Mammon category archive
This New Gilded Age 0
Robert Reich offers a simple explanation of the increase in child labor. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
(snip)
Why on Earth is this happening? The answer is frighteningly simple: greed./blockquote>
This New Gilded Age 1
Sam and his crew discuss the growing use of child labor in American industry.
All the News that Gives Us Fits 0
Atrios suggests that it might be a good idea to avoid cable news.
I would go further. I avoid broadcast news altogether, except for certain local news websites, When broadcast news changed from being a loss leader to a profit center–when it begin to value “eyeballs” over accuracy, “engagement” over integrity–it went into–er–descent.
No Place To House 0
Badtux does the math.
Aside:
I’m so old that I can remember something that might help. What was it called?
Oh, yeah.
Artificial? Maybe. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Steve Wozniak is no longer fan of Elon Musk or Teslas. From SFGate:
Follow the link for context.
The Diddle, Reprise 0
Hegemony Now authors Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams discuss how financialization took over our economy and turned it into a casino for the uber-rich.
The Privatization Scam 0
The Orlando Sentinel’s Scott Maxwell reports on the difficulties reporters encounter in trying to find out what Florida is getting in return for its school voucher money. A snippet; details at the link:
The Crypto Con 0
At Above the Law, Jonathan Wolf delivers a (Taylor) Swift blow to those who could not (or would not) see through the hype.
Excerpt or summary will not do his piece justice. Just go read it.
Misdirection Play, War on Woke Dept. 0
Thom explains the con.
Aside:
I had not heard the term “diversionary warfare” before, but I think I’ll stick with “misdirection play.”
This New Gilded Age 0
Michael in Norfolk minces no words in discussing Republicans’ efforts to return our society to a Dickensian dystopia. An excerpt:
The Privatization Scam, Establishmentarian Dept. 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Victoria Hugo-Vidal argues forcefully against public funding of religious schools. Some snips:
I went to private Catholic schools from kindergarten all the way up through high school . . . .
But it was often a financial struggle. . . .
That being said, I absolutely, positively, utterly, completely and steadfastly oppose using taxpayer money for private religious schools.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Hardly. 0
At The Roanoke Times, Dan Casey offers a case study in real stupid.
Doubting Thomas 2
At AL.com, Frances Coleman looks at Justice Clarence Thomas’s acceptance of largess (actually, multiple largesses over multiple decades) from a politically active right-wing moneybags and reminds us that can appearances matter. A snippet:
A judge breaks the rule even if he (or she) does things that don’t affect his decisions, but where a reasonable and well-informed person would believe that his conduct would affect his decisions.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Robert Kuttner describes the disparity.