We have been pretty quiet here at the Liberal Mob for the past couple of months. I assure it is not because we no longer yearn to provide you with our obvious liberal biases in the form of “wannabe” journalism. Alas, we are all full-time students and have had little time to devote to you, our tens of faithful readers. Let me disclose right of the bat that the title of this post is a bit misleading. So if you clicked on this blog post in the hopes of getting an in-depth explanation/analysis of republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s tax plan, stop reading now.
The Liberal Mob is a politically oriented blog with an obvious liberal slant and a vaguely irreverent attitude. We would like to promote common sense progressive approaches to the problems facing America and the world today. We reserve the right to blog about additional topics, especially on slow news days.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
In Memory of Jack Layton
Jack Layton, 1950-2011. |
But sadly, he was indeed only a man. Mortal. His death on Monday may not have been a shock in light of his long-running battle with cancer, but it was depressing nonetheless. And now we are left to reflect on what is missing from the world as a result.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Daddy Issues: The Reality of China’s Challenge to the United States
Michele Bachmann needs to learn a lot of things. First off, among those members of the Republican Party who can read books, her approval rating hovers tenuously between Rick Perry and genital warts. Slightly less immediately, she needs to know that puns are the absolute lowest form of humor… on Earth. And making any sort of puns relating to President Hu Jintao’s name is an exquisite means of saying “I am not, and will never be, by any definition of the words, an intentionally funny person.” I didn’t think anything could make Michele Bachmann’s already groan-inducing remarks at CPAC all the more objectively more painful when she was able to stop talking about lightbulbs long enough to touch on the subject of China, and how they hold a “vast amount” of American debt. Bachmann insisted that, “Hu is your Daddy.”
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Koreablog
From the most recent fizzled flashpoint in November 2010. |
The US and South Korea have begun a joint military drill to improve combat readiness on the Korean peninsula. The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise brings together 530,000 forces in Korea and abroad, using computer programmes to simulate war situations. North Korea has reacted furiously to the exercises, which run for 10 days.For the uninitiated, this happens every year in August or September and has for decades, although the name of the exercise has changed. Every year, South Korea and the United States perform large-scale exercises. Every year, North Korea responds like a seven-year-old would. Is this year any different, or is there something else here?
Science: It Works
In light of the fact that the past week or four have been politically asinine, I thought it would be nice to take a detour from our usual musings on politics, economics, and whatnot. I’ve chosen instead to focus my attention today on a topic that has never once let me down like ridiculous budget deals and underwhelming elections so frequently do, and that topic is science. In just a few short weeks, we’ve had announcements of mind blowingly important discoveries ranging from water on Mars to an almost unbelievable cure all for viruses that doesn’t seem to be possible. With this much progress taking place it’s hard to believe that these magnificent scientific developments aren’t on the front page of all of the important blogs and newspapers.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Keep On Rockin' in the Third World!
It is difficult to convey to people here in the United States the severity of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Somalia. When the average American hears that there are people starving to death somewhere in Africa it comes as no surprise. We have heard this so many times throughout our lives that we have come to expect it and sadly, to even accept it as an inevitability. It is for this reason that we here at the Liberal Mob have blogged about the situation taking place on the Horn of Africa a couple of times in recent weeks. First about the Failed State status of Somalia and how it compounds and worsens the ecological and humanitarian crises taking place there, and later why the United Nations & the International community had trouble responding quickly and decisively declaring a famine.
Why Perry Is Dangerous (And Also a Nut)
The rare Texan Loon (R-TX) in his natural habitat. |
Perry's religious views and religious grandstanding, though, are less of a big deal than other things. What is a big deal is his idea of how government works, and how America should be run. To put it simply: Gov. Perry might believe in a thing called "The United States of America". But it seems evident that he doesn't believe in a United States of America. It is a key distinction, and one with major consequences.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Insurgencyblog
The remains of a police station struck by the FARC in Colombia. |
So in the process of that digging, I turned up this. It seems like the FARC in Colombia is starting to be a big problem again. And that opens things up for some discussion of why insurgent/terrorist/militia groups are able to remain in existence for so long in some places, and how nations often fail to combat them well.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Standard & Very, Very Poor
Over the weekend, and into today, there has been much sound and fury about Standard and Poor's downgrade of the United States' credit rating to AA. Unfortunately for S&P (or fortunately for the rest of us), it turns out that it is signifying nothing. It is now left to the rest of us to wonder: what is happening here, what does it mean for us, and what does it mean for S&P?
Friday, August 5, 2011
Things Fall Apart
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