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Happy Shutdown Eve

September 30, 2013

With dysfunction the norm and with the extremists in control, shut downs are likely to become more frequent. So we need to invent a whole panoply of shut down humor, salutations, and perhaps even note cards we can send each other. Heck shut downs may become a national holiday right up there with Thanksgiving. I […]

Commentary / plutocracy /

C—- W–f—

September 26, 2013

Here in the US we are not supposed to talk about c—- w–f— because, well it’s the land of opportunity, and classes don’t exist. That’s a problem for the old world. Here in this new world c—- w–f— cannot occur. Rubbish. Poor Robert Reich endured a confrontation at an airport. He was branded a Commie […]

Economics / austerity, bank reform, debt ceiling, Federal deficit, plutocracy, Republicans /

There They Go Again

September 26, 2013

Are you tired? I’m tired. Our national dysfunction is sucking the energy out of everything. And here they go again. There have been a flurry of reports about the precise date when the Treasury department can no longer fudge paying the national bills. We will have hit the dreaded debt ceiling. Presumably we’ll get a […]

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