Author Archives: camelotkidd

Feral Elite

Posted on March 14, 2014 by camelotkidd

What happens when you look forward instead of backward and refuse to hold your elite accountable for disastrous policy decisions and crimes? You get feral elite. They’re running wild, breeding with other feral elite. It’s a real problem. Our financial … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Avner Offer, Bill Black, Chris Hedges, CIA, feral elite, psychopathic, sociopathic, spying, Too Big to Jail, vampire squid, war on terror | 1 Comment

Democracy Inc.

Posted on January 25, 2014 by camelotkidd

I’ve talked before how neoliberalism is leading inexorably to new type of power relationship that I’ve labeled neofeudalism. The evidence of this new relationship is all around us: record unemployment, outrageous student loans, dangerous chemical spills, and rampant inequality. Americans … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Democracy Incorporated, inverted totalitarianism, managed democracy, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Sheldon Wolin, TPP | 2 Comments

Mind Fog

Posted on January 14, 2014 by camelotkidd

When Mark Twain commented that, “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is getting its shoes on,” he was talking about America. It’s only gotten worse. We live in a world of bullshit, where reality is manufactured … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged advertising, agnotology, Mark Twain, neoliberalism, Never Let A Seious Crisis Go To Waste, Philip Mirowski, propaganda, public relations, uncertainty | Leave a comment

The Takers

Posted on December 13, 2013 by camelotkidd

A People’s History of the United States, by historian Howard Zinn enrages conservatives. For good reason, the controversial retelling of American history depicts an early republic founded on genocide. Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, now President of Purdue University, reflects the sentiment … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Peoples History of the United States, Ayn Rand, free market, French Revolution, George Orwell, Howard Zinn, Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, primitive accumulation | 1 Comment

Coming Out of the Closet

Posted on December 7, 2013 by camelotkidd

I have decided to come out of the closet and live my life free from shame. Nope, not gay, if that’s what you were thinking. Not that there’s anything wrong with that sort of thing. No, my closet consists of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged class warfare, inequality, John Lennon, karl marx, marxism, Naked Capitalism, neoliberalism, Yves Smith | Leave a comment

Primitive Accumulation

Posted on November 28, 2013 by camelotkidd

I’m fascinated by neoliberalism and the worship of the market. I’m especially interested in the intellectual underpinnings of this ideology and how it became our de facto religion. In his new book: Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Affordable Care Act, enclosure acts, free market capitalism, Michael Perelman, neoliberalism, Phiip Mirowski, primitive accumulation | Leave a comment

The Ratfuck That Keeps on Giving

Posted on November 22, 2013 by camelotkidd

I read compulsively, mostly non-fiction with a focus on world affairs. I’m always looking for the missing piece of a puzzle. What caused historical actors to do what they did? Why this particular policy and not that one? That sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Donald Segretti, H.R. Halderman, John Ehrlichman, ratfuck, War on Drugs | 1 Comment

Little Timmy’s Big Payday

Posted on November 19, 2013 by camelotkidd

Last week the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell of an Opinion article by former Federal Reserve official, Andrew Huszar. You may not have heard of it. “I can only say: I’m sorry, America. As a former Federal Reserve official, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged N.Y. Fed, QE, Tim Geithner, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, William K. Black | Leave a comment

Monsters Among Us

Posted on November 3, 2013 by camelotkidd

We were privileged to have a real live monster visit Salt Lake City days after Halloween. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke on independent journalism and its role in diplomacy at Rowland Hall as part of the McCarthey family lecture … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Edward Snowden, empire, genocide, George W. Bush, Iraqi sanctions, Marcey Wheeler, Medeleine Albright, Milosevic, NSA, Nuremberg, wikileaks | 1 Comment

Deep State

Posted on September 29, 2013 by camelotkidd

God, we live in interesting times! On one hand, we have ongoing revelations from whistleblower, Edward Snowden, detailing a massive surveillance state, determined to spy on everyone, American citizens included. “Collect it all,” is the motto of NSA chief, General … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged C. Wright Mills, deep state, Edward Snowden, empire, executive branch, Fred Branfman, Gaius Publius, Keith Alexander, NSA, NSC, power elite, war on terror | Leave a comment