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Oct 14 2017
That Was The Week That Was Part 3
Trump / Weinstein “Fake” News “Reality” TV Dah Brain Damage
Oct 13 2017
Yet We Will Be In Afghanistan Forever
(h/t Lambert Strether @ Naked Capitalism) Trump to Puerto Rico- Drop Dead! Trump Warns Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico That Aid Won’t Last ‘Forever’ By PETER BAKER and CAITLIN DICKERSON, The New York Times OCT. 12, 2017 The message was as stark as it was startling. Three weeks after a killer hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, President Trump …
Oct 11 2017
Mainstream Enough For You Yet?
Modern Monetary Theory that is. Stephanie Kelton is a former chief economist for the Senate Budget Committee Democratic staff and is currently a professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University. She is a frequent contributor to New Economic Perspectives. How We Think About the Deficit Is Mostly Wrong By STEPHANIE KELTON, The …
Oct 10 2017
The Civil War
Well, it’s more properly called Wars because there were at least 6 distinct ones (along with several wars of conquest). The first two were between the Long Parliament and Charles the First and ended with his execution in 1648. In 1649 the Rump Parliament drove the forces of his son and heir Charles the Second …
Oct 10 2017
That Was The Week That Was- Part 2
Don’t for one moment forget that even though he speaks softly wit a furrowed brow from a small serious mouth, Mike Pence id a liar on equal footing with Trump.
Oct 09 2017
Let’s Celebrate Columbus Day!
There’s little doubt that humans inhabited North, Central, and South America over 12,000 years ago and that they developed some pretty advanced civilizations, some of which bosted population concentrations (Cities) higher not only than their European contemporaries but larger that they would achieve until nearly modern times. So to say he “discovered” it is a …
Oct 08 2017
The Missouri Compromise
I was born in French Territory in the Mid-West but I have lived all over New England (well, except for Rhode Island and Vermont) for most of my life. Weird stuff happens all the time and the natives have a very peculiar sense of humor.