Last night the Democrats made history nominating former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to be their candidate for President of the United States Breaking a historic barrier, Democrats triumphantly chose Hillary Clinton as their White House nominee Tuesday night, the first woman ever to lead a major political party into the general election. Delegates …
July 2016 archive
Jul 27 2016
What’s the matter with Deutsche Bank?
The problems at Deutsche Bank by John Kay July 22, 2016 In the years before the global financial crisis, bank CEOs competed like schoolboys to demonstrate that ‘my return on equity is larger than yours’. The display was led by Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank from 2002 and chairman from 2006 to 2012, …
Jul 27 2016
The First Domino
It has been clear since the Euro Crisis began that unless the European Union adopted more Keynesian pro-Growth fiscal policies and more democratic institutions it would ultimately fail, as the economic suffering inflicted on the populace would become unsustainable in any democratic society. Instead what we have seen is an increase in Neoliberal control (the …
Jul 27 2016
Pondering the Pundits
“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Jul 27 2016
The Breakfast Club (Winners And Losers)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Jul 26 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Philadelphia Day 2)
Pretty much the same deal as last week. On the first day Sam Bee did a show, Trevor did clips, Larry was pre-emmpted, and Stephen was live. Best moments- The Real Deal Mr. Mainstream Tonight everyone except Sam is on, I’m not sure if she’s going to do a repeat of her Wednesday special for …
Jul 26 2016
Democratic National Convention 2016: Day 2
Session Opens at 4:30 pm ET. Business- Nominations and Roll Call. How that goes? Your guess is as good as mine. 4:55 pm Nomination and Seconding speeches. Sanders up first. Tonight’s Speakers Thaddeus Desmond Dynah Haubert Kate Burdick Anton Moore Dustin Parsons Jelani Freeman Students from Eagle Academy Mothers of the Movement Joe Sweeney Lauren …
Jul 26 2016
The Big Crawlback
It is starting to dawn on the Quisling Blairite Neolib Tory-lites of the Parliamentary Labour Party that their coup de estate against Jeremy Corbyn is a massive failure despite their anti-demcratic machinations to disenfranchise their members. Corbyn leads Owen Smith, a feckless non-entity who was nevertheless seen as more “electable” than the outright Conservatine Angela …
Jul 26 2016
The Crumbling of the Neoliberal Consensus
It’s not just in the United States that the incompetence of Neoliberal elites and failure of Neoliberal policies is causing it to lose its grip on political power in areas which democracy has not yet been totally stifled. We see it in Britain with the Brexit vote and the seemingly inevitable re-election of Jeremy Corbyn …
Jul 26 2016
Pondering the Pundits
“Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
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