As in, “Don’t be gettin’ all,” over Barack Obama’s departure. The transition period has been a time to reflect on the failures of his Administration, kind of an anti-Greatest Hits Album of broken promises, missed opportunities, and fecklessness. I’d almost be sorry if it wasn’t clear that Obama’s worst policies weren’t so clearly deliberate and …
January 2017 archive
Jan 18 2017
Talking With Jeremy Scahill
TMC and I have had the pleasure of meeting Jeremy Schakill twice. The first time was during his book tour for Dirty Wars when he was interviews at The New School by Spencer Ackerman (now of The Guardian– we actually sat next to Spencer’s Mom who was a very nice and charming lady). When we …
Jan 18 2017
The Breakfast Club (Fools On The Hill)
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 …
Jan 17 2017
One Good Thing
Surprise: President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by Mike Masnick, Tech Dirt Tue, Jan 17th 2017 Well, here’s a surprise. President Obama has just commuted the bulk of Chelsea Manning’s sentence, meaning she will be freed this May, rather than having to spend another three decades in jail. Manning, of course, was sent to prison …
Jan 17 2017
See Yah. Thanks For Nothing.
It is my contention that Barack Obama’s Neo Liberal, Moderate Republican agenda and concentration on symbolic Identity Politics to the exclusion of genuine economic reform, his tolerance of and participation in War Crimes, his looking the other way at real and provable Financial Fraud, his systemic militarization of Police and sufferance of their violence against …
Jan 17 2017
The End Of Davos Man?
One can only hope. Davos is the name of the Swiss town where the World Economic Forum is held annually. As you might expect it’s kind of a ‘Burning Man’ of Neo Liberal excess, but with inequality reaching a point where according to Oxfam half the World’s wealth is held by a mere 8 individuals …
Jan 17 2017
The Breakfast Club (Superman Where Are You Now?)
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 …
Jan 16 2017
Birmingham Jail
You may well ask: “Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation a better path?” You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has …
Jan 16 2017
The Breakfast Club (Equality Myth)
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 …
Jan 15 2017
Rant of the Week: Trump’s Russian Water Works
The revelation this week from an unconfirmed dossier that appeared in the online news outlet, Buzzfeed, that the thin skinned orange bigot who is about to occupy the White House did something rather kinky during his stay in Moscow a few years ago. Needless to say, the cable and late night talk show hosts ran …
Jan 15 2017
Throwball Divisional Playoffs: Steelers at Chiefs
Steelers looked damn good last week. Delayed by a morning ice storm it’s now dry as a bone and 33. I’ll be watching what I hope is only the season finale of Sherlock.
Jan 15 2017
Throwball Divisional Playoffs: Packers at ‘Boys
It’s always a pleasure to root against the ‘Boys who’s fans are the rudest and most obnoxious in the NFL. Also they hail from Dallas, about the most miserable part of a State that we should give back to Mexico so we don’t have its bigots, fascists and gun nuts polluting the United States anymore. …