Peter Robins-Brown

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Name: Peter Robins-Brown
Date registered: March 30, 2012

Latest posts

  1. Blow The Whistle — June 14, 2013
  2. I’m Just A Bomb — May 31, 2013
  3. Ain’t No Party Like an IRS Audited Tea Party — May 13, 2013
  4. Behind the Tin Curtain, Part Two — April 19, 2013
  5. Behind The Tin Curtain, Part One — April 11, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Like Thieves in the Night; Illegal immigration in America, Part One — 5 comments
  2. The Secret Life of Paul Ryan, Part One — 3 comments
  3. A Traveler’s Guide To The Secret Service Sex Scandal — 3 comments
  4. Newt’s Last Stand: Dispatches From The Frontlines Of Republican Politics — 3 comments
  5. IRRELEVANT 2012: Searching for the Last Sane Republican — 2 comments

Author's posts listings

Blow The Whistle

TooShort

The big story this week has been the “revelation”, brought to the public’s attention by whistleblower extraordinaire and former CIA contractor Robert Snowden, that the NSA is using highly advanced computer programs to spy on millions of Americans. Now, this probably came as shocking news to anyone who’s been living in a cave or, I …

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I’m Just A Bomb

Clip Art Graphic of a Space Rocket Cartoon Character

President Obama’s speech last week at the National Defense University marked the beginning of a new chapter in the war on terror. With his stated desire to turn to a strategy based more on diplomacy and less on dropping bombs on people’s heads, it appears the U.S. will be setting off on a new course …

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Ain’t No Party Like an IRS Audited Tea Party

Before the IRS audit this guy's hat actually had four corners

It was revealed over the weekend that for the past three years the IRS has targeted right wing and Tea Party-aligned groups for audits, specifically looking at their status as non-profit organizations, or 501(c)(4)’s. The revelation was, of course, met with outrage from across the political spectrum, and I’m sure Republican congressmen and pundits will …

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Behind the Tin Curtain, Part Two

kjr

This is the second half of the translated and edited transcript from the basketball game Korean ruler Kim Jong-un and American diplomat Dennis Rodman watched, and commentated on, together during Mr. Rodman’s trip to the country last month. You can find the first part here.

Behind The Tin Curtain, Part One

Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman

Ever since Kim Jong-un became the ruler of North Korea, succeeding his father, Kim Jong-il, who died in December 2011, only one international ambassador has had the political wherewithal and diplomatic savvy to be able to break through the veil of secrecy surrounding Kim’s regime and have any sort of meaningful dialogue with the young …

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