Trump’s Pecker Got Him in Legal Trouble Before Conspiring with Russia Did By emptywheel August 21, 201 It was a three ring circus among top Trump advisors today: Jurors found Paul Manafort guilty on 8 counts (the jury was hung on the other 10); Michael Cohen pled guilty to 8 counts, and Mueller’s team continued …
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Aug 21 2018
Strike Action
We are of course big fans of Labor and there is hardly a strike I won’t support, even those of “Millionaire” atheletes. Starting today Convict Workers, who are shamefully abused in a variety of ways, are refusing to participate in Prison Industry. I’ve had the opportunity to meet some of these guys in connection with …
Aug 21 2018
39 Lashes
Epistemology studies the nature of knowledge, justification, and the rationality of belief. Much debate in epistemology centers on four areas: (1) the philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to such concepts as truth, belief, and justification, (2) various problems of skepticism, (3) the sources and scope of knowledge and justified …
Aug 20 2018
Trade Guy
John Oliver is a pretty conventional macro economist, which is a shame really because it ties him to some unfortunate assumptions and misconceptions. He is, at least, to the left of Hayek which is something I guess. But he’s not as bafflingly wrongheaded and radical as what passes for the Trump economic brain trust. The …
Aug 18 2018
Cupcake Cafe Deficit
What can I say? The whole Ellis Island thing for my Grandpa. The rest is Scots/English/German. We are exceptional. Notes on a Butter Republic By Paul Krugman, The New York TimesAug. 5, 2018 During the creation of the first global economy, the one made possible by railroads, steamships, and telegraphs, the world seemed to bifurcate …
Aug 16 2018
All In The Family
Where are these guys from again? Queens? Lara Trump is a former story coordinator and producer for Inside Edition. She is married to Eric, the “dumb” one who was not quite dumb enough to schedule a meeting with half the KGB and go bragging about it in his email. Dummy is as dummy do. Tapes? …
Aug 16 2018
The Future Is On The March!
I’m talking fascism of course Top Chef Musical Guest! I run a lot of miles of life and crime Of mountain climbs and quittin’ times Packing that load of lyin’ rhymes And tired jokes and wooden dimes I’ve been everybody’s friend, everybody’s friend I could lose my house, I could steal a car I could …
Aug 15 2018
“Why Don’t They Eat Meat?”
Atrributions to Marie Antoinette and Marie-Thérèse are disputed but there can be no doubt that The Book of Jin chronicles that Emperor Hui in the late 4th Century (C.E.) when told that there was no rice and his subjects starving, had this sentiment. Stop being so Eurocentric. Trump’s ex-campaign manager cites traffic stop in a …
Aug 15 2018
No Defense
Paul Manafort is a bad person (Don Jr. too). What Is a Direct Object? The direct object of a verb is the thing being acted upon as opposed to the actor. The Book No, not that one, The Briefing.