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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

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. …

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Ok, it’s the Texans, doesn’t make any difference. This game will be so boring that it’s not worth watching unless you live in New England. Think I’ll nap.

This will hopefully be the first of a string of upsets in this round. My picks are the Seahawks, the Patsies (yeah I hate ’em, but I hate the Texans more), the Steelers (surprisingly impressive), and the Packers for obvious and frequently articulated reasons. The Seahawks are not just TMC’s preference, they beat the Falcons …

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Some people may think I go a little lighter on Hillary than Barack. If I seem so it’s purely by intention. You see, we’ll never know what a Hillary Presidency would have looked like. It’s possible she’s the closet liberal her supporters claim. It could be that her war hawk foreign policy compensates for her …

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Rule #1 about Populism- It is Popular. Rule #2 about Populism- There is no Rule #2. It is an incontrovertible fact that nearly 3 Million more U.S. citizens voted for Hillary Clinton than The Donald which makes her more popular, right? It is equally true that Trump won the smallest Electoral College margin in recent …

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Next to Chuck Schumer and Diane Feinstein it’s arguable that the Democrat who most carries the New Democrat/DLC/Blue Dog Neo Liberal banner is Cory Booker, much floated by the equally Neo Liberal Legacy Media and D.C. Versailles Villagers as a potential presidential contender in 2020. Because, frankly, he’s African-American and they think a “Black” candidate …

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The most gratifying thing about writing, especially out here on the fringes of Stars Hollow, is when your themes get picked up by people who have a little more personal credibility than you do. I decided very early in my career to eshew any claim to authority and post pseudonymously, relying instead on my ability …

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