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Monthly Archives: July 2013

No downer news, first edition

Friday, July 19, 2013

So, as promised, today’s blogging will all be about good things. My picks might be quirky, and you might argue that they don’t qualify as news in some cases, but this is my blog and I get to set the rules. Anyway, first up is good news of the heartwarming variety, which you will have […]

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A promise

Thursday, July 18, 2013

I’m informed by a regular reader (yes, I have some) that this blog is too depressing lately, a charge to which I plead guilty. There are many reasons for this, chief among them being the fact that it looks like this time we really are on the Eve of Destruction (you aging hippies know what […]

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High tech wage slaves needed because we Americans are all studying art history

Thursday, July 18, 2013

I was only mildly surprised that this article appeared on the Washington monthly website. It’s a generally good site, but there is an establishment bent that can’t be denied. The article is by Robert D. Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. One suspects an industry front group, but lets put that aside. […]

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One teeny step

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Harry Reid scored a minor victory yesterday. Republicans caved and allowed a vote on some executive branch nominations, getting nothing in return, but the Senate remains incapacitated and Obama’s judicial nominations remain frozen. What else is new, right? Well, what’s new, apparently, is that this entire unprecedented situation is the fault of both parties, as […]

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Privatizing lawmaking

Monday, July 15, 2013

Life is good for bankers, in good times and bad. When you commit massive fraud you get a slap on the wrist that barely eats into the profits realized from that fraud, and you get to decide who you’ve ripped off too. But, the icing on the cake is that you’ll never get caught for […]

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Honor among thieves, American style

Friday, July 12, 2013

This morning as I perused the Times, I read this article about Hillary Clinton, who is currently following her husband’s career path and raking in big bucks on the lecture circuit. My immediate reaction was to condemn such fees as a transparent investment, a payment to assure favorable treatment if Hillary should in fact succeed […]

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Not sure about this

Thursday, July 11, 2013

I’m a big Elizabeth Warren fan, and I’m also firmly convinced that the Glass-Steagall Act should never have been repealed, and should be reenacted. That being the case, why am I a bit reluctant to cheer on Elizabeth after receiving her email asking me to support her recently introduced 21st Century Glass Steagall Act. Well, […]

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Reid threatens, Republicans yawn

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Harry Reid is once again threatening to end the filibuster, and it looks like this supreme political strategist has chosen his approach: threaten to hit ‘em where it will hurt the least (and then not follow through): Democratic sources confirmed a New York Times report that leaders are weighing a change that would end filibusters […]

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The banks want your money, and no credit union is going to stop them

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Periodically issues crop up that give an accurate, and usually depressing, indication of the extent to which our alleged democracy is or is not the captive of the elites. Here’s one that’s been flying under my radar, at least, and probably almost everyone else’s. It seems the banks have discovered that special tax breaks are […]

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We have nothing to lose but our Schumers

Monday, July 8, 2013

Some thoughts provoked initially by a mass email I received today, in which Hullabaloo’s digby offered me a chance to win a Neil Young souvenir if I donated money to Daylin Leach, a proud progressive running for Congress in Pennsylvania. Apparently, the powers that be in the Democratic Party would prefer a corporate Democrat run […]