The Unifying Theory Of Political Everything By Mike Lux, Crooks and Liars 3/31/16 8:00pm The conventional wisdom punditry’s predictive power has never been sterling, but this year their prediction machine went straight over the cliff, being spectacularly wrong on pretty much all things. If there was a unifying theory of everything about political pundits, it …
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Mar 30 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Must Go!
Well, she’s not the only one. Rahm Emanuel, Steve Israel, they have to go too. Not only are they Corporatist Neolib DLC Third Way sellouts who have abandoned the philosophy and policies of FDR that made the Democratic Party great and provided benefits for the average citizen and not just the “Donor Class”, they are …
Mar 30 2016
I haven’t forgotten you…
As Larry Wilmore says frequently about Bill Cosby, I haven’t forgotten. The United States tortures. It has tortured non-combatants and innocents without scruple or a break (yeah, that means YOU Mr. Obama) since at least 9/11. The reason that the remaining Guantanamo detainees can not be released from indefinite detention, a lifetime behind barbed wire …
Mar 29 2016
TPP is the New Smoot Hawley
In the continuing effort of Neoliberals to undo the legacy of FDR and the New Deal (you know, things like repealing Glass Steagall) they are now seeking to reinstate Smoot Hawley style tariffs in the form of the outlandish Intellectual Property provisions of TPP and TTIP. As Dean Baker, an Economist of some repute, points …
Mar 29 2016
The Tyranny of Tactical Thinking
We must smash the Clinton machine: Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary this time, but change is coming by Bill Curry, Salon Tuesday, Mar 29, 2016 06:00 AM EST (A) question that the elites who rig rules, stifle debate and call on Sanders to withdraw must answer: Who do you think you …
Mar 28 2016
Hey! There were Primaries this Weekend!
Well, ok, Caucuses. And Guess What! Sanders Gains Momentum With Wins in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington State Bernie Sanders Wins Landslides in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii; Corporate Media Downplays Them Oh, and the Corporate Media claims– ‘Well, it’s just the same old ‘White’ electorate’. Not true, these are some of the most ethnically diverse States …
Mar 23 2016
Junk Economics
I really can’t do better than Yves does in introducing this piece other than to mention I am a trained Historian and as such Economics was never presented as an independent discipline, but always in the context of Political Philosophy. Thus for me Smith, Malthus, Hobbes, Locke, and Marx; Feudalism, Merchantilism, and Industrial and Political …
Mar 23 2016
Kids Caucus
Two pieces from Salon today have focus groups with children, or as I like to call them, pre-voters. I think it’s actually kind of important because I feel the surfeit of assholes and political ignoramuses of a certain age coincides directly with the influence of Ronald Reagan, that senile Traitor so beloved of Villagers. “I …
Mar 13 2016
Neoliberal Calvinism
Remember 2 for the price of one? I certainly do which is why I think it’s fair game to consider the prospects of a Hillary Clinton Presidency through the History of the Bill Clinton Presidency. In this extended excerpt of his new book, Listen Liberal, published in Salon, Thomas Frank examines Bill Clinton’s leadership and …
Mar 11 2016
Apple v. DOJ
45 Years After COINTELPRO FBI Continues to Monitor Activists “Activism is not terrorism”: Rights groups call on Congress to investigate the FBI and DHS for surveillance of activists by Ben Norton, Salon Tuesday, Mar 8, 2016 01:13 PM EST More than 60 legal, civil rights and activist groups sent a letter to the chairs of …