Diaries

Trump is blowing up globalism

Trump is an idiot. He's easily the dumbest president this country has ever had, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
I'm no fan of globalism, because in globalism the multinational rules the national. Democracy does not exist at the multinational level, only capital does.
That's why I'm tickled by Trump's incoherent, childish antics this week.

Some background on Bernie’s amazing antiwar speech, and credit where due

Recently Jimmy Dore did a segment on Bernie Sanders giving a strong statement about the sorry mess of this country’s endless wars, and giving him “gold stars” for bringing up some important points. Thank you to azazello, who posted it in the evening blues and also to dkmich for highlighting it in an essay. I confess I don’t watch Jimmy’s show very often anymore and I wouldn’t have seen this otherwise. I did take the time to watch it.

The Weekly Watch

Tales of the Oligarchs
and other horror stories

The oligarchs have been working toward this moment for a while now. They have patience and almost unlimited resources. The Koch brothers provide an excellent example of the way we are controlled by corporate interests. Then there's the Mercers and their insidious manipulation of the system for their personal profit. Can't forget Eric Prince and Betsy DeVos and their efforts privatizing schools and the military. Oh yeah what about Jeff Bezos and his corporate empire? …and on and on. These are our rulers. Let's learn a little about them and their strategies as we explore the weeks happenings.

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(Just for sport): Wasserman Schultz confronted over accusations she tried to shutdown probe. Her response says it all.

Hopefully, she just might be finding out what the word ‘consequences’ really means.

Wasserman Schultz confronted over accusations she tried to shutdown probe. Her response says it all.

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