Category Archives: Politics

Hunger Games – Donald Sutherland reveals some dark secrets

Posted on November 30, 2015 by benvitalis

    Donald Sutherland, who plays President Coriolanus Snow in the blockbuster movie series Hunger Games, was recently asked what the movie was really about – he held no punches in his answer.   Donald Sutherland reveals some dark secrets … Continue reading →

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A Dozen Dumb Taxes

Posted on June 8, 2014 by benvitalis

  NOBEL PRIZE TAX Being rewarded for helping bring world peace or writing a great novel can cost you. The “Nobel prize” tax–in reality it also applies to other prizes such as the Pulitzer–is a tax levied against the money … Continue reading →

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Robin Hood Principle in Reverse #SenSanders

Posted on September 18, 2012 by benvitalis

Senator Bernie Sanders from Vemont, is the only politician I like. Here’s the Senator speaking out in opposition to deficit reduction that effectively takes from the middle class and the poor and gives to the rich.     Bill Quigley: … Continue reading →

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Happy Tax Day!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by benvitalis

People often say, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” Taxation with representation ain’t so hot either.       Taxation in the United States   Lincoln’s chief tax collector, David A. Wells (head of the U.S. Revenue Commission) expressed the basic … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama defends Dmitry Medvedev microphone ‘gaffe’

Posted on March 28, 2012 by benvitalis

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hit back at Republicans who pounced after he was overheard telling Russia’s leader he could be more flexible over a missile defence row after November’s election. Read more…   “This is my last election. … Continue reading →

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Romney’s 1 Percent Nation Under God

Posted on February 9, 2012 by benvitalis

Mitt Romney told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. “You could choose where to focus, you could focus on the rich, that’s not my focus. You could focus on the very poor, that’s not my focus. My focus is on middle-income Americans.” Of … Continue reading →

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Brzezinski: U.S. Should Work With Russia, Turkey to Solve Global Problems

Posted on February 9, 2012 by benvitalis

Zbigniew Brzezinski says that as American power declines relative to other countries, and China’s influence grows, the United States can no longer dictate to the world, or be “the determining player of everything that is important on the global scene.” … Continue reading →

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Real or Fake? Henry Kissinger ‘If You Can’t Hear the Drums of War You Must Be Deaf’

Posted on February 8, 2012 by benvitalis

“Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.” NEW YORK – USA – In a remarkable admission by former Nixon era Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, reveals what is happening at the moment in the … Continue reading →

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Orson Welles and #GOP debate

Posted on January 18, 2012 by benvitalis

Michael O’Hara: It’s a bright, guilty world. Arthur Bannister: George, that’s the first time anyone ever thought enough of you to call you a shark. If you were a good lawyer, you’d be flattered. A scene in The lady from … Continue reading →

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Senator Bernie Sanders : how to end corporate campaign donations

Posted on January 16, 2012 by benvitalis

Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill to outlaw corporate spending in US elections. In his view, a corporation is not a person. A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants without … Continue reading →

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