Author Archives: camelotkidd

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 →

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The Ultimate Conspiracy

Posted on September 8, 2013 by camelotkidd

With the news dominated by Syria and the Obama Administration’s strenuous efforts to go to war, it’s a good time to look at the reasons why. Of course we won’t be examining the proffered excuses put forth by the administration, … Continue reading →

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Spilling Your Guts

Posted on July 10, 2013 by camelotkidd

One of my favorite novels is Catch 22. In the novel Yossarian, the protagonist, tends to a wounded comrade named Snowden after flak hits their plane during a bombing raid. At first Yossarian thinks he has found Snowden’s wound and … Continue reading →

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Tribal Two-Step

Posted on July 9, 2013 by camelotkidd

The Supreme Court just finished off a busy session with a flourish. After passing a host of pro-business rulings, and gutting the Voting Right Act, they pivoted and overturned the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8. Now most of us … Continue reading →

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Woops!

Posted on April 19, 2013 by camelotkidd

If you want to know how economic reports influence your world for the worse, look no further. Here’s Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism. Linchpin Pro-Austerity Paper Rife with Errors; Recomputed Results Show No Growth Hit from High Government Debt Economist’s … Continue reading →

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It’s all about the rents

Posted on April 15, 2013 by camelotkidd

John Maynard Keynes was famous for his acerbic quote: Euthanize the rentiers. How did we come to worship the rentiers in our economy instead? I’ve been nattering on about the scourge of rentiers since CK’s inception, and how classical political … Continue reading →

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Eating Your Foot

Posted on April 11, 2013 by camelotkidd

We have an amazing amount of stupid in our country when it comes to economics. Case in point. One of our state legislators, representative Jake Andregg, R–Lehi, claims that taking federal money for Medicaid expansion, is akin to cannibalism. “It’s … Continue reading →

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All-American Oligarchy

Posted on March 30, 2013 by camelotkidd

Deconstructing “free-market” economic ideology is why I started blogging. It was hard to miss that economic ideology was being employed much like religious dogma in an effort to justify conservative neo-feudal policies. These neo-feudal policies, best exemplified by the bi-partisan push … Continue reading →

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Critical Pedagogy

Posted on March 26, 2013 by camelotkidd

Is our children learning? Yeah. They’re learning to be passive, non-critical thinking consumers who don’t know anything about history. As radical intellectual Noam Chomsky, notes. “Our kids are being prepared for passive obedience, not creative, independent lives.” This is not … Continue reading →

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The Empire Strikes Back–Continued…

Posted on March 18, 2013 by camelotkidd

The recent election was quite illuminating in understanding neo-feudalism. There’s always been a tension inherent in the vision of America democracy.   On one hand are the Jeffersonians who see democracy as the natural trajectory. On the other hand, are the … Continue reading →

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