Another nation's young people turn against neoliberalism
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 9:14pmThe November 16 edition of The Economist made a definitive statement.
Why Republican Tax Cuts Always Cause A Financial Crash and Economic Disaster
Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 7:54pmThis is the third edition of this post. I first wrote most it when Obama thought he had achieved the golden unicorn of a bipartisan tax reform deal that included big cuts in the deferred earned benefits programs of Social Security and Medicare. I posted it again in January of this year when it was rolled out as Trump's tax cuts accompanied by a "big" infrastructure spending program.
Robots, AI, and Totalitarian Superfluousness
Submitted by arendt on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 5:00pmMany people are perplexed by the drive towards firing workers and replacing them with machines. They ask "who will buy the products?". But, when looked at from a neoliberal/ totalitarian ideological viewpoint, robots are the "final solution" to the ruling class's problem: "who will be our servants after we kill all the grasping, uppity peasants"? Using robots to do that would be even more efficient than what Jay Gould, the crooked Robber Baron, proposed:
The Evening Blues - 12-4-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 2:53pm
When a politician accidently shows how much contempt he has for poor people
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 2:05pmSen. Chuck Grassley is a complete asshole. That much you probably knew.
But did you know just how big of an asshole he is?
Consider this article about Grassley's effort to repeal the estate tax.
It's that "white privilege" I tell you
Submitted by EdMass on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 1:24pmFormer Rep. Corrine Brown Sentenced To Five Years In Prison
https://hotair.com/archives/2017/12/04/former-rep-corrine-brown-sentence...
The judge said:
Yemen plunges into the abyss
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 12:48pmFormer Yemeni dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed today.
Two New Books Reveal the Dark Heart of the Francis Papacy: Sex Abuse
Submitted by Betty Clermont on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 5:19amEmiliano Fittipaldi’s Lussuria. Peccati scandali e tradimenti di una Chiesa fatta di uomini (Lust. Sins, Scandals, and Betrayal of a Church Made of Men) chronicles Pope Francis’ personal involvement in the global sex abuse of children.
Between the Lines: Same Shit, Different Week
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Mon, 12/04/2017 - 2:56amWelcome to Between the Lines, where, just like that jerk in the front row of a magic show who won't stop pointing out how they do the tricks, I take a look at the Army's propaganda and do my level best to figure out where they're hiding the rabbit.
How do you spell 'Rat Bastard'? O-R-R-I-N H-A-T-C-H
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sun, 12/03/2017 - 9:29pmFall out from the Tax "Reform" Act of 2017 has already begun. The first mouth piece defending the defunding is a certified Raging Rodent, from the Beehive State (which will soon have to change it name, thanks Monsanto). Let me introduce you to a man dedicated to trickle down morality (a little of his "morality" trickles down his leg after each urinary discharge): O-R-R-I-N H-A-T-C-H
Here he is in all his hypocritical putrescence, O-R-R-I-N "I once was a janitor" H-A-T-C-H
