Today is Noam Chomsky’s 88th birthday. Age has not slowed him down. Monday night, he spoke about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our very existence at the 25th anniversary of Democracy Now!.
December 2016 archive
Dec 07 2016
Hard Facts
Yup. These are actual factual statistics that illustrate the rise in inequality in the United States. No fake news here, though it does not suit the lying establishment beneficiaries, enablers, and gatekeepers. Economic growth in the United States: A tale of two countries by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman, Washington Center for Equitable …
Dec 07 2016
The Breakfast Club (Getting What You Asked For)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Dec 06 2016
The New Oil Order
Despite a ballyhooed agreement between OPEC Members there is no reason to expect Oil prices to rise much anytime soon, though they may firm a bit and the global glut now being stored in rusting obsolete ocean going Tankers and equally rusty land based Storage Tanks reduced somewhat. This is not necessarily a bad thing …
Dec 06 2016
A Real Agenda For The Working Class
This post by Bill Black touches on some of the points I tried to raise with yesterday’s Italeave piece. Austerity is a failure and has been whenever and wherever tried, in the early 30s, in the late 30s, and for the past 6 or more years. It is impossible as a simple accounting rule for …
Dec 06 2016
The Breakfast Club (Power)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Dec 05 2016
Italeave
Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers By Wolf Richter, Naked Capitalism December 5, 2016 While the UK voted to exit the European Union, Italy might try to exit the Eurozone. This will be tough to do, and it will have daunting implications. Alone a serious discussion of this topic …
Dec 05 2016
Standing Rock: Who Said Protests Don’t Work?
The US Army Corps of Engineers denied the final easement the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that would have allowed Energy Transfer Partners to drill under the Missouri River endangering the water and desecrating Native American burial grounds. The Army Corps of Engineers will not grant the permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under …
Dec 05 2016
The Breakfast Club (Actions)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …