Category Archives: Politics

Gaddafi to Cheney: Work your magic for me

Posted on August 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Dear Dick, My Michael Jacksonian compound was breached, my beautiful Bedouin tent burned to the ground, my Galliano-yellow and iguana-green uniforms desecrated. Worst of all, precious photos of Leezza were stolen and defiled by marauding desert rats who are not … Continue reading →

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Straight talk on SS? Sanders stands alone

Posted on August 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Bernie Sanders, the independent U.S. Senator from Vermont, makes passionate statements in support of working people then backs them up with legislation such as a bill that would strengthen Social Security without cutting benefits. From Sanders’ website: To keep Social … Continue reading →

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Trumka to Obama: We are not the Tea Party

Posted on August 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

Richard Trumka is a hulking fellow who often wears a big smile, maybe in order to not look threatening. He wasn’t smiling much today when he blasted Barack Obama for failing to do anything in the way of jobs creation … Continue reading →

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Pesky lawyer still on banksters’ case

Posted on August 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

When it comes to describing the complacency of the Wall Street banksters, their unabashed disregard for the millions of people they defrauded, and the ease with which they continue to push the right buttons in Washington in order to avoid … Continue reading →

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‘Drug corners’ story makes a sobering point

Posted on August 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

I know a talk radio host who has a passion for esoteric list-making — best NFL defensive linemen who are also convicted felons, best rockabilly guitarists who married their first cousins — that sort of thing. He invites listeners to … Continue reading →

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Dems, too, are helping to kill labor unions

Posted on August 24, 2011 by oddmanout215

Thanks to Atrios and Avedon for calling attention to an on-target overview of the contemporary conservative agenda: … Private-sector employers’ fierce attacks on unions since the 1970s contributed significantly to the sharp decline in the number of unionized workers, and … Continue reading →

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Philly schools chief gets $905K to drop out

Posted on August 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s how not to begin an editorial about the departure of an arrogant and divisive “public servant” who hung on until the school district and anonymous donors gave her $905,000 to go away: It’s a shame that it had to … Continue reading →

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Gold’s up again. Is Blankfein going down?

Posted on August 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

The bald little man in the oversize suit who lives in a $26 million apartment next to Central Park may yet have that smirk wiped off his face. He hasn’t been charges in any civil or criminal case — up … Continue reading →

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NY Fed’s bottom line: Banksters above the law

Posted on August 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

Most people who buck the system are easily pressured to change course, but a few are more likely to get their back up and hold steady, at least until the pressure becomes unbearable. Gretchen Morgenson wrote today of one such … Continue reading →

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Support our couch-potato patriots

Posted on August 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

What’s with The New York Times? Week after week this summer, its editors have been running thoughtful essays on the Sunday Review section’s front page. Maybe they’ve decided to move away from predictable analysis pieces by staffers to guest writers … Continue reading →

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