Author Archives: oddmanout215

A peculiar way to measure jobs growth

Posted on December 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Robert Reich is a commonsensical guy, and so what if he sometimes injects false optimism into his commentaries? You can tell he’s merely trying not to be a gloom merchant, that the jobs picture looks as bleak to him as … Continue reading →

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Victoria loved them all, including Iran

Posted on December 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

People who follow the news in a superficial way may have read about the storming of the British Embassy in Tehran and said “There they go again, those wild-eyed Islamic radicals. Something should be done about them.” So it was … Continue reading →

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U.N. envoy: Do Occupy protesters have rights?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

If we live in the land of the free and all that twaddle, then why do our cops treat protesters as if they’re terrorists rather than fellow citizens? Inquiring minds, including a prominent United Nations official, want to know: Frank … Continue reading →

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‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’

Posted on December 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

And I don’t want to ball about like everybody else, And I don’t want to live my life like everybody else, And I won’t say that I feel fine like everybody else… Ray Davis was writing anthems about not fitting … Continue reading →

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Obama tries, but wing-nuts reject his love

Posted on December 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

No irony about the sick state of American politics is funnier than the fact that wing-nuts, no matter how far to the right Barack Obama tilts, continue to vilify him as the Great Satan of socialism and the bleeding-heart champion … Continue reading →

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‘Frank’s Wild Years’

Posted on December 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

Well Frank settled down in the Valley and hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife’s forehead… … he sold used office furniture out there on San Fernando Road and assumed a $30,000 loan at … Continue reading →

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Yo, Dad, I think it’s a hit

Posted on December 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

  Do you hope to make her see you, fool?Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel? The Doors didn’t even want to bother with “Hello, I Love You,” it was one of their first songs and they thought it … Continue reading →

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Bush, Obama rolled lucky 7s for banksters

Posted on December 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

Did anyone else see the lame TV movie Too Big To Fail, which dramatized the Fall 2008 financial crisis? If not, you didn’t miss anything honest. It was based on the book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the NYT reporter and … Continue reading →

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Over there is where the Occupy camp used to be

Posted on December 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

Robert Scheer links the Occupy movement to the fight against the sort of corruption embodied by the SEC: … As Judge [Jed] Rakoff stated, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Citigroup with “a substantial securities fraud” in the sale … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg, the mayor who would be Caesar

Posted on December 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

Every time this guy opens his mouth, he proves he’s not only an arrogant plutocrat but also a dangerous creep: New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said the New York Police Department was like his own personal military force during … Continue reading →

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