Commentary on U.S. – Chinese Relations and Iran

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Tuesday April 20, 2010 · 6:42 AM PDT

2010/04/20 · 06:42

Commentary on U.S. - Chinese Relations and Iran, Evans Liberal Politics, April 20, 2010, by Paul Evans (seawolf1957):

First, some background.

Watch, Google turns to NSA after China Cyber Attack, for Russia Today's hostile view of the coming cyber war between the United States and China. More hostile Russia Today video at Tarpley: US gov uses Google proxy to attack China, Is China about to give in to the US?, which is more about the new proposed fourth round of sanctions against Iran, and for a general idea of what's going on in cyberspace, see The Great Cyber Wall of China, about Google's move from mainland China to Hong Kong.

Analysis and commentary below:

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Monday March 29, 2010 · 12:45 AM PDT

2010/03/29 · 00:45

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, March 29, 2010, by Paul Evans.

George Will, in his "for god's sake, let's just eliminate all taxes" sort of way, has made what passes for an argument against the newly passed health care reform bill. Here, we attempt to demolish his arguments as they occur in his Washington Post article of March 23, "A battle won, but a victory?" Basically, it's the same old whine about taxes, with a lot of fluff and smoke screens thrown in.

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Monday March 15, 2010 · 2:22 PM PDT

2010/03/15 · 14:22

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, March 15, 2010, by Paul Evans and Jeff Zelany (excerpt quoted verbatim).

Millions Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care, The New York Times, March 15, 2010, by Jeff Zeleny, excerpt quoted verbatim, with commentary by Evans Liberal Politics owner Paul Evans:

See Exactly What Nancy Pelosi Is Pushing in the Health Care Reform Bill Via Reconciliation, Evans Liberal Politics, March 15, 2010, by Nancy Pelosi.

WASHINGTON — The yearlong legislative fight over health care is drawing to a frenzied close as a multimillion-dollar wave of advertising that rivals the ferocity of a presidential campaign takes aim at about 40 House Democrats whose votes will help determine the fate of President Obama’s top domestic priority.

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Sunday February 28, 2010 · 3:51 AM PST

2010/02/28 · 03:51

Posted on Evans Politics, February 28, 2010, by Paul Evans. Today is my father Dr. Jack E. Evans' 85th birthday.

I have always loved the night, found my peace and strength during it, and knew it's quietude. On the other hand, "darkness" is very pervasive as a metaphor for evil. As a "decent", Christian man, I enjoy the quiet and solitude of the night. A friend wrote: "at night, you can see the stars." The "enemy" -- illogical things like uncaring, hatred and ignorance -- comes against us at all times of day or night, in my experience.

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Friday January 22, 2010 · 4:01 AM PST

2010/01/22 · 04:01

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, January 21, 2010, by Paul Evans. Stop by and visit, fellow liberals!

This article has been an ongoing project of mine for maybe a year, now, and since I feel it is so important, I am posting it where I think it will make the most difference.

Somehow, I have a fairly good idea of what’s coming down the pike, and we want to let you have all the important world and U.S. political news as it breaks. We hope to give you a no-b.s. interpretation of Obama not based on some progressive pie-in-the-sky ideology, but upon the present situation, what it allows, what the facts mean, and what you can expect. An earlier version can be found on the Guide to Liberal Politics page. Read More

Thoughts on Obama and the Health Care Bill

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Saturday December 26, 2009 · 7:58 AM PST

2009/12/26 · 07:58

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, December 26, 2009, by Paul Evans. Visit our playlist of great electronic rock and pop, rated number 1 on Google.

As background, read Krugman: Tidings of Comfort, The New York Times, December 24, 2009, by Paul Krugman.

I am still somewhat supportive of Mr. Obama’s efforts, overall, although increasingly seeing myself as a dissident voice. Still at times, like many progressives, I have felt betrayed by his pragmatic acceptance of the status quo in Washington, a kind of "politics as the art of the possible", applied with a hands off approach towards Congress and an overall willingness to "settle." To accept things as they are and not fight to steer them in a more hopeful, decent, progressive direction. My conclusion is that for Obama to try to achieve a huge agenda utilizing the instrument of Congress without catalyzing it towards real change and reform seems a hollow, cosmetic achievement. It is not the "change" we hoped for.

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Friday December 11, 2009 · 10:01 AM PST

2009/12/11 · 10:01

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, December 11, 2009, by Paul Evans

Glenn Beck's Fearmongering and Pushing Gold Is just Part of Rupert Murdoch's Plan for a Killing in a 'Gold Bubble'

The Huffington Post just ran a funny piece with a hilarious Jon Stewart video on Glenn Beck's unethically pushing gold on his show while at the same time being a spokesman for Goldline, one of those companies which buy up your gold.

But the truth behind this is far more sinister, as Rupert Murdoch and others are pushing gold all over Newscorp, and what is going on is the next big speculative commodities bubble, this one in gold.

(You can see the Comedy Central video at the HuffPo link, we're giving you one from Keith Olberman's Worst Person in the World from Dec. 10th.)

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Wednesday December 09, 2009 · 8:58 PM PST

2009/12/09 · 20:58

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, December 9, 2009, by Paul Evans

Wednesday Night Climate News Roundup: All the news from Copenhagen from around the web:

Interpretation varies as to just how significant and divisive the so-called Danish text, a secret draft agreement worked out by the worlds industrialized nations in secret, will be for the future of the Copenhagen Climate talks.

On the one hand, we have groups like Democracy Now! who say the third world nations are up in revolt:

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Wednesday December 02, 2009 · 5:29 PM PST

2009/12/02 · 17:29

Posted on Evans Liberal Politics, December 2, 2009

Posted as "Yes, Michael Moore: Obama Really Does Want to Be
the War President, with Comments and Many Links to Opposition".

According to our best intelligence, there are only about 100 Al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan. According to President Obama's Secret: Only 100 al Qaeda Now in Afghanistan, ABC News, December 2, 2009, by Brian Ross et. all, that's "one thousand U.S. soldiers and $300 million for every one al Qaeda fighter."

Read what firedoglake had to say:

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Sunday November 29, 2009 · 10:24 AM PST

2009/11/29 · 10:24

Posted on Evans Politics, November 29, 2009, by Paul Evans.

This is derivative, with commentary by me, from Enthusiasm Gap Points To Crushing Democratic Defeat In 2010, Firedoglake, November 28, 2009, by David Dayen.

Fully two fifths of liberals surveyed say they either probably will not or will not vote in the 2010 elections. For Republicans, the numbers are that 84 percenct will or probably will vote.

This should be a huge wake up call.

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Saturday November 28, 2009 · 5:25 AM PST

2009/11/28 · 05:25

Posted on Evans Politics, November 28, 2009, by Paul Evans.

The Climate Change Research Unit in the University of East Anglia had their email system hacked and several of the emails were apparently quite damning as to the validity and integrity of the climate change data being produced by the scientific community. There was a rush to judgment around the internet. For example, see The Skeptics are Vindicated, Real Clear Politics, November 25, 2009, by David Warren. Warren, and many who wished to see the abundant evidence for climate change discredited, were sure this was the smoking gun.

The evidence shows otherwise:

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Wednesday November 25, 2009 · 11:37 PM PST

2009/11/25 · 23:37

Special for Evans Politics, Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2009, by Paul Evans

As we drive to see relatives and other loved ones and friends to sit down to the feast that is Thanksgiving dinner, and maybe watch a football game afterwords, it is good and right to reflect on those less fortunate than we are. For some of us, this Thanksgiving meal is an unusual day of feasting in a life where, commonly, the choice is between eating decently or paying the rent, or mortgage, and the heating and electrical and similar bills. All too often, people - people who are hardworking, people with jobs - go hungry. And, all too often, people are living in subsidized housing ridden with hard drugs and crime, with very few resources at all for food, except perhaps government food stamps.

Here are the statistics you don't want to read this Thanksgiving Day. Don't worry, I won't belabor what, in fact, we already know in our hearts: millions of people are hungry - or homeless and hungry and cold - this Thanksgiving day. But I feel compelled to drive home the point, even though lots of you have stopped reading by now.

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