The Bonddad Blog: It's (also) the interest rates, stupid!:
Agree about rates but I think the fact that a lot of old folks have nothing to do all day but absorb FOX propaganda has more to do with it than most people think.
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11.13.2014
11.11.2014
Net Neutrality
Since the late 90's, I've said that capitalism, not government, will eventually kill the internet. This post explains how that will happen.
Dear Senator Ted Cruz, I'm going to explain to you how Net Neutrality ACTUALLY works - The Oatmeal:
oh, .. and Ted Cruz is an idiot.
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Dear Senator Ted Cruz, I'm going to explain to you how Net Neutrality ACTUALLY works - The Oatmeal:
oh, .. and Ted Cruz is an idiot.
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Israel vs The US
Official: Israel independently learned of secret U.S. letter to Iran - Middle East Israel News | Haaretz:
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"Israel learned independently about the secret letter U.S. President Barack Obama sent to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to a Jerusalem official who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter.
The official said Israel learned about the letter shortly after it was sent. The information arrived indirectly, through channels that are not part of Israel’s official contacts with the American administration."So there is an Israeli spy in the administration. Imagine that....
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The Election
Senate races were won by dump-trucks full of "dark money" - Boing Boing:
No they weren't.
They were lost by the Ds who claim to support working people but generally really follow a pro-corporate-elite, pro-capitalist, pro-war, big-money path very similar to that of the Rs. The voters realized that voting for the D's in the past hasn't helped their status so either,... 1. voted for their ONLY other choice, the R's, or 2. just said fuck-it and didn't vote because it doesn't really matter which party they vote for, they are both basically are anti-people, pro-corporate-elite, American-Capitalism-rules, war parties.
Also
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No they weren't.
They were lost by the Ds who claim to support working people but generally really follow a pro-corporate-elite, pro-capitalist, pro-war, big-money path very similar to that of the Rs. The voters realized that voting for the D's in the past hasn't helped their status so either,... 1. voted for their ONLY other choice, the R's, or 2. just said fuck-it and didn't vote because it doesn't really matter which party they vote for, they are both basically are anti-people, pro-corporate-elite, American-Capitalism-rules, war parties.
Also
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11.10.2014
Banks vs Retailers
Banks take on retailers over who foots cyber attacks bill - FT.com:
After the banks win and all retailers who take credits cards have a bunch of new regulations to comply with and costs to pass on to the consumer, the R's, talk-radio and Fox News will convince all the consumers and small business owners that this new regulation shows how terrible big government is and that we should cut taxes and social security.
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After the banks win and all retailers who take credits cards have a bunch of new regulations to comply with and costs to pass on to the consumer, the R's, talk-radio and Fox News will convince all the consumers and small business owners that this new regulation shows how terrible big government is and that we should cut taxes and social security.
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Why they hate us
How Many Muslim Countries Has the U.S. Bombed Or Occupied Since 1980? - The Intercept:
Note on the election.... Running the place like an R will make some of the D's give up on you.
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Note on the election.... Running the place like an R will make some of the D's give up on you.
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11.08.2014
Israel
My FDL | Blog | MENA Mashup: Al Aqsa, Dempsey, ISIS, and Mission Creep:
US support of the hard-line Israeli government is the worst, the absolute worst, mistake in the US's growing list of foreign policy fuck-ups. It's criminal. If the rest of the major western powers ever turn against US policy we may see US leaders tried for war crimes.
The Israelis are using Gaza as an open air prison. Netanyahu tries to deport Arab-Jerusalemites to Gaza
If any other country on the planet tried to do some of things Israel is doing to Palestine we would be leading the charge for regime change and bombing the hell out of them but with Israel, we just ignore it and help pay for it.
Now that Obama has nothing to lose he should show some balls and stand up to Netanyahu and AIPAC.
Update: even American Jews don't agree with Netanyahu though it doesn't matter because the lobby, which must not reflect the views of most American Jews, owns congress.
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The Israelis are using Gaza as an open air prison. Netanyahu tries to deport Arab-Jerusalemites to Gaza
Now that Obama has nothing to lose he should show some balls and stand up to Netanyahu and AIPAC.
Update: even American Jews don't agree with Netanyahu though it doesn't matter because the lobby, which must not reflect the views of most American Jews, owns congress.
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11.07.2014
Russia and Natural Gas
What is the best way for the U.S. to counter Russia’s natural gas threats?:
or,... Maybe we can use the old Evil-Empire trick to convince those damned green, EPA lovin', enviro-nazi types to let us frack and build pipelines everywhere so we can get rich selling the US's natural gas to the world.
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or,... Maybe we can use the old Evil-Empire trick to convince those damned green, EPA lovin', enviro-nazi types to let us frack and build pipelines everywhere so we can get rich selling the US's natural gas to the world.
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11.03.2014
Links
Data collection is creepy, even when its mainly data hoarding:
American Machiavelli - Rs and Ds both represent the same people,.. and it's not you.
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American Machiavelli - Rs and Ds both represent the same people,.. and it's not you.
What has happened in America since the end of the Cold War, however, is that competition for popular favor has been reduced to a propaganda exercise—employing myths, symbols, and other “derivatives”—disconnected from policies of material interest to the ruling class. Thus monetary policy, foreign policy, and positions on trade and immigration vary little between Republican and Democratic presidents. This is a terrible situation—if you’re not part of the elite. If you are, all the gridlock and venom of our politics is simply irrelevant to the bottom line. For the non-elite, however, insecurity of all kinds continues to rise, as does a sense that the country is being sold out from under you.
Our political reality sucks: [SKIN IN THE GAME | Gin and Tacos:] and [The Internet Makes Real Organizing Harder]
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