Tag: ek Politics

Destroying Democracy Since 1982

A Neo-Liberal’s Manifesto By Charles Peters, Washington Post September 5, 1982 While we are united by a different spirit and a different style of thought, none of these people should be held responsible for all of what follows. Practicing politicians in particular should be presumed innocent of the more controversial positions. When I use the …

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Rattle Shaking Shamen

I feel I’ve made it perfectly clear but I think it bears repeating that I am not an Economist. I am a Historian with some background in English and Journalism. Unfortunately that means I had some required studies in Economics, most of it complete and total hogwash except Economics 101 which was Samuelson and Nordhaus …

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Wonko the Sane

But you can call me W. Or WTS. Or Sane. My name is Raymond J. Johnson Jr. Now you can call me Ray, or you can call me J, or you can call me Johnny, or you can call me Sonny, or you can call me Junie, or you can call me Junior. Now you …

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What Elsa Means To Me

It’s kind of disturbing to hear people who, when talking about the great news that LeFou in the live action Beauty and the Beast is going to be openly Gay (Huzzah!), conflate that with Elsa of Frozen as a repressed Lesbian because I think they fundamentally misunderstand the Elsa character. Look, there is nothing wrong …

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If The Glove Don’t Fit- Fake Forensic Science

So once I was on a jury in a civil case. The plaintiff contended he was in a parked car that was struck by another vehicle and suffered debilitating injuries that resulted in disability for which he should be compensated. The defendant was the insurance company of the vehicle that struck him. That his car …

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Not The Party Of Everyday People

DNC Chooses Not to Be the Party of Everyday People Joining us from Cleveland to discuss all of this is Nina Turner. She’s a former Ohio State Senator. She’s a college professor, a public speaker, a frequent media commentator and author and was a national surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic presidential …

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The Sanders Response

Notes From The DTC

DTC stands for Democratic Town Committee and I found out in the last meeting I am a “guest” not a “member” which is really ok because unless I’m dedicated to a full scale hostile takeover (which I could easily achieve because I am without ruth and heart when it comes to local politics, and they …

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What Happened?

Be clear about what happened to Keith Ellison by Matt Bruenig, Medium 2/26/17 The Obama people did not rally around an existing candidate in the field that they thought was better. They went out and recruited someone. The point of this recruitment was to beat back the left faction that Ellison represented. They considered many …

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Elite Failure And The Anti-Democratic Equation

(T)he Anti-Life Equation is a formula for total control over the minds of sentient beings… (A) common interpretation is that the equation is a mathematical proof of the futility of living. I highlight this a lot, but I’m not the only one and they keep failing. The thing abou being in the 99th percentile is …

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