Category Archives: economic collapse

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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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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Austerity measures = medieval bleeding

Posted on November 30, 2011 by oddmanout215

Millions are protesting in Britain, and it’s no wonder — the government is making an already sick economy even sicker. Paul Krugman provides a good analogy: … History says that a financial crisis reduces long-run growth potential if policymakers don’t … Continue reading →

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Gov. Brownback, you really do suck

Posted on November 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

Great story out of Kansas regarding attempts to intimidate Emma Sullivan, an 18-year-old girl who insulted wing-nut Gov. Sam Brownback in a message to her Twitter friends. The principal of the high school Emma attends ordered her to send the … Continue reading →

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Please don’t feed the corporate beast

Posted on November 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

A reminder about Walmart, now that the holiday spending orgy is about to begin: Don’t shop there. If you do, you are helping to kill your community and digging your own grave, economically speaking. Sure, I feel bad for Walmart … Continue reading →

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Which side are you on, Dems?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

Digby’s nicely distilled description of how Congressional Republicans continue to outmaneuver and cow Democrats — including world-class equivocator John Kerry — who are supposed to be protecting the social safety net: Note [Republican Sen. Jon] Kyl’s language: he never says … Continue reading →

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At Berkeley, a literal meaning for ‘Beat Poets’

Posted on November 20, 2011 by oddmanout215

Robert Hass, former poet laureate of the U.S., describing how non-violent students and teachers were brutalized by UC Berkeley cops on the very site where the Free Speech Movement was born 50 years ago: … None of the police officers … Continue reading →

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Me and the devil and a Dallas church

Posted on November 20, 2011 by oddmanout215

Blues great Robert Johnson’s songs include “Me and the Devil Blues,” “Hellhound on My Trail” and “Cross Road Blues.” The latter explains how he sold his soul to Satan in return for guitar-playing prowess. It looks like some Christians in … Continue reading →

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From dystopia to reality, via NYPD

Posted on November 18, 2011 by oddmanout215

At what point does the near-future depicted in a novel stop seeming dystopian and become more-or-less realistic? This is from Super Sad True Love Story, the bestseller by Gary Shteyngart, who read Wednesday at Rutgers-Camden: An armored personnel carrier bearing … Continue reading →

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