I’m sure you’ve heard by now about the Dakota Access Pipeline. As important as that one particular action is, the DAP is simply one of many pipelines shoveling dirty and expensive to produce and refine oil around the U.S. and across the boarder with Canada. You’ve probably also heard about the use of Pepper Spray …
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Oct 11 2016
“You can crush a man with journalism”
Of course the real reason the Neoliberal Tory-lite Blairites of the Parliamentary Labour Party have it in for Jeremy Corbyn is that they don’t represent their constituents or Party members and are therefore (correcttly) worried that his support of Party democracy will, justly, deprive them of their phony baloney jobs that they feel entitled to …
Oct 08 2016
The Problem With Trump Is Republicanism
So the vacuous gasbags of the Villager Media are saying the latest misogynistic, racist, bigoted remarks of the Donald are “THE FINAL STRAW!” and Republicans are deserting him in droves. No, they’re not. Sure some reluctant endorsers are recanting now that it’s too late and they’ve already provided all the sound bites necessary to do …
Oct 06 2016
Vacationland
Worth A Visit, Worth A Lifetime The Way Life Should Be As I think I mentioned recently, the thing about traveling is- you travel. You also have stuff to do outside your normal routine and you have to be open to changes of schedule and location, both of which are happening this weekend. I’ll try …
Oct 05 2016
Today In Both Siderism
No, I haven’t been suddenly demonically possesssed by David Broder or any of the fatuous news readers of the Village Media, nor do I mean it in a good way. The fact is that the Neoliberal Elite, as a Class encompassing both Political Parties, is inherently interested in advancing the Neoliberal Agenda (rent seeking protectionist …
Sep 30 2016
Only Perp Walks Will Work
Bill Black and Robert Reich on why arrest, conviction, and jail time for criminal CEOs will put a dent in endemic Corporate Crime. How Wells Fargo Keeps Scamming Its Customers & Employees Time for Congress to Stop Hollering at CEOs and Take Action by Robert Reich Sunday, September 25, 2016 The Senate Banking Committee assailed …
Sep 28 2016
Perverse Incentives
Perverse incentives are what we call benefits that arise from seemingly disapproved of and illogical behavior. The question is from who’s point of view are they perverse. The recipient sees them as morally neutral, he doesn’t care about his behavior as long as he is rewarded. For systems and institutions the effects are quite different. …
Sep 26 2016
So you want a Debate do you?
Little Debbie’s Cloud Cakes v. Twinkies. Discuss! Hah, fooled you. They’re exactly the same thing. Of course you realize you’re a scab don’t you? The reason Hostess sold out was to break its Union. Life is complicated, me not so much. I will nap and the electric video machine will tell me exactly what to …
Sep 26 2016
Rainbows and Unicorns- Part 3
Lollipops, and circuses, and things that rhyme with that. I love today. Today is even better than yesterday, and yesterday was the best day EVER! I’d think about tomorrow, but I am afraid I might burst into sparkles! You remember the Tiny Trots don’t you? Getting their heads stuffed with all that Bolshie propaganda? Shock …
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