Tag Archives: neoliberalism
Days of Rage
Neoliberalism, with its emphasis on markets rather than human needs, is finally getting the appropriate response. Days and nights of rage. There are currently widespread riots in France. The triggering event was police brutality: Rioting then spread to Spain and … Continue reading
The Resistance
The donkeys are already informing us that their first priority will be to super-size US support for Ukraine. Democrats plot major escalation of Ukraine war after midterm election. Fucking Democrats! While cynically appealing to working-class anger over the cost of … Continue reading
Lawless
Why should I obey the laws when our feral elite openly flout them? A country is only as good as the application of its laws. Are they universal in the way in which applied or are they situational? If an … Continue reading
Hauled it Away
On Paradise, John Prine sings. “And Daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County? Down by the Green River where Paradise lay. Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking. Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled … Continue reading
The Doom Loop
The AI freakout is the latest doom loop where the sky is falling, the dead are rising and it’s the end of the world, this time because AI will kill us all in our beds at night. Or something. I’m … Continue reading
Jersey
I saw this from Amy Walter at the Cook Political Report and laughed. “But in this era of deep and hardened partisanship, real world events don’t have the political impact that they once did, with voters more willing than ever to … Continue reading
The Sword
I was primed to be part of the professional/managerial/class like my parents. As a teenager I worked at a large amusement park, where they made me a manager. I enjoyed it and was good at it but soon came to … Continue reading
The Hits Keep Coming
Trump is really losing it, shit-posting AI manipulated pictures of him as Elvis in a white jumpsuit, and as Carey Grant pulling Netanyahu atop Mt. Rushmore, rather than Eva Marie Saint. Then there’s Trump’s AI posting on his “Truth Social” last week, where … Continue reading
