Category Archives: Politics

Police armed to the teeth to fight — protesters?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by oddmanout215

We all know that police departments across the country are becoming more and more militarized, as if expecting attacks from a domestic version of the Taliban. But the amount of hardware moving from the Pentagon to the police is even … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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WikiLeaks vs. the surveillance machine

Posted on November 29, 2011 by oddmanout215

More and more, the so-called social media remind me of a children’s book I read to my son many years ago: There’s an Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighborhood. Weirdos aren’t necessarily bad — some of my friends are … Continue reading →

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