“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 …
December 2016 archive
Dec 09 2016
The Breakfast Club (C’est La Vie}
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 …
Dec 08 2016
In Memoriam: John Glenn (July 21, 1921 – December 8, 2016)
Another legend has passed. Astronaut, the last of the Mercury 7, and former Senator John Glenn died this afternoon at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. This is just a portion of the tribute to Sen. Glenn’s life from The Columbus Dispatch: Glenn lived a Ripley’s Believe It or Not! life. As …
Dec 08 2016
Even Indians Get MMT
Not Native Americans, the largest democracy in the world kind. Unsurprising, they invented Chess. What Does Modern Money Theory Tell us About Demonetisation? By Sashi Sivramkrishna, The Wire 05/12/2016 The single most important assumption that economists, economic commentators and even politicians seem to build their macroeconomic arguments upon is that taxes fund government expenditures. This …
Dec 08 2016
You Thought I Was Done With Corbyn?
Au contraire, mon frère. Why Corbyn Won by Alex Nunns & Duncan Thomas, Jacobin 12.7.16 There were three major strands which came together in Corbyn’s first leadership campaign, and which continue to form the basis of the movement around him. These were existing Labour Party members, the trade unions, and a range of people on …
Dec 08 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 …
Dec 08 2016
The Breakfast Club (Awareness)
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 …
Dec 07 2016
Hard Facts
Yup. These are actual factual statistics that illustrate the rise in inequality in the United States. No fake news here, though it does not suit the lying establishment beneficiaries, enablers, and gatekeepers. Economic growth in the United States: A tale of two countries by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman, Washington Center for Equitable …
Dec 07 2016
Chomsky At 88
Today is Noam Chomsky’s 88th birthday. Age has not slowed him down. Monday night, he spoke about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our very existence at the 25th anniversary of Democracy Now!.
Dec 07 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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