When Obama selected Rahm Emauel as chief of staff and David Axelrod as senior adviser (Summers and Geithner were icing on the corporatist cake), those warnings about his being a political chameleon DINO were confirmed....Obama's GOP fiscal policy driven by politics.

Big oil says no to union...refuses to negotiate safety bargain despite deadly accidents.

Meanwhile, "Big Oil, the most profitable and richest industry in America, also gets the most taxpayer subsidies-- at least $45 billion a year... right out of our pockets and into theirs."

OECD criticizes Congress for allowing unemployment extension to collapse.

"Washington, which was comfortable with dictators and oligarchs who ran the show for decades, still has problems with democracy in its former 'backyard.' "

Solar powered experimental plane flies for 26 hours

Right wing Washington Post tries to do a number on president of AFL-CIO.

"Ever since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, Israel has been ruled by one of the stupidest and least responsible leaderships in the world.Their failings have been masked by propaganda and by Israel's American insurance policy, but nothing else can explain Israel's record of repeated failure in military and security operations."

"Teacher's unions fed up with Obama"

The incredible stupidity of the corporate controlled media...its hypocrisy, and dominance by right wing conservatives.

On the way to the saving face meeting between Obama and Netanyahu, Israeli bodyguards' guns go missing en route to Washington, end up in Los Angeles.  Despite the luggage snafu, Netanyahu and his right wing cohorts are happy that they're dealing with such a weak president.

NASA experts say World Cup ball deserves the red card its getting from goalies and other players.

WSJ editorial board member calls for raising taxes on the poor to pay for tax cuts to the rich.