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Thrown to the Wolves of Wall Street 0

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September 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Economy |

The Wall-Eyed Piker, Quality Construction at a Price That’s Right Dept. 0

See the source for Farron’s report.

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September 7, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Politics of Hate |

Drug Gangs 0

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September 6, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon |

The Stock Market Is Not the Economy, One More Time 0

Will Bunch explains.

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September 6, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Economy |

Belabored 0

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September 5, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Economy |

Giving America the Business 0

Donald Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program protects paychecks–for boat dealers.

And this surprises you how?

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September 3, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon |

“Follow the Money” 0

Hal Crowther tries to “listen outside his bubble” and understand why some of his college classmates–mostly highly-educated professionals–support Donald Trump. He offers a hypothesis that may take you aback; follow the link for his reasoning:

As I see it, there are only three reasons why one of my classmates would support a demented racist clown. One would be senility, which doesn’t need to explain itself. A second would be almost total ignorance, the sole reliance on Fox News and similarly tainted sources of Republican propaganda that has rendered a large section of Trump’s base impossible to reach or teach. This one we can eliminate, in the case of my classmates. Most of them are or were doctors, lawyers, professors, corporate executives, investment bankers and the like, and it would be grossly insulting to imply that any of them rely on Tucker Carlson for ideology. The third possibility is selfishness and cynicism — an affluent classmate might be among the viciously greedy Americans who know that Trump is mad and destructive but always vote for the candidate who promises to protect and enhance their fortunes.

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September 3, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre |

A Tune for the Times 0

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August 22, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Republican Hypocrisy |

Decoding De Code 0

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August 22, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Economy, Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

Despoiled Wilderness 0

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August 22, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre, Too Venal for Words |

The Privatization Scam, Chartering a Course for Disaster Dept. 0

At the Orlando Sentinel, Scott Maxwell explores a race for a seat on the Orange County, Florida, school board that you couldn’t make up.

You gotta read this one for yourself. Words are still failing me.

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August 21, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre |

Trumple On Economics 0

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August 19, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

Sacrificial Lambs, Reprise 0

Read Farron’s source.

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August 16, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre |

Reinfecting the Economy 0

Title: Immunity Impunity. Frame One, captioned

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August 9, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Health and Sanity, Mammon, Republican Hypocrisy |

Target (Mal)Practice 0

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August 8, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Gunnuttery, Mammon, Political Theatre |

Facebook Frolics 0

Phoney phrolics.

why am I not surprised?

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August 5, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Too Venal for Words |

Taken to the Cleaners, Reprise 0

Scott Martelle follows the money.

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July 31, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre |

Taken to the Cleaners 0

David follows the money (Warning: 20 second ad at the beginning).

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July 31, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Political Theatre |

“Smart” Homes, Dumb Home Owners 0

I wouldn’t have one of those “smart speakers” in my home on a bet.

If Big Data wants to spy on me, they can do it the old fashioned way and peer through my windows, but I will damned if I voluntarily invite their monitoring devices into my house. Heck, it’s difficult enough to fend them off in my web browser.

(I learned of this news story because I listen to Le Show and you should to.)

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July 29, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon, Personal Musings, Running Naked through the Internet |

Car. Thief. 0

Why does this not surprise me?

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July 29, 2020 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Mammon |
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