Convincing the young to blame the old and not the rich
Dean Baker posted the following article on fair.org. http://fair.org/home/convincing-the-young-to-blame-the-old-not-the-rich/Very well worth reading.
View ArticleMedia Attacking Single-Payer Are Getting Paid Under Current Health System
Here is a link to this article by Adam Johnson athttp://fair.org/home/media-attacking-single-payer-are-getting-paid-under-current-system/
View ArticleEvictions
Here’s an article I just saw on evictions that I think is pertinent in this election year.Forced Out: For many poor Americans, eviction never ends. By Matthew DesmondArleen Beale’s latest eviction...
View Article‘You Shouldn’t Appoint Someone Like Scalia to Any Office’ CounterSpin...
I really liked this article.http://fair.org/home/you-shouldnt-appoint-someone-like-scalia-to-any-office/For the full cartoon by Ruben Bolling please see...
View ArticleI am so sick of this iPhone crap
It's so damn obvious. The right thing to do is FBI hands Apple the iPhone in question, Apple unlocks it without revealing the method, gives FBI all information on that particular iPhone. Privacy of...
View ArticleI am so sick of this iPhone crap - part 2
I strongly suspect that the giant hoo-hah over unlocking the iPhone of a proven terrorist has been cooked up and amplified by the right wing media in an election year, to smear the image of the Obama...
View ArticleShould iPhones be immune from search warrants ?
I got interested in this issue when, six days ago on Tuesday March 1, I heard a long long interview of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Bloomberg News by Emily Chang, followed by a long and snarky...
View ArticleDebate Hints to Hillary
In the Univision debate with Bernie last night your tendency to answer questions in full in a rational and detailed manner worked against you when answering questions about Benghazi, emails, and "why...
View ArticleWinning the war against dangerous drugs [1]
Let me begin with a well deserved insult. I have found that too many Kossacks can’t think outside the box. Two years ago I posted an article saying that we need to throw large quantities of money at...
View ArticleDK5 wishlist: Reducing misplacement of replies to comments
In the context of the comment section of a diary, I would like to suggest a change that would require nearly zero programming effort, but that would sharply reduce instances where a comment intended as...
View ArticleProposed legislation - tiny tweaks that would improve everyday life....
[1] Merchants should be compelled to provide non-fading receipts. My local Walmart is a particularly prominent offender, providing receipts that fade after a few months, and become totally...
View ArticleWinning the war against dangerous drugs (revised)
The fundamental argument here is that we can reap enormous benefits and greatly improve quality of life if we spend large quantities of intelligently allocated money on finding benign substitutes for...
View ArticleLabels that accurately describe Mr. Donald Trump
The press allows The Donald to get away with plastering opponents with inaccurate generic insults like “Horrible”, “terrible”. In response, here are some insulting labels that accurately describe Mr....
View ArticleJust What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob?
This article by David Cay Johnston was published today in Politico Magazine, Ties to the mob.
View ArticleDon't underestimate Donald Trump
First things first. Donald Trump has made some very attractive (though vague) promises. To make America great for everyone. But — among many other things — his record at Trump University clearly...
View ArticleReich for vice president - I think Bernie would approve
Robert Reich is a progressive economist and social theorist who has thought deeply about what’s wrong with the American economy now, and what needs to be done to fix it, with a clear vision for...
View ArticleWindows 10 "upgrade" hints
July 29 is the official deadline for installing Windows 10 upgrades free of charge.I put off the upgrade until very late, until yesterday, July 11, in hopes that by now the installation bugs have been...
View ArticleRobert Reich for Veep -- I think Bernie Sanders would endorse him wholeheartedly
Robert Reich fully understands what has happened to the Americans who have lost their jobs through computerization of office jobs, automation in manufacturing, outsourcing of manufacturing to countries...
View ArticleWho started this "can't trust Hillary" crap ?
It gets me madder than hell. For the past months I see news media giving great prominence to poll reports showing large percentages of respondents saying they do not trust Hillary. The "Distrust...
View ArticleDear Hillary - please - more humor & end anti-Trump comments with "Har har...
Dear Mrs. Clinton:I have great respect for your track record and your integrity and it makes me so very furious that the mainstream media have assiduously turned what should be a landslide against The...
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