Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Chris Hedges: Obama is a "Poster Child for the Death of the Liberal Class"
Chris Hedges: Obama is a "Poster Child for the Death of the Liberal Class"
Hedges is dead-on right about everything. In the early 1990's, I began to say, "Scratch a Liberal, find a Reactionary" and to self-identify as a Leftist, not a Liberal. Why? Because Liberals are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Hedges is dead-on right about everything. In the early 1990's, I began to say, "Scratch a Liberal, find a Reactionary" and to self-identify as a Leftist, not a Liberal. Why? Because Liberals are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Attorney: Swedish Case is a "Holding Charge" to Get Julian Assange Extradited to U.S.
Attorney: Swedish Case is a "Holding Charge" to Get Julian Assange Extradited to U.S.
As it turns out, according to legal counsel for Assange, he has not been charged with a sex crime in Sweden; he is only wanted for questioning. Moreover, the matters concerning which he is wanted for questioning do not involve rape or molestation as reported by the government-supine major media outlets (including state-run radio, NPR) but are misdemeanor sex charges for which no jail time would be required (were Assange actually charged, tried, and found guilty by a Swedish tribunal).
As it turns out, according to legal counsel for Assange, he has not been charged with a sex crime in Sweden; he is only wanted for questioning. Moreover, the matters concerning which he is wanted for questioning do not involve rape or molestation as reported by the government-supine major media outlets (including state-run radio, NPR) but are misdemeanor sex charges for which no jail time would be required (were Assange actually charged, tried, and found guilty by a Swedish tribunal).
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Breadlines In Our Future
All the “fiscal conservatives” in government these days seem to be quite perfectly content with deficit financing wars-without-end. If their economic theories are right, their policies can only lead to economic disaster. Do they not believe their own theories? Are they closet Keynesians? WTF?
At some point—tomorrow, 5 years from now, 10 years from now, in 6 months, whenever—the Chinese government may well decide that it cannot continue to park so much capital with the US treasury; it may decide that those hundreds of billions of dollars are needed back home or that some other opportunity makes more economic sense for the People's Republic. When that day arrives, the whole house of cards that is the U.S. economy comes crashing down.
The criminals who run this country have to know that they are operating on borrowed time. What are they thinking? It is truly difficult to imagine. Perhaps they are hoping that, if they amass enough wealth in the short term, they’ll be able to buy their way out of anything when the proverbial shite hits the fan. Or, perhaps, more likely, they're just not thinking at all.
I see breadlines in our future: from the District of Columbia all the way to Beijing.
At some point—tomorrow, 5 years from now, 10 years from now, in 6 months, whenever—the Chinese government may well decide that it cannot continue to park so much capital with the US treasury; it may decide that those hundreds of billions of dollars are needed back home or that some other opportunity makes more economic sense for the People's Republic. When that day arrives, the whole house of cards that is the U.S. economy comes crashing down.
The criminals who run this country have to know that they are operating on borrowed time. What are they thinking? It is truly difficult to imagine. Perhaps they are hoping that, if they amass enough wealth in the short term, they’ll be able to buy their way out of anything when the proverbial shite hits the fan. Or, perhaps, more likely, they're just not thinking at all.
I see breadlines in our future: from the District of Columbia all the way to Beijing.
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