A Manufactured Crisis
I can't help thinking that this 'crisis' that requires the taxpayer to pay 700 billion dollars to 'bail out' banks and brokerage firms is a manufactured crisis, a phony panic. It certainly is causing a...
View ArticlePaulson is to Goldman Sachs as Cheney is to Halliburton
The smoking gun that shows how Henry Paulson is helping his cronies at Goldman Sachs rip off the taxpayer just like Cheney handed the treasury keys to Halliburton five years ago.
View ArticleThe Credit Crisis is Phony
The 'credit crisis' is talked about everywhere. But no one seems to know what it really is. Here is the real stuff with the real numbers.
View ArticleThe Sky is Not Falling
According to talking heads worldwide, to Congressional toadies and to Clueless George and King Henry, the sky hs been falling for over a week now. Americans have lost trillions in their pension plans,...
View ArticleWhy Single Payer Has No Traction
Ila Jones wrote this perceptive question to me (edited and abridged):Here is my answer to the question as to why the single payer 'movement' is not moving anything. So, I'm a 'hair' unclear as to what...
View ArticleElections (Money or Politics?)
This election showed that elections are about money. The stark contrast between what we think elections should be and what they are brings to mind the days of Andrew Jackson, when voters were freely...
View ArticleDrug and Dollars
Rupert Murdoch's WSJ reports the following:"On Feb. 10, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. bought the rights to a pair of life-saving heart drugs. The same day, their list prices rose by 525%...
View ArticleThe curious incident of the dog in the night-time
“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.’''That was the curious incident,'...
View ArticleDonald vs Hillary = ?Pres. Trump
It has become clear that Donald Trump's showmanship, his PT Barnum narcissism, and his blatant prevarication is no obstacle to his nomination by the Republican Party. Indeed, it appears that Trump's...
View ArticleI like Frankie
Video of Frankie laying in to Congress.I like Pope Frankie. I agree with Matt Taibbi that "His arrival has spawned a Drake/Meek Mill-style diss battle within the pundit class, pitting conservatives...
View ArticleEvolution or Revolution
Look, what do you want---evolution or revolution? Hillary claims to be able to steer America toward the coomon good, but she has been bought and paid for, just like Bill was and (dare I say it), just...
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