The chaos
Some assert that Donald Trump is a fascist. Although his personal inclinations as revealed to the public show a person with the personality a fascist leader would have, and his identity and class...
View ArticleIt’s the end of the world as we know it
Apart from excited Trump supporters, there are few in the United States and elsewhere anticipating his inauguration with hope for the future and gratitude over his success. The fact is, if the United...
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John Kerry, a crude opportunist by trade and need, recently dismissed Edward Snowden’s manhood — his virtù, to use the sense of the word given to it by Niccolò Machiavelli. David Lindorff rightly took...
View ArticleRobert Polin on minimum wage increases
Lost jobs because of modest — and thus inadequate — minimum wage increases? Not according to Robert Polin: Filed under: Recommended, Video Tagged: Austerity Politics, Barack Obama, Class Conflict,...
View ArticleAusterity kills
It is always good to recognize that an unnecessary but not pointless austerity politics has adverse and, sometimes, existential problems for those individuals without the means or power to solve their...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald and Peter King respond to Obama’s NSA ‘Reforms’
Filed under: Video Tagged: Barack Obama, CNN, Edward Snowden, Fear Mongering, Glenn Greenwald, Human rights, National Security Agency, NSA, Party Duopoly, Peter King, Politics, Privacy Rights,...
View ArticleFirst Black President© to open Plantations!
A White House press release announced the good news: For decades before the economic crisis, local communities were transformed as jobs were sent overseas and middle class Americans worked harder and...
View ArticleSocialism: Converting Hysterical Misery into Ordinary Unhappiness for a...
Reblogged from Corey Robin: In yesterday's New York Times, Robert Pear reports on a little known fact about Obamacare: the insurance packages available on the federal exchange have very high...
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This one comes from the word processor of the late Peter Mair: The age of party democracy has passed. Although the parties themselves remain, they have become so disconnected from the wider society,...
View ArticleGetting what you vote for
Politics Does it matter that many can’t register for coverage? Related articles Effort to Repeal Obamacare is Nearly Dead (politicalwire.com) Obamacare Proves the Virtues of Federalism...
View ArticleSeymour Hersh dismisses America’s media giants
The following arrived by way of a Guardian interview conducted by Lisa O’Carroll: He is angry about the timidity of journalists in America, their failure to challenge the White House and be an...
View ArticleWhat we have here is a leathel “air quote” war
Filed under: Photo Essay Tagged: Barack Obama, Crimes Against Humanity, Empire, Imperial Aggression, International Law, Israel, Politics, Reactionary politics, Syria, Tom Tomorrow, War Crimes
View ArticleWith October first approaching
Let us recall a Kathleen Sebelius (Health and Human Services Secretary) interview which dates to 2009: Asked if the administration’s program will be drafted specifically to prevent it from evolving...
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Andrew Levine characterized Congressional Democrats thusly: In Gulliver’s Travels (1726), Jonathan Swift has his hero say of the inhabitants of Brobdingnag: “I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your...
View ArticleSearching for credibility
Filed under: Photo Essay Tagged: Authoritarian Regime, Barack Obama, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Civil War, Crimes Against Humanity, Empire, Imperialism, Middle East, Politics, Syria, Tom Tomorrow, War Crime
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As the United States lunges into another reckless, foolish war, we may wish to notice that: Regardless of the trigger mechanism, the [Obama] administration seems intent on pushing through Donald...
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Norman Pollack accurately characterizes Barack Obama and the liberals who have lost their way while standing in his shadow: Obama’s “Hidden Hand” political strategy in his second term (Peter Baker, in...
View ArticleThe Nobel Laureate robs old folks
He’s an adult, you know. And every adult knows that the Bankster Golem is insatiable. Senior citizens can be sated, however. With this, for instance:
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