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Jan 31 2016
Legacy
Obama’s true heir is Hillary Clinton. But that is a blessing for Bernie Sanders by Kim Phillips-Fein, The Guardian Sunday 31 January 2016 06.45 EST On Clinton’s campaign website, the candidate recently posted a letter to her supporters entitled What President Obama’s Legacy Means to Me, in which she presents her whole campaign in terms …
Jan 30 2016
Recognize the Bern
Eugene Debs Eric Arthur Blair If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. I’m faking all the trust, I’ll covert in the lie I’m losing faith in everything, the sunlight in the sky It’s time you knew the animal, The one that sleeps inside. The thing that runs away from truth, And wants …
Jan 30 2016
Herr Doktor Professor- Part 1
As careful readers know I have frequently quoted Herr Doktor Professor, I’ve even given my reasons for doing so- it’s a flat out appeal to authority, doesn’t hurt to have a Nobel Prize winner make your arguments for you. Oh, don’t act so offended. I only took the Economics necessary to support my History Major …
Jan 29 2016
Trevor Noah ‘Between The Scenes’
Ever wonder what happens during the commercial breaks? It’s not that interesting. Programming tomorrow starts at Cartnoon. No Breakfast Club, TMC is busy and so am I- napping. There will be no Health and Fitness. There will be extended coverage of Herr Doktor Professor’s recent brain melt down and other minutiae related to the Bern …
Jan 29 2016
Robert Reich
The Most Pragmatic Way to Fix American Democracy by Robert Reich Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (T)he Democratic contest has repeatedly been characterized as a choice between Hillary Clinton’s “pragmatism” and Bernie Sanders’s “idealism” – with the not-so-subtle message that realists choose pragmatism over idealism. But this way of framing the choice ignores the biggest reality …
Jan 29 2016
Good News?
Canada Temporarily Drops Out Of Five Eyes Spying Coalition, After Realizing It Wasn’t Properly Protecting Information by Mike Masnick, Tech Dirt Thu, Jan 28th 2016 3:33pm Some of the Snowden docs have made clear that this collaboration helps the various countries get around restrictions on “domestic” surveillance by effectively offshoring it to other “friendly” electronic …
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