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GOP DEBATE SHOWS CONFUSION ABOUT SYRIA

Pretending that Saudi Arabia and Turkey have no dog in the fight in Iraq and Syria, no GOP candidate showed understanding of the Syrian conflict, other than perhaps 69-year-old real estate mogul Donald Trump. Responding to attacks by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,...

OBAMA FACES THE MUSIC ON REPLACING SCALIA

Dying unexpectedly Feb. 12, 79-year-old Supreme Court Justic Antonin Scalia left a legacy of conservative activism on the Supreme Court since appointed by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the U.S. Senate Sept. 26, 1986. Tributes for Scalia came from all...

SAUDIS AND TURKS HURT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS

Pretending that the war in Syria is a “civil war,” Saudi Arabia and Turkey have dragged the U.S. into the worst relations with Russia since the Cold War. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman demanded various states stop “interfering” in the Kingdom, when, in fact, Saudi Arabia,...

KERRY PRESSES CEASEFIRE AS SYRIA POLICY FAILS

Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Munich Feb. 11, 70-year-old Secretary of State John Kerry announced a “cessation of hostilities” March 1 in Syria, for the purposes to getting humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged area. Since Russia joined the...

FED’S YELLEN BLUFFS ABOUT MORE RATE HIKES

Telling Congress Feb. 10 that a rate cut was unlikely, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen hinted that there’s still a chance the Fed will tighten more in 2016. Yellen’s words aren’t taken lightly by Wall Street, with the Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500...

NEW HAMPSHIRE QUAKES 2016 PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Tossing the mainstream political establishment into chaos, New Hampshire’s landslides for GOP real estate mogul Donald Trump and Democratic Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders served notice that voters looked for something different in 2016. Since Bernie announced April 30,...

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY TO SHAKE UP GOP RACE

Jockeying for position in last-ditch efforts to find a lane to continue their presidential races, GOP candidates took out the knives in ABC’s Feb. 6 debate. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped into Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) whose impressive third-place Iowa finish...

HILLARY’S NEW ATTACK DOG: HER HUSBAND BILL

Dismissing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) political revolution as “hermetically sealed” from reality, former President Bill Clinton tried to level the playing field for Democratic front-runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. When Bernie nearly tied...

SAUDI KING SALMAN’S PROPAGANDA OVER-THE-TOP

Calling on foreign powers to not interfere with Saudi Arabia’s internal affairs, King Salaman showed off his prodigious propaganda skills, knowing full well, it’s the other way around. Contrary to Salman’s view, Saudi Arabia has funded the proxy war in Syria costing...

OBAMA’S SYRIA POLICY COLLAPSES

President Barack Obama’s policy backing the Saudi proxy war against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has failed with Syrian troops re-capturing territory lost to Saudi-backed opposition groups. On the campaign trail, former Secretary of State Hillary...