Let’s Get This Class War Started – Chris Hedges – Truthdig
Chris Hedges: Let’s Get This Class War Started – Chris Hedges – Truthdig. By Chris Hedges “The rich are different from us,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have remarked…
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The GOP War on Working Class America
Freshmen GOP – 2010 Paul Krugman recently questioned the sanity of Congressional Republicans who, he contends, have inflicted such a level of dysfunctionality on the federal government as to leave…
Waging Class War is One Thing, Winning It Before the Other Side Knows About It is Everything
Bad news for working class America, white and blue collar – the class war they never really understood had been waged against them for the past three decades is over…
Living in Automated Times
We are steadily, inexorably it seems, leaving the world of manual labour. Even the Chinese are beginning to turn to robotics to replace low-wage workers. So, how do entire societies…
They Are Not Of Us
An interesting essay from George Monbiot today on the grooming of oligarchs and why, even though they govern in our name, they don’t rule on our behalf. They rule as…
To the Big Picture, Does the White House Matter?
A substantial majority of Canadians want to see Barack Obama re-elected. Why? To be sure, the Republican offerings of late have been unpopular here and pretty much around the world,…
Amerika Exposed
We can thank Chris Hedges and his colleagues for this. They had the guts to sue Obama and Panetta to challenge the constitutionality of the National Defence Authorization Act and,…
“Obock Obama”
Wearing a matching sweater vest, Foster Friess, the billionaire investor backing Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum’s frothy campaign to be Theocrat-in-Chief of the Free World, introduces his pet candidate at…
The Goldman Technocrats Take the Throne in Europe
Did Goldman Sachs play a key role in Europe’s fiscal meltdown and are Goldman Sachs alumni now moving into top positions in the most unstable Euro nations? Apparently so. This…
Der Spiegel Says the "O" Word
Spiegel Online has come right out and asked whether America has been transformed into a true oligarchy?It's an perfectly legitimate question and the answer is plainly "yes.""Inequality in America is…
Lifestyles of the “Job Creators”
Danish luxury retailer Aesir hopes to sell its $57,400, limited-edition 18-carat gold phones to the burgeoning market of elite “job creators” in the world. The solid gold mobile phone doesn’t…
The malignant influence of the Kochtopus
Via Montreal Simon and Alison at Creekside, this little gem: Teabaggers, Astroturfers, the Fraser Institute, robocalls directing voters to the wrong places, Harper wanking on about Canada being an "energy…
Amnesty International concerned about Bradley Manning
Amnesty International has taken up the case of Bradley Manning. In an open letter addressed to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, the organization expresses its concern regarding the treatment…
All Hail the Oligarchy
Yes, of course it’s obscene that the minority Conservative government is going to spend an estimated $1 billion for security for the upcoming G8 and G20 summits as a result…