We were told Corbyn was ‘unelectable’. His fightback shows he’s anything but by Gary Younge, The Guardian Tuesday 6 June 2017 At a drinks party in central London, not long after Jeremy Corbyn had been elected leader of the Labour party first time round, a young journalist talked me through the facts as she saw …
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Jun 07 2017
The Councils of the Quislings
Labour Centrists Have A Problem: Jeremy Corbyn Is Doing Too Well by Jim Waterson, BuzzFeed June 06, 201 The plan for Labour centrists, as much as there ever was one, went something like this: Jeremy Corbyn, faced with a snap general election called by a triumphant prime minister buoyed by stunning poll ratings, would inevitably …
Jun 05 2017
Pogrom
(A) violent riot aimed at the massacre or persecution of an ethnic or religious group, particularly one aimed at Jews. The term originally entered the English language in order to describe 19th and 20th century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire. … Similar attacks against Jews at other times and places also became retrospectively …
Jun 04 2017
Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester
It’s on right now as a matter of fact on FreeForm which used to be ABC Family and before that Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network. Among the performers are Justin Bieber whom I’ve always hated and Ariana herself, who I liked when she was in Victorious and Sam and Cat on ABC/Disney’s rival Nickelodeon (some …
Jun 03 2017
Liar, Liar
Just a reminder, here at The Stars Hollow Gazette and Docudharma– your ‘Fake News’ Headquarters, we publish only the most scurrilous rumors and are not bound by good taste, election law, or fanciful notions of “objectivity in journalism”. Stockton- There are a lot of ways to practice the art of journalism, and one of them …
Jun 02 2017
Shifting Sands
At a certain point campaigning and polls for the British Parliamentary election on June 8th will shut off (because that’s how they do things in Europe). I’m going to attempt to keep you informed because something miraculous (and yet predicted by me during the Labour Leadership election) is happening- an unapologetically Socialist, Populist candidate, running …
Jun 01 2017
The ‘Trump’ Budget
There are many things to hate about The Donald, my personal favorite is that he takes perfectly good meat which has never given any cause of offense, incinerates it to the consistency of a Hockey puck, and then slathers it with ketchup so he can choke it down. The man is a barbarian. Of course …
May 30 2017
No Debate
Among the interesting quirks of British elections is that there is no requirement for debates, it is merely customary. That’s true in the United States too and given that The Donald has already dispensed with so many modern traditions like releasing his tax returns I’d consider it unlikely that he’d submit himself (though he does …
May 30 2017
Mint The Coin
“Money” is a fabrication, an illusion, a social construct, an agreed upon lie. The Rock-Star Appeal of Modern Monetary Theory By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, The Nation May 8, 2017 For a small but committed group of economists, academics, and activists who adhere to a doctrine called Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), though, #mintthecoin was the tip …
May 29 2017
Happy Suck On This Day!
Thank you for the reminder Atrios. And to think it’s only been 28 Friedman Units!