Monthly Archives: September 2011

‘You’re way wrong… I read Erica Jong’

Posted on September 30, 2011 by oddmanout215

Whither the zipless fuck? I’ll back up… One thing you can count on these days is the bizarre ubiquity of Facebook, which is always “on” and always ready to introduce you to new friends — or, more accurately, to friends … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, fiction, humor, mainstream media, movies, Politics, The New Depression, Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Dylan, Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, feminist, Highlands, zipless fuck | 1 Comment

My dinner with Barack

Posted on September 29, 2011 by oddmanout215

I received another dispatch from Barack Obama a few days ago, and this time the subject line made me blush: David, can we meet for dinner? The room whirled and I thought for a moment I might need my jacquard … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, humor, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Desmosthenes, dinner with Obama, Lawrence Summers, Michelle Obama, OK! Magazine, Rahm Emanuel, Timothy Geithner | 2 Comments

A bankster prerequisite: Scamming 101

Posted on September 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

Matt Taibbi explains what triggered Wall Street protests Actually, this long quotation from a February interview of Taibbi explains why it’s accurate to think of crooked investment bankers — banksters — as scam artists as well as degenerate gamblers of … Continue reading →

Posted in casinos, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged banksters, degenerate gamblers, investment bankers, Matt Taibbi, Occup Wall Street, protests, scam artists, Wall Street | 1 Comment

Times columnist snickers at Wall St. protesters

Posted on September 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

To my knowledge, only one story regarding the ongoing Wall Street protests appeared last week in The New York Times, and it was the sort of snarky, condescending dispatch you might expect from a Republican legislative staffer, not from a … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, Occupy Wall Street, police violence, protesters, Tom Wolfe, Zuccotti Park | 3 Comments

Liberal decries DN’s report on police violence… Huh?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s how Nathan Schneider of Democracy Now! responded when police violence — and the documenting of it by amateur videographers — finally forced some mainstream publications to stop pretending Occupy Wall Street isn’t happening: In an article that recounts as … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged New York Daily News, Occupy Wall Street, police violence, Reader Supported News, War and Peace | 7 Comments

Meet Blankfein’s buddy, Officer Badass

Posted on September 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

A young man is pushed and wrestled to the ground by a cop, then handcuffed. His crime? Not immediately retreating as the cop swaggered toward him on the sidewalk. The victim appears to say something to the cop right before … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged free speech, New York City, Occupy Wall Street, out-of-control cops, rights, Southwest Philadelphia, video, Wall Street, YouTube | 1 Comment

Facebook’s budding tyrant (like, comment, share)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by oddmanout215

I was scrambling eggs the other day and in the background on the radio was Mark Zuckerberg, gushing about the wonderful changes taking place on Facebook, and why it’s such a good thing that Facebook is taking over the social-networking … Continue reading →

Posted in mainstream media, Politics, world-wide economy | Tagged Facebook, freedoms, information, Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify, Stalin, ticker | 2 Comments

‘Liberal’ media, Wall Street thick as thieves

Posted on September 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

Will Bunch commented on its invisibility. So did Firedoglake. Keith Olbermann discussed it with Bunch on Countdown, and even Stephen Colbert noted its conspicuous absence from mainstream news reports. I’m referring to the “occupation” of Wall Street (Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza, … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, The New Depression, Uncategorized, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged censorship, Keith Olbermann, mainstream media, New York City, UK Guardian, Wall Street occupation | 1 Comment

Adios, summer girl. Or is it ‘sun-eyed’ girl?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

Summer’s gone and good riddance, I’d rather any weather than a heat wave in Philly. But I still like the idea of summer, which I associate with old memories of hitchhiking, seashore towns, and chasing girls who enjoyed being caught. … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, humor, Philadelphia, pop music | Tagged "Girl", Beck Hansen, Delta blues, Guero, hip-hop, my summer girl, slide guitar | 1 Comment

Belated populist rhetoric from the big chief

Posted on September 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

It’s rude and obvious, so I’ll say it: If Barack Obama had stood up to Republicans early on instead of being cowed by their enmity and wowed by his own rhetoric, he’d have a much better chance of being re-elected. … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, mid-term elections, Obama, Politics, taxes, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged Barack Obama, Bush tax cuts, class warfare, FDR, Neville Chamberlain, takes hikes for the wealthy | 1 Comment