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The man from Delaware

Posted on May 16, 2019 by camelotkidd

For the corporate and elite Democratic supporters who are desperate to stop a Sanders campaign, Joe Biden’s official entrance has been a godsend. Early polls put Biden ahead of Sanders by as many as 20 points and the same pundits who called … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged corruption, Delaware, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, neoliberalism, Nicholas Shaxson, Treasure Islands | Leave a comment

A Tale of Two Countries

Posted on May 2, 2017 by camelotkidd

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” When Charles Dickens wrote the opening lines of A Tale of Two Cities it was in reference to London and Paris during the French Revolution, but his epochal depiction … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged A Tale of Two Cities, best of times, Charles Dickens, class warfare, Clusterfuck Nation, corruption, Democratic Party, James Howard Kunstler, Matt Stoller, neo-feudalism, neo-liberalism, opioid crisis, PR, President Obama, technocratic elite, technocratic liberalism, Wall Street, worst of times | Leave a comment

The Flying Lemon

Posted on October 4, 2016 by camelotkidd

Reading the Project of Government Oversight report on the F-35, it’s apparent that the fighter/bomber is a flying lemon, and we the taxpayers are the unwitting buyers. The report claims that the F-35, built by Lockheed Martin, is weighed down … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged corruption, cost-plus, empire, F-35, flying lemon, George Akerlof, information asymmetry, Journal pf Strategic Culture, Lockheed Martin, looting, military industrial complex, military procurement, needless complexity, neocons, no-fly zone in Syria, noliberals, opacity, POGO, US military, US system of oligarchy | Leave a comment

He’s Our Boy

Posted on August 29, 2016 by camelotkidd

In the midst of increasingly shrill denunciations of Donald Trump, I’m vainly waiting for someone to acknowledge the obvious. He’s our boy. Politicians and their media allies want to pretend that Trump is some sort of aberrant outlier, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, American values, banana republic, bifurcated rule of law, Clinton, corruption, Democrats, Donald Trump, George Bush, greed is good, Nixon, Reagan, Republicans, scary muslim terrorists, southern strategy, xenophobia | Leave a comment

Failing Upwards

Posted on February 9, 2016 by camelotkidd

Despite being the richest most powerful country in the world the US is an empire in decline. Perhaps it’s because we don’t hold our elite accountable? Empire-101 requires holding elites accountable to maintain said empire. History is replete with failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bad shit happens, banana republic, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, corruption, deep state, empire, empire of chaos, failing upwards, feral elite, foreign policy, General David Petraeus, god's work, Jamie Dimon, KKR, Little Timmy, Lloyd Blankfein, Mike Lofgren, Paul Wolfowitz, Pepe Escobar, President Obama, Tim Geithner, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Two to Tango

Posted on January 7, 2016 by camelotkidd

We face a perfect storm of corruption in America, where corporations and the government conspire against we the people. The ongoing campaign to be the next US president is a bright and shiny 2-year reality TV show that changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Peoples History of the United States, banana republic, Bernie Sanders, corruption, crazy uncle, Donald Trump, FDR, Howard Zinn, Kabuki, New Deal, reality TV, US history | Leave a comment

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