It is my contention that the United States has turned into a nation of cowards. You can see the signs everywhere from Helicopter Parents to Whites who think street crime is rampant (especially from those people, you know the ones I’m talking about) when in fact it’s been in precipitous decline ever since we stopped …
August 2016 archive
Aug 25 2016
Stiglitz- About That Euro
Yes, I know I talked about him yesterday but that was more focused on his anti-TPP positions. He also did a couple of interviews, one with Salon and one with Yahoo Finance Canada, discussing his view that the Euro as we know it is doomed. I told you I agreed with him a lot. Now …
Aug 25 2016
The Breakfast Club (Surprises)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Aug 24 2016
The Other Nobel Winner
I understand why people think I’m in the tank for Krugman, I quote him a lot and I have a signed first edition of End This Depression Now but the truth is I only do that (and also with my other usual suspects) when it suits me, which is to say when he makes a …
Aug 24 2016
More Signs of The Great Tribulation
I think we can all agree that things that smell like food, but aren’t, are an inherently bad idea. I make a marginal exception for things like Strawberry Lip Gloss and Beeswax Chapstick which are at least not actively harmful, but if you have a Pumpkin scented candle in your house you’re only making me …
Aug 24 2016
The Breakfast Club (Way There)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Aug 23 2016
The Anti-Democratic Equation
I have no idea how many of you are Comic Book Graphic Novel Nerds like I am (the very term “Graphic Novel” leads me to suspect it was invented by a Geek, not that there’s anything wrong with that) so indulge me in a brief examination of the Kirbyverse. Without investing in too many details …
Aug 23 2016
This is how we do it baby.
What are “Capital Controls”? Well, they’re basically laws that keep people (and corporations) from sucking Billions of dollars in revenues and resources from your country and taking it someplace else. It’s really not too strong to call it National rape. Now back in the bad old days before “Free Trade” it was acceptable for a …
Aug 23 2016
The Breakfast Club (Caravan)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …