Tag Archives: matt taibbi

Makers and Takers

Posted on July 25, 2019 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in feral elite, neoliberalism | Tagged Bain Capital, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren’s Stop Wall Street Looting Act, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Mitt Romney, Money Honey's, private-equity | Leave a comment

Epistemic Enclosure

Posted on March 26, 2019 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged corporate media, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, epistemic closure, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, matt taibbi, neoconservative, neoliberal, propaganda, Republican Party, Russia-gate | Leave a comment

Ten Years After

Posted on September 20, 2018 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Barak Obama, Ben Bernanke, Bill Black, Donald Trump, Henry Paulson, Matt Stoller, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Timothy Geithner, Too Big to Jail, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a comment

A state turns its lonely eyes to Mittens

Posted on April 26, 2018 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1%, Bain Capital, Barak Obama, debt is a weapon, Donald Trump, economic populism, federal debt, Hillary Clinton, makers and takers, matt taibbi, Mitt Romney, Mittens, Rolling Stone, Utah, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Heck of a job Brownie

Posted on March 23, 2018 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Barak Obama, Brownie, Condoleezza Rice, elite impunity, FEMA, George W. Bush, heck of a job, Hurricane Katrina, invasion of Iraq, John Yoo, Karl Rove, matt taibbi, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberal economic policies, Rolling Stone, Ron Susskind, wall street crash, war crime | Leave a comment

Washington Generals (Part 2)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged corporate media, Deer Valley, extractive, financialization, gonzo-journalism, Joe Biden, Killing the Host, looting, matt taibbi, Michael Hudson, Mitt Romney, Mittens, neofeudalism, opposition party, Rolling Stone | Leave a comment

Accumulated Despair

Posted on March 27, 2017 by camelotkidd

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 →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged accumulated despair, because markets, Case/Deaton, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, eliminationist rhetoric, evil is easy, go-die, homelessness, ideology, Lambert, matt taibbi, mortality, Naked Capitalism, neoliberalism, no alternative, opioid crisis, Thomas Friedman, wealth polarization, Whigs | Leave a comment

The Weathervane

Posted on August 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

Thomas Friedman often serves as the weathervane for elite opinion. Friedman’s article, where he urges Hillary to double down on neoliberal dogma in order to thwart the evil Donald, reminds us that after all that’s happened in the 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Acela corridor, clueless elite, de-industrialization, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, feral elite, flathead, globalization, labor strife, matt taibbi, myth of meritocracy, NAFTA, neoconservative, neoliberal, New Deal, NY Times, Rolling Stone, so-called free trade, strongman, Thomas Friedman | Leave a comment

Confidential Informants

Posted on March 25, 2015 by camelotkidd

The banks and the financial industry have an outsized role in US economic and political affairs. Yet, they’ve also been accused of engaging in an ongoing crime spree. Rigging markets, hoarding commodities, hiding massive amounts of plundered loot, evading taxes, laundering drug money from some … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged banks, banksters, confidential informant, emptywheel.net, financial industry, Marcy Wheeler, matt taibbi, Whitey Bulger | Leave a comment

They Own the Place

Posted on March 5, 2015 by camelotkidd

The banks and financial industry have a lock on our political and economic systems, directly contributing to the growing economic inequality and bifurcated rule of law. Since Senator Dick Durbin blurted out to a radio host the power that the banking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged banana republic, banksters, financial industry, inequality, matt taibbi, revolving door, Rolling Stone, too big to fail, Too Big to Jail, vampire squid | Leave a comment