I’ll skip over the history a bit and pick it up where Michael Flynn had basically finished co-operation with Mueller (as far as it goes) and went into court expecting the leniency Mueller recommended. Well, Emment Sullivan was having none of that and called Flynn a traitor to boot (he is actually). Then Flynn was …
Tag: ek Politics
Aug 30 2019
And Now, This.
Revolution haunts the air of Westminster. More than 50 rebel MPs pledge to convene alternative parliament by Jessica Elgot, The Guardian Fri 30 Aug 2019 More than 50 MPs from the main parties have pledged to occupy an alternative House of Commons if the prime minister suspends parliament in September, saying they are determined to …
Aug 30 2019
Another Failure of the NeoLiberal Paradigm
My favorite is The Myth of Shareholder Democracy, but this is right up there. Can we trust CEOs’ shock conversion to corporate benevolence? by Joseph Stiglitz, The Guardian Thu 29 Aug 2019 For four decades, the prevailing doctrine in the US has been that corporations should maximise shareholder value – meaning profits and share prices …
Aug 29 2019
England and Wales
And at the time (1283 CE) they were none too Happy about it. Today Wales is still very pro Brexit as are the Midlands. Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament if unaltered limits debate over Brexit to a 2 week window just before the witching hour of October 31st. I say unaltered since there are several …
Aug 28 2019
Can We Impeach Yet? Pretty Please?
(makes puppy dog eyes, expectant and pleading) I don’t know Nancy. Does Murder count as a ‘High Crime’? Gotta rate rate at least misdemeanor. In the morning news we find- ‘Take the land’: President Trump wants a border wall. He wants it black. And he wants it by Election Day. By Nick Miroff and Josh …
Aug 27 2019
No connection at all.
Any thought that these two things are correlated, or that either of them is correlated with the 2016 campaign, is roundly denied by Institutional Democrats. To steal a trope from Chris Hayes, Thing 1- New Poll Shows ‘Deep and Boiling Anger’ Towards Political Establishment Still Widespread by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams August 25, 2019 If …
Aug 27 2019
The Reverse Ouroboros
Cody’s Showdy revisits QAnon after a copyright takedown of the original
Aug 26 2019
G7- 2020
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. So Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio spent a lot of time at the G7 promoting Doral (which he owns and will charge top dollar for) as the site of next year’s G7. It’s not quite a done deal yet but the fix is in. Do you remember …
Aug 25 2019
Italy’s Revolving Door
I missed this, been a bit busy and it didn’t show up as a topic among my other usual suspects. I think it’s significant as an indication of the pressure on most member Nations of the EuroZone and the EU. Italy’s Right-Wing Government Collapses – Will the Next One Be Better? The Real News August …
Aug 24 2019
Sometimes it’s like this.
Posting from North Lake can be interesting, in that painful sense that it’s not at all reliable. However, since North Lake is pretty remote (we don’t have cell service, landlines only) they’re literally the only game in town. They are fairly prompt at fixing it if by prompt you mean anywhere from 8 to 48 …