Diaries
Puerto Rico: Neoliberalism to the rescue!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:20pmRoughly 40% of people in Puerto Rico still have no lights.
The art of the spin
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 1:08pmStocks are dumping again today, and are headed for their worst week since 2008.
However, the financial media always knows how every down day is just another reason to buy. Every up day is also a reason to buy.
I just wanted to give a sampling of this spin.
U.S.-backed forces in Syria launch offensive against Syrian government
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 11:19amThis is happening in the exact same area where we killed 100 pro-Assad troops yesterday.
(This should ruffle some DNC feathers): Bernie Sanders Launches Marijuana Petition
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 8:56amThis is interesting. Big Pharma’s got to be upset. It was a Dim that handed them a captive clientele during the healthcare coverage hearings. Now the DNC’s sheepdog is calling for legalization of pot.
Bernie Sanders Launches Marijuana Petition
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is asking his supporters to pressure Congress to legalize marijuana and end the broader “war on drugs.”
Open Thread - Friday, February 9, 2018 - Funk the World Edition
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:20amI need to be alone. I need to ponder my shame and my despair in seclusion; I need the sunshine and the paving stones of the streets without companions, without conversation, face to face with myself, with only the music of my heart for company.
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
Military Totalitarianism Takes Over Amerika
Submitted by Big Al on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 10:53pmThe Evening Blues - 2-8-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 3:43pmPanic selling on Wall Street again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 3:12pm
It's not as big as Monday's crash, but it more than wipes out Tuesday's dead-cat bounce.
The losses are starting to add up.
The limits of economic sanctions
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 2:32pmThe Democrats and news media screamed "collusion" when the Trump Administration declined to impose new Russian sanctions, but you probably didn't hear the actual reasons why Trump said "no".