Tag Archives: Donald Trump

QE for you and me

Posted on May 23, 2016 by camelotkidd

Donald Trump is many things–racist, reality TV star, torture advocate, strong leader with fascist tendencies. However, Trump is also a truth-teller, in that he has repeatedly challenged conventional wisdom, as articulated by the American political and media elite. He’s kind of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9-11, Bash kept us safe, Bernie Sanders, CBO, conventional wisdom, Donald Trump, economic orthodoxy, economic populism, fiat currency, George W. Bush, Iraq, Libya, Modern Monetary Theory, neoliberal, President Obama, public infrastructure, Syria, US imperialism | Leave a comment

Misery Loves Company

Posted on May 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

Media and political consultants are in full mea culpa mode now that Donald Trump has essentially clinched the Republican nomination to be President. As part of this reckoning there’s also an effort underway to assess why it is that Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, economic populism, Eric Boehlert, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mark Ames, mea culpa, Media Matters, Naked Capitalism, Spite the Vote | Leave a comment

Managing the Decline

Posted on April 19, 2016 by camelotkidd

We are witnessing the first presidential campaign since the Great Depression that directly challenges the essential features of the US economy. All the controversy over social issues and immigration is just so much distraction from the bi-partisan economic policies … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2016 presidential election, banana republic, Corey Robin, Donald Trump, feral elite, Gaius Publius, Hillary Clinton, inequality, manage the decline, neoliberalism, New Deal, not a bug but a feature, Panama Papers, ruling elite, Ted Cruz | Leave a comment

Superfluous

Posted on April 12, 2016 by camelotkidd

I believe that the crisis of legitimacy gripping the American political system has been brought about because a large cohort of US citizens have belatedly come to realize that they’re superfluous. Many of these superfluous Americans are also recognizing … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anatole France, anti-establisment, Bernie Sanders, crisis of legitimacy, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, Ed Walker, emptywheel.net, NAFTA, neoliberalism, Origins of Totalitarianism, so-called free trade, superfluous | 1 Comment

The Invisible Government

Posted on March 28, 2016 by camelotkidd

I welcome the political awakening I see among friends and co-workers, caused in great part by the rise of Donald Trump as the leading Republican candidate, and Bernie Sanders as a challenger to the Democratic establishment candidate, Hillary Clinton. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Carey, apolitical blues, banana republic, Bernie Sanders, corporate propaganda, Donald Trump, Edward Bernays, free trade, Ian Welch, invisible government, manichean, NAFTA, Paul Krugman, plutocracy, Taking the Risk Out of Democracy, TPP, unions | Leave a comment

We Live in a Political World

Posted on March 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

Economic insecurity does strange things to a society. When both political parties pursue economic policies that benefit the 1% at the expense of the rest of the population those who are left behind turn to an alternative. Welcome Donald … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, Charles Pierce, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, foam the runway, global labor arbitrage, GOP, Little Timmy, monkey brains, NAFTA, neoliberalism, One Market Under God, political world, Republicans, Ross Perot, Thoma Frank, Timothy Geithner, TPP, wall street crash, What's a Matter With Kansas? | Leave a comment

Kindness is a Revolutionary Act

Posted on March 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

The Frankenstein candidacy of Donald Trump has been brought to life by neoliberal economic policies pursued by Republicans and Democrats alike. To be sure, Trump’s rise is predicated on his appeal to racial resentments and xenophobia. Normally this racism … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, culture of meanness, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, Emmanual Goldstein, FDR, Flint, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Ian Welch, kindness is a revolutionary act, lead poisoning, Michigan, Mussolini, neoliberal, New Deal, savage race to the bottom, social-Darwinism | Leave a comment

Queen of the Neocons

Posted on March 2, 2016 by camelotkidd

Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has a neocon problem. Clinton has just been endorsed for president by neoconservative intellectual, Robert Kagan, a longtime Republican who recognizes that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the presumptive favorite, would be hostile to neoconservative … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American empire, Bernie Sanders, Consortium News, Counterpunch, coups, deep state, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Iraq, neocons, neoconservatives, Project for the New American Century, regime change, Republicans, Robert Kagan, Robert Parry, Scoop Jackson, Syria, Ukraine, US foreign policy | 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

Factions

Posted on December 24, 2015 by camelotkidd

Seymour Hersh’s new article makes abundantly clear that the American deep state has factions that are vying for supremacy. “…at some point some other military leaders decided that they couldn’t follow the policy, because it was nonsensical, and did something … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deep state, Donald Trump, Joint Chief, kremlinologist, President Obama, Putin, Russia, seymour hersh, Sunni terrorism, Syria, Wall Street | Leave a comment