwich: Stay Out of Syria!

thoughtpro54 — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:28:54 +0000

After the troubling revelations of the May 8 Senate hearing on Benghazi, much remains unclear about the attack that killed four Americans last September. Were the killers aiming to prove the incompetence of…

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Politic365.com: President Obama’s Opaque Transparency

thoughtpro54 — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:19:15 +0000

Over the past few weeks the Obama administration has been embroiled in a number of controversies. Three of which are the Benghazi talking points; the Department of Justice obtained through a subpoena two months of telephone records of Associated Press reporters; and the Internal Revenue Service targeted…

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Empty Altar: Iran Arrests Leading Christian Minister and Drags Him Off Altar In Middle Of Services

thoughtpro54 — Wed, 29 May 2013 23:46:00 +0000

Reblogged from JONATHAN TURLEY:

The Iranian government is continuing its crackdown on non-Muslim faiths this month with a shocking arrest of a minister in the middle of a service at Iran’s largest Persian-language Pentecostal church. One can only imagine the response of Muslims in the country if a Muslim cleric was arrested in the middle of a service in another country. However, the Iranian government pulled Pastor Robert Asserian off the altar and literally dragged him out of the church.

Detroit Free Press: Growing mounds of petroleum coke raise fears along Detroit River

thoughtpro54 — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:55:33 +0000

Hulking, pitch-black mounds resembling coal have grown exponentially in the last week along the banks of the Detroit River in southwest Detroit, prompting concern about potential…

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USA Today: Campaign advisers tied to lending crisis

thoughtpro54 — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:24:22 +0000

USA Today, Updated: 4/3/2008 12:20 AM

WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail, Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have proposed cracking down on the predatory lending that they say helped fuel the foreclosure…

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CSMonitor.com: Penny Pritzker steps into limelight as Commerce nominee

thoughtpro54 — Wed, 08 May 2013 00:13:43 +0000

Businesswoman, overachiever, and someone who can say no to people in power, Penny Pritzker is stepping out of the shadows of her famous family name and her wealthier relatives to forge her own persona…

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The State: Poll: Sanford holds slim lead in congressional race

thoughtpro54 — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:43:39 +0000

COLUMBIA, SC — Perhaps Mark Sanford talking to a life-size cardboard photo of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was not such a crazy idea…

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HuffPost: Clarence Thomas: Obama Only President Because He’s What ‘Elites’ Expect ‘From A Black Person’

thoughtpro54 — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:38:16 +0000

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas doesn’t speak much on the job, but during an interview last month at Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh, Pa., he offered some candid insight into…

BlackAgendaReport.com: Breitbart Lives? New York Times & Slate.com Do Sloppy Racist Hatchet Job on Black Farmers Lawsuit

thoughtpro54 — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:07:31 +0000

Though Andrew Breitbart has been dead a year, his rancid brand of hatemongering slander is alive and well. Its latest rotten pustule burst upon the face of last Friday’s New York Times in a 5,000 word piece by Sharon LaFraniere, with an assist from self-described…

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NY Times: U.S. Opens Spigot After Farmers Claim Discrimination

thoughtpro54 — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:38:26 +0000

In the winter of 2010, after a decade of defending the government against bias claims by Hispanic and female farmers, Justice Department lawyers seemed to have victory within…

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