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Category Archives: Politics
Exposing Secrets
https://www.threads.net/@sars_cov.2_covid_19/post/DIffN-mvxHc There is an account on Threads that posts information that the government doesn’t want you to see. The next pandemic is knocking at the door, and Bobby Kennedy is throwing that door wide open and saying, “Come on in!” … Continue reading
Internal Critics
This is a response to an article from brainpickings, about how our internal critic holds us back from realizing our full potential, and becoming our true selves. This article was first published in the spring of 2016. It resonates with … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics, Rants
Tagged Adam Phillips, brainpickings, meditation, monkey mind, psychology, Sigmund Freud, superego
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New Party, Who Dis?
https://nypost.com/2019/02/26/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-will-star-as-superhero-in-new-comic-book/ “slated for release May 15”
Posted in Economics, History, Link blog, Politics
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY Post
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Libertarianism tried; failed
https://twitter.com/CorbinHiar/status/1082708005001547777
Posted in Economics, Link blog, Politics
Tagged Corbin Hiar, Joshua Tree National Park, Libertarianism
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AOC’s Green New Deal, as policy
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2019/01/aocs-green-new-deal-policy.html His take is generally positive, with some suggested improvements. He is impressed with AOC’s ability to generate this document in apparently a short time. It may mean she is not just flashy but also good.
Posted in Economics, Politics, Science
Tagged AOC, Green New Deal, Lambert Streither, Naked Capitalism
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The New Chinese Empire
This story about Ecuador’s debts to China dropped on Christmas Eve. The LA Times provides more background. Both papers are paywalled past a monthly limit, but Wikipedia is not. Now we have a similar story from Kenya, with denials from … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Link blog, Politics
Tagged China, debt, Ecuadore, Kenya, LA Times, NY Times, South China Morning Post, The Nation (Kenya), Wikipedia
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Trump, Puerto Rico, and debt
Trump is trumpeting where he is going with respect to Puerto Rico: privatizing the whole place because of their crushing debt. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/getting-ready-for-trumps-puerto-rico-shakedown Trump is responsible for some of that debt: will he pay it back? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-puerto-rico-owe-33-million-golf-club-bankrupt-coco-beach-golf-club-a7970201.html Note how the Independent … Continue reading
Kavanaugh’s lies
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/10/brett-kavanaughs-lies-perjury-nomination-killed.html
Equifax finally talks the talk
Walking the walk? We’ll see. But now we have their own standards, and promises, to compare their actions to. Difficulty: interim CEO. https://withoutbullshit.com/blog/new-equifax-ceo-paulino-rego-barros-jr-finally-gets-right
Posted in Economics, Link blog, Politics, Tech
Tagged data breach, Equifax, withoutbullshit.com
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Tax cuts do not pay for themselves
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-tax-cuts-offsets_us_59cd664ce4b05f005d3327d5