You Can't Steal a Gift: Peer to Peer Politics by gmoke
Essay by gmoke, reposted by permission, from the European TribuneNovember 6, 2012, the MIT Center for Civic Media and Department of Urban Planning had a conversation on "Peer to Peer Politics" with...
View ArticleEconomic Populist: Pick Grand Bargain! Get Recession! Hurray!
Burning the Midnight Oil for Economic PopulismLet's do a quick run-down of the last couple of decades of US economic history.(1) Inflate a residential property and internet start-up bubble. The...
View ArticleNo, This Fiscal Scam Won't Be Different Than 2011. Stop Deluding Yourselves
Of course that can be easy to do with corporate media hacks parading around as "journalists" basically working to preserve the corrupt machine they feed off of. They're feeding people revisionist...
View ArticleObama and Boehner’s Grand Betrayal: Gullible Democrats Buy Into Good Cop, Bad...
Yes, we know what is driving the latest performance behind this fiscal sham.It's basically good cop, bad cop; or bad cop, worse cop theatre to get you to sign off on this grand betrayal as UKMC...
View ArticleChained CPI is a Cut. You Either Care About People or You Don't.
And when one make excuses for chained CPI without doing any research because they'll blindly follow whatever a politician proposes regardless of the consequences, that is a choice of action taken....
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Fiscal Cliff as grim Speed Bump trigger by Annieli
Van Jones said not so long ago: “If we want to fix the economy, the first thing we got to do is repeal the Bush tax cuts and pull back our military expenditures to Clinton level expenditures.”The first...
View ArticleIt's Not 11th Dimensional Chess. The President Wants Working People to Clean...
Once we realize there is no fiscal cliff and the whole premise is a myth, you think about why it was created. It was created so we can mop up after the 1% which owns all three branches of government...
View ArticleThe IMF: Incompetent, Ideological or Simply Lying?
For years now I have been pointing out the stupidity of introducing austerity in the advanced capitalist world in the middle of an economic crisis. What has put me in a rather fine bit of pique was...
View ArticleThe Great American Reset
There is a lot of talk of getting Paul Krugman as Treasury Secretary. As Dean Baker points out - ain't gonna happen.If Krugman were Treasury Secretary we could envision a policy that was focused on...
View ArticleMr. President, Mint that Coin and Keep that Option. Don't Sell Us Out
We know by now that fake tough talk from the President on letting the Bush tax cuts above those making $250,000 expire being an absolute was just that, fake. So there's absolutely no reason to believe...
View ArticleThe White House Rejects Solutions to the Mess it Made. We Will Pay for it...
That’s right. It’s now undeniably pathetic or immoral assuming this is what they want and it probably is. The Trillion Dollar Coin and a 14th amendment challenge have now been rejected. What do we have...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: Austerity, Triple Dip Recessions and Economic Crisis...
Sitting there looking vainly at the growth, or lack of it to be more precise, of the British economy quarter by quarter following the introduction of austerity measures is a dubious use of time. So...
View ArticleFAIL! There Will Be Austerity Kabuki Every 3 Months
Cross posted in Orange and at the Stars Hollow GazetteThere seems to be a lot of celebrating without actually understanding much of what has happened as of late. One reason is that it looks like House...
View ArticleGrover Norquist is Winning Thanks to a Debt Ceiling Crisis Every Few Months
That's right. I don't know in what world some people are living in, but they should pay attention. Yes they should actually pay attention to what Grover Norquist is saying and how much these stupid...
View ArticlePost-Election Progressive Scorecard Update: Kasich 9, Obama 1
In my last update, Kasich had a 3-0 lead: http://my.firedoglake.com/ohiogringo/2012/12/13/post-election-progressiv...Congratulations, Obama fans! He finally scored on the Barbarian's tally! He proposed...
View ArticleKilling the Unionized Post Office: Post Office Ends Saturday Mail Deliveries
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has long been a favorite target of conservatives. Their primary complaints about the organization generally revolve around the fact that the employees are...
View ArticleJohn T. Harvey: "The Coming Recession: How Fiscal Responsibility is Economic...
As you might have heard the economy is contracting while unemployment remains high inching higher especially in real terms again while Washington is too stupid or corrupt across the board to notice. I...
View ArticleStop the Delusional Celebration: Victims of Foreclosure Fraud Have Little to...
This is an older essay of mine from Daily Kos posted on Thursday February 02, 2012.It was referenced by Yves Smith which I am proud of. It's worth posting now because it's been a year later and in Yves...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on the SOTU in Tweet Form
The cat-food commission is being praised well isn't that special. #SOTU— priceman (@therealpriceman) February 13, 2013This!! 42 x This!! ==> RT @therealpriceman: Natural gas boom? Frack that. #SOTU—...
View ArticleThe Real SOTU: The White House Subverting the Rule of Law
Subverting the rule of law? How dare I? Well the 4th amendment, due process, kill lists, and the NDAA also speak to my title. Yes, they speak to it despite those that decided politicians were more...
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