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Makers and Takers

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

  My state elected a looter as its senator. Only now, a senator from a different state has introduced an anti-looting bill. What’s a looter to do? Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act, which is co-sponsored by Tammy Baldwin, … Continue reading →

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Epistemic Enclosure

Posted on March 26, 2019 by

  Liberal intellectuals are going to have stop snickering at Fox News watching conservatives with the release of the Mueller Report. The term “epistemic closure” has been used to refer to the claim that political belief systems can be closed … Continue reading →

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Ten Years After

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

  Ten years ago the US stock market tanked, and for the next several weeks financial markets were a cluster-fuck of panic and chaos. Americans were frightened of what was happening in the economy. The real estate market had collapsed. Venerable Wall … Continue reading →

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A state turns its lonely eyes to Mittens

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

  Mittens wants to be our Senator. Not only that but he’s convinced that we share his enthusiasm. We don’t. However, Mittens does offer a useful representation of our feral elite. Romney is the sort of centrist politician that stands for … Continue reading →

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Heck of a job Brownie

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

  If you wonder why America is in terminal decline, look no further than the lack of accountability. Not for us, silly. Under the regime of neoliberal-flavored-austerity there’s extreme accountability. Fuck-up and you’ll be living in a van down-by-the-river. No, … Continue reading →

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Washington Generals (Part 2)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

  How can the Democratic Party effectively oppose Trump and get back into power after they’ve lost over a thousand seats nation-wide since 2008? Oh, I know. Maybe former Vice-President Joe Biden, a Democrat, can show up at a swanky Deer … Continue reading →

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Accumulated Despair

Posted on March 27, 2017 by

  Lately, it’s hard to write about any aspect of our shared experience without running headlong into evil. Take neoliberalism, an economic ideology that increasingly orders our lives to a terrifying degree. While neoliberalism may seem incredibly complicated, in my … Continue reading →

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