Wednesday

Oppressive Regimes

Saudi Arabia Begins Internal Probe Into Khashoggi Disappearance - I'm sure this will help.


Fun

Hitch Hiking


Big Fall

Facebook shareholders back proposal to remove Zuckerberg as chairman - It seems like just a few months ago he was running for President.



The Dollar

How Trump Could Fatally Weaken the Dollar - Another article on Trump weakening the dollar over the long run.


Brazil

Brazil: the First Republic under threat - It looks like the economy did pretty well under the left-winger Lula (President from 2003-2011). So,.... They lock him up, Lock up his #2 and are now about to get a hard-core military right-winger elected.

Healthcare

Don't vote for anyone who doesn't support "Medicare for All".


The Financial Crisis and the Great Recession

According to Perri (2013), income inequality increased during the Great Recession: Top-earner income declined by 4 percent, median household income declined by 9 percent, and bottom household income decreased by 20 percent (due to a large rise in long-term unemployed members). [link - St. Louis Fed]

I remember right after the market crash the wingers were claiming inequality had improved because the rich lost a lot more in the crash than the poor. I guess that was a bit premature.

The Painting

Soon to be available on velvet, and available in needle-filled parking lots of empty strip-malls all across the Midwest [Link Here].

Really though, With today's radical Republican party, TR, Lincoln, Eisenhower, Ford, and Bush Sr. couldn't get out of the R primaries. They'd die in Iowa.

Propaganda

Fox in the process of transferring the Hillary Hate to Ms. Warren.