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Learning the Difference between Neo-Liberalism and Progressivism in the Poverty Nation
There is a big difference to be made between the progressivism that once was the hall-mark of left-wing politics and the left-leaning wing of neo-liberalism. This article, focusing on how corporations–and I would add many colleges & universities–make use of… Continue reading
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The Tragedy Of Rush Limbaugh’s Low Information Voter Theory – Forbes
This is an extremely well thought out article on a fateful turn among conservatives in the early Reagan days, a turn away from trusting in the citizenry toward a kind of aristocratic cynicism. It actually elucidates how and when I… Continue reading
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Inability to govern
Daily News is not my usual go-to paper. But this was too funny. Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Related articles Obama in Shutdown Politics Channels Clinton Who Proved a Winner (bloomberg.com) Every government shutdown ever,… Continue reading
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The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism
Fiscal conservative politicians including some Democrats like Bill Clinton have presided over a massive and systematic redistribution of wealth into the 1 percent since the 1980s. For African-Americans this means that we lost over half of our collective and meager… Continue reading
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The Confidential Memo at the Heart of the Global Financial Crisis | VICE United Kingdom
The whole sorry thing is both depressing and infuriating… When a little birdie dropped the End Game memo through my window, its content was so explosive, so sick and plain evil, I just couldn’t believe it. The Memo confirmed every… Continue reading
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Restore Honor and Pardon Edward Snowden | The Nation
…Julian Assange, no stranger to unrequited integrity, nailed it. “Today, the president of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program,” the WikiLeaks founder said in a statement posted… Continue reading
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Robert Scheer: Gag Me With Lawrence Summers – Robert Scheer’s Columns – Truthdig
The idea that Barack Obama would still consider appointing Lawrence Summers to head the Federal Reserve rather than order an investigation into this former White House official’s Wall Street payments, reported Friday by The Wall Street Journal, mocks the president’s… Continue reading
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Lookout: Extreme Profiling
It should be clear to folks by now this was not a vendetta against Tea Baggers and those who rant & rave against Obama and/or Obamacare. This is just another form of surveillance by profiling. Obviously we should think of… Continue reading
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Dependents of the State – NYTimes.com
…if the poor are dependent on the state, so, too, are America’s rich. The extraordinary accumulation of wealth enjoyed by the socioeconomic elite — in 2007, the richest 1 percent of Americans accounted for about 24 percent of all income… Continue reading
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