Author's archive
War and Mongers of War 0
At The Guardian, Paul Mason opines that Trump will indeed go there. A snippet:
Been nice knowin’ ya.
Afterthought:
It’s truly disturbing that we have reached a point of hoping that Kim Jong-Un is the sane one.
Also, I think Donald Trump and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers grossly over-estimate China’s influence over Kim Jong-Un.
A Hostile Political Climate 2
Thom reports that the Trump administration is asking scientists not to refer to climate change or global warming.
Civic Duty, Reprise 0
Rekha Basu explains that “civic duty” means serving the civitas, not the privatas.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Fill your home with politeness.
Authorities say officers were flagged down Saturday by a woman crying hysterically and found the boy in a master bedroom of the home. A semi-automatic handgun was nearby and a drawer to a nightstand was open.
The Value of Labor 0
Robert Reich disputes those who argue that the working and middle classes’ income has fallen in real terms because the value of their labor has fallen. Here’s a bit:
(snip some more examples)
But they did the reverse: They spent more and more of their ever-growing wealth and power on rigging the game to their own advantage.
(Wording corrected.)
Have Cake, Eat It Too, Bitcoin Dept. 0
If it acts like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, and persons treat it like they treat ducks, why, then, clearly it must be a mongoose.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Do polite stuff.
Officials say the bullet struck a friend in the abdomen . . . .