The Congressional Black Caucus has been touring the country in recent weeks, attacking the “Tea Party,” rallying black people behind Barack Obama and agitating for socialist public job creation schemes. The CBC overlaps considerably with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and is , if that is possible, even more socialist in its outlook. Manning Marable, a [...]

By: Cliff Kincaid Gulag Bound “In a multinational race to seize the potential riches of the formerly icebound Arctic, being laid bare by global warming, Russia is the early favorite.” So says the Christian Science Monitor. “At stake is an estimated one-quarter of all the world’s untapped hydrocarbon reserves, abundant fisheries, and a freshly opened [...]

From: The Watcher’s Council (Here’s Eric Clapton’s sweet version, and Leadbelly’s original recording, just for contrast.) Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written [...]

Libya’s “liberators” have reportedly liberated 600 Al Qaeda supporters.

From The Telegraph: Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had recruited “around 25″ men from the Derna [...]