In the interests of full disclosure I feel I need to point out I love Waffle House, so much so that when I travel with friends who know me and I am staying South of Delaware they will add points to Hotel choices based on proximity to a Waffle House (points are not deducted because, …
Tag: ek Politics
Oct 17 2016
Cute Dog
Seen this ad? I have. A lot. And it frequently comes on while TMC and I are watching The Daily Show or something else on the phone together (we’re highly organized even if we don’t look it, we have a tele-conferenced story meeting almost every night) and she invariably says- “Ooh, look at the cute …
Oct 17 2016
The Causes of Government Debt
As Dean Baker helpfully points out, the problem with the United States Economy is not that we have too much debt, but that we have too little. The only negative consequences of too much Government debt in an Economy with a Sovereign (owes debts payable in it’s own) Currency are Inflation, Rising Interest Rates, and …
Oct 16 2016
Amy Goodman Goes To Jail
As an inmate, not a Journalist and it’s really not for sure yet as she is merely surrendering herself for charges related to her coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline but, since one of those charges might be Participating In or Inciting a Riot, there’s a possibility she could spend a long time in stir. …
Oct 14 2016
Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss
Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin’ down the street Oh, please let it be for me Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin’ down the street I wish, I wish I knew what it could be I got a box of maple sugar on my birthday In March I got a gray mackinaw And …
Oct 13 2016
Signs of the Imminent Apocalypse (British Edition)
Do you like Marmite? I must say I’ve never tasted it and those who have tell me it’s disgusting, but I like anchovies despite the nay sayers and while I’ve occasionally seen it on Grocery Store shelves here in the States I’ve always been put off by the price which is rather high for a …
Oct 13 2016
Definitions of Populism
In my Junior High School (you read that right, my public school system was, in retrospect, very advanced; when I got to college it was like being sent to slooow class) one of our assigned texts was Richard Hofstadter’s The Age of Reform and we spent at least 6 solid weeks studying the Populist and …
Oct 12 2016
Strong Currency
Something real economists understand that poseurs bought and paid for by Pete Peterson and ilk do not is that overvaluing your Money benefits only those rich enough to buy commodities overseas. For the average person Money is like water, fish (ahem…) breathe in it. You are only concerned with it’s value relative to the goods …
Oct 12 2016
Shutting Down The Death Funnel(s)
I’m sure you’ve heard by now about the Dakota Access Pipeline. As important as that one particular action is, the DAP is simply one of many pipelines shoveling dirty and expensive to produce and refine oil around the U.S. and across the boarder with Canada. You’ve probably also heard about the use of Pepper Spray …
Oct 11 2016
“You can crush a man with journalism”
Of course the real reason the Neoliberal Tory-lite Blairites of the Parliamentary Labour Party have it in for Jeremy Corbyn is that they don’t represent their constituents or Party members and are therefore (correcttly) worried that his support of Party democracy will, justly, deprive them of their phony baloney jobs that they feel entitled to …
Oct 08 2016
The Problem With Trump Is Republicanism
So the vacuous gasbags of the Villager Media are saying the latest misogynistic, racist, bigoted remarks of the Donald are “THE FINAL STRAW!” and Republicans are deserting him in droves. No, they’re not. Sure some reluctant endorsers are recanting now that it’s too late and they’ve already provided all the sound bites necessary to do …