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August 2016

August 17, 2016

When Obama Really is Disastrously Wrong…

...you never hear about it from Right Wing Noise Machine sources:

July 2016

July 05, 2016

Am I the only person who does not think this clarifies what he thinks it clarifies?

"To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who...

May 2015

May 14, 2015

Patrick Deneen on the Power Elite

Yup: Today’s corporate ideology has a strong affinity with the lifestyles of those who are...

May 06, 2015

Tennessee Senator Denies 280,000 People Health Care

...calls constituent "asshole" for asking him to give up his own health care. All animals...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

The Military is Where Our Ruling Class Gets to Experiment

...on its social engineering theories and do what it (so far) lacks a free hand...

April 13, 2015

The GOP: On the Cutting Edge of the Late 19th Century

In a week when a cop's lie about cold-blooded murder has been exposed by the...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Healthcare for Veterans is an “entitlement” we cannot afford…

...according to GOP Senator with health care benefits who sent them into battle. "With malice...

March 19, 2015

Daniel McCarthy and Ralph Nader Talk…

...about how left and right can end corporate rule together. It's a hopeful thing to...

March 12, 2015

Obama: Making Nixon and Bush 43 Look Great

Robert Scheer on the Obama Administration's historic war on privacy. I sometimes suspect that Obama's...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Times Have Changed

Chesterton once said, "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The...

October 2014

October 09, 2014

I bet he was shocked to discover there was gambling in Vegas too

Obama pretends to care about money in politics then goes to a 32,000/head fundraiser hosted...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

FOX is, like, super-serious and stuff about supporting the troops

The only boobs on the ground were in that studio. Meanwhile, our Ruling Class continues...

September 11, 2014

While Chicken Littles Panic about ISIS Taking Over the World….

"What was once a request to live and let live has now become a demand...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

Our Ruling Class Honors the Living Daylights Out of Our Troops

Over 500 Grievous Injuries or Deaths at VA Hospitals Last Year

July 2014

July 15, 2014

A grateful Ruling Class…

...continues to honor the troops it so easily sends into harm's way.

July 01, 2014

Chelsea Clinton Energetically Saws off Branch of Family Tree She is Sitting On

....wishes her Grandmother had had access to Planned Parenthood. Not the sharpest scalpel in the...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

A pilot friend sends along this testament to Francis’ prescience

...on just one little aspect of how the global economy is headed for suicide: 1)...

June 13, 2014

Why is it that Comedy Shows are More Educational Than News Shows?

John Oliver offers an epic (and NSFW) rant on behalf of net neutrality so ordinary...

June 09, 2014

James on Dividing and Conquering

...is under discussion over at the Register.

June 09, 2014

For our Vampire Elite….

...patriotism is a quaint notion that the lower orders believe in, and which is useful...

June 07, 2014

Dublin on Two and a Half Million Dollars a Day

Michelle Obama mingles with the common folk.

June 03, 2014

Someone proposes swapping members of Congress for POWs

It's a idea with a lot of merit, but I think we have to stipulate...

May 2014

May 08, 2014

Super-Rich Working Harder Than Ever…

while the middle class is clearly slacking off. This, I am reliably informed, is the...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Major Study…

...finds US is an oligarchy. This is like a major study finding water to be...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

A smart and moving letter…

...to a professional state parasite who follows the enemy of God Ayn Rand in dividing...

March 03, 2014

Our Pathetic Ruling Class at Play

Kevin Roose spends some time at one of the soirees put on by the Wall...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

New York Times Blames Piers Morgan’s Accent…

...for his failure to connect with Americans. Us hayseeds in flyover country were too busy...

February 19, 2014

The Basic Structure of the Post-Constitutional American Order

Mammon has no interest in the claims to human dignity for the useless. Only God...

February 03, 2014

85 people own nearly half of global wealth

This week, the world’s wealthy and powerful meet in Davos, Switzerland, for their annual talk...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

Paul Ryan, Our Last Best Hope for a Truly True Catholic in the White House

Every worthless parasite in Congress that supports screwing our troops--yet again--should face the choice of...

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