Well, you probably had a more exciting New Year’s celebration than I did. Not that things didn’t happen, saw Star Wars and Sherlock, and had 4 great meals, just that I’ve been having enormous problems with insomnia and I barely made it to midnight and New Year’s Day I was all kinds of cranky. I …
Tag: ek Politics
Jan 03 2016
The Year That Was and The Year To Come
What do they want this horde of slaves Of traitors and conspiratorial kings? For whom these vile chains These long-prepared irons? Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage What methods must be taken? It is us they dare plan To return to the old slavery! 2015 In Review by Ian Welsh 2016 January 1 On the …
Jan 01 2016
Rahm Must Go!
The Associated Press has released thousands of emails made available to them through a Freedom of Information request that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that dozens of people in Rahm Emanuel’s office along with others in the upper echelons of the Chicago Police Department, deliberately suppressed evidence of the Police murder of Laquan …
Dec 31 2015
Echos, not Choices
The piece below is David Dayen’s response to one in The Atlantic by Peter Beinart titled Why America Is Moving Left. I agree with David that “The public might be moving left, but the Democratic and Republican parties are not.” In fact public opinion is moving rapidly Left but the Neoliberal Washington Consensus is not …
Dec 29 2015
Stopped Clocks and Revolutionary Times
Cracks in the Liberal Order Ross Douthat, The New York Times DEC. 26, 2015 In the twenty-five years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the architecture of liberal modernity has looked relatively stable. Not flawless or wonderful or ideal, to be sure; not free of discontents and decadence. But it’s been hard to imagine …
Dec 28 2015
The Death of HAMP
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Obama Program That Hurt Homeowners and Helped Big Banks Is Ending by David Dayen, The Intercept Dec. 28 2015, 12:07 p.m. Perhaps no program of the Obama era did more significant — and possibly irreparable — damage to the promise of an activist government that can help solve the country’s …
Dec 25 2015
Hessians
A reprint from 2007 but as true today as it ever was. As U.S. troops return to Iraq, more private contractors follow By Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Reuters WASHINGTON Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:17am EST The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack …
Dec 19 2015
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Must Be Fired- Now!
Oh, and Democratic Party Presidential Nomination Debate Open Thread Let’s start with an obvious given- Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is the single worst Democratic National Committee Chairman ever. She is directly responsible for the devastating defeats of 2012 and 2014 (What? You say 2012 wasn’t a defeat? Look down ticket dope.). She has supported Republicans, Republicans for …
Dec 17 2015
A Certain Class Of People
It is clear after last night’s debate that there is a certain class of people who have an irrational fear of Muslims- 10 Common Objects That Are More Likely To Kill You Than Terrorists by Ian Millhiser, Think Progress Dec 16, 2015 12:06 pm According to CNN, “between 2001 and 2013, there were 3,030 people …
Dec 15 2015
Republican Debate 5: Open Thread
I really can’t stand to watch it (on CNN if you have a stronger stomach than I do). While the buzz has been all about Cruz and Rubio, they have only improved their polls relative to the dismal numbers they had before. The Donald is showing over 40% nationally and in most state polls (the …
Dec 15 2015
Economics 101
Folks, this is not rocket science, in fact it operates on it’s own tiny way on these very sites. Sure I’d like you to think that there is something noble and brilliant about our lack of advertising, but the sad truth is I’d love to have it, if only to show activity. And… that’s all …