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Media Hypocrisy in Taxing Times

I don't know why I'm amazed that the tax bill passed...but I am. What a blatant grab for ever more money by the capitalist ruling class. Are we so blind? Or is it apathy and acceptance of our corporate overlords? I don't know. The more I thought about it, the more I realized it is all about misinformation and distraction. Just as the media hyped ole “tiny hands” allowing him to call in interviews with soft ball questions (especially before his nomination), they are silent about the tax cuts which benefit the owners of big media. Meanwhile corporate media continues their silence as RT has to register as a foreign agent and has lost their congressional passes so they can't cover Capital Hill. Then more silence about Yemen, Israel's regular bombing in Syria, and the election fraud in Honduras. Perhaps Rex T.'s departure from the State department spells an impending war with Iran. Oh my, these are taxing times.

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Sunday Open Thread: December 3 is United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities

It should be noted that humans do not have disabilities, they have impairments. The societies and cultures in which they live are corrupt and dysfunctional and create disabilities for those with impairments by tailoring the culture, practices and infrastructure of their society to those without impairments. This is something that needs to be rectified. A few wheelchair ramps here and there is an enormously inadequate solution.

The Democratic mentality today

Okay, so the Dems lost more than 900 legislative seats under Obama. What, pray tell, is the Democratic Party mentality today? Are they doing serious soul-searching to figure out what went wrong? Have they decided to restructure the party to create a lean, mean fighting machine, ready for victory in 2018 and 2020?

It's more like this:

Deminvade: It's Put Up or Shut Up Time for Dems

I'm ambiguous about the Deminvade strategy that Sanders, Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, etc. have pursued. I understand the desire to take over an existing party structure that has a protected and embedded status in almost every state vs. creating a new third party. On the other hand, I see the current "leaders" of the Democrats as unlikely to surrender power.

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