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About goddamn time... It's weak sauce unless it snowballs. And that's not likely to happen because the controlling folks of the Dem party are complicit in the genocide. Democrats in Congress are out of touch with constituents on Israeli Genocide

Big picture overview from former Ambassador Freeman: Ceding the Future to China

I get up at the crack of dawn, or before, most days. On Bengals' game days I'm usually pretty pumped and ready to go, even during the down years. This year hits differently for me. This morning I was up for 5 hours before it even dawned on me that the team plays today. The ghost of Paul Robinson has deserted me. (Yes, I know he's still alive; it's a metaphor.)

The System That Produced Dick Cheney Honors Dick Cheney This is widely known, but said well by Neuburger.

Caesar and Trump Nancy Pelosi made $130M in stock profits during Congress Career--a return of 16,920% Who is leading the Democratic Party? New poll reveals troubling answer Bernie Sanders crashes Schumer news conference, criticises Democratic Party leadership Facebook's fraud files -- 10% of gross ad revenue coming from fraudulent ads

I don't follow college football, but, if next year is a strong year for defensive players coming into the league, then make a trade or two now to stock up draft picks. And, if possible, make trades that free up some money for free agents. I think the coaches will have to do for the rest of the year and I wouldn't fire Golden without hearing his plan. He hasn't been here long enough to take all the blame. But I wonder if Taylor's time is up. Thank goodness for college hoops!

Follow up article by same author. Fucking Democrats never change. These are my peers. And as much as I have been around the party since the 80s, it's always the same old shit. Sell out the working class. And of course it goes back way longer than my active adulthood. Sometimes I wonder what the world would be like if Henry Wallace hadn't been fucked over. But nothing stirs the ancient Democratic establishment leader like the need to crush a promising progressive campaign for U.S. Senate so when Bernie Sanders’ supported war veteran Graham Platner started raising millions and getting called “The Maine Mamdani”, Schumer lept strollered into action and drafted 77-year-old Governor Janet Mills into the race. Coffee Break: Gerontocrats Bad Jacket Tactics Not Working in U.S. Senate Primary

Damn right I'm an "egghead"! Sometimes I'm arrogant, sometimes I'm compassionate, sometimes I'm humorous. It depends on the context. This is the more important consideration. Why would you think that "criticism" has any barb to it at all? I'm an egghead, MAGA are dumbasses, where the fuck does that leave you? Except as a sophist who just whines and complains all the time.

Also, I forgot. Stepanie Kelton's work is good on MMT, as is the whole MMT crowd. And although Michael Hudson is doing a lot of historical work in recent times (which I like), his other books on more modern issues is vital. I just reread Super-Imperialism again not too long ago and while some things have turned out differently since it's publication, it is still very good. Yesterday I read an article that led with a Harry Braverman quote: “ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects” – Harry Braverman That article was a little too ideological for me, but I was reminded that Braverman's book, "Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century", when paired with Baran and Sweezy's "Monopoly Capital: An Essay on the American Economic and Social Order" are very good breakdowns of some fundamentals from a socialist perspective.

Now for some actual economics! I'm glad to see you are reading/listening to Richard Murphy. One of the few Brits who has his shit together. Here's a bit I read this morning: Economic Myths: Homo Economicus Also, via the same site, from Wolf Richter: The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow off the "Debasement Trade." And lastly, from Asia Times. I was acquaintances with a few of the people who run and write on the site back during the 80s. Interesting that some of them turned into bulletheads, while others are still radical. But the news is well-done here, and varied enough to get a real flavor of what people are thinking in Asia. I particulary liked this piece, because what the Cinese have accomplishe in the past few decades is among the most remarkable achievements in history. As you know, I spend a fair amount to time doing antebellum American political economy, and the resonance between that period and the accomplishments of the Chinese nation tickle me to no end. C'mon Nobel Committee, Zhu Rongji is 96, do the right thing.

Lol. This asshole is just a one-trick pony. And the funny part would be this, if it weren't so serious: He doesn't realize that he is more vitriolic than many of those he hates on. I would say that T-dub is an extremist, except I know he doesn't do anything to change the world--except to bitch and moan about things. And his understanding of how the world works is so superficial that he thinks everything is a nail for his tiny little hammer. You are nicer than I am, Jamie.

Bingo, Jamie. Here's the Democratic party establishment for ya: Coffee Break: Bad Jacketing Katie Porter

Lol. What a fucking jerk you are. Dish it out but can't take it. Oh, to add: And you read it, every fucking word. So why lie about it?

You poor, naive, morally challenged sap. Do you even pay attention to the nonsense you say? I explained all this to you months ago. Of course policy was on the agenda you fucking dope. I and millions like myself chose not to vote for the Biden/Harris admin because of their crimes. And I noticed that the other day that Harris came out and whined about all the people who didn't vote (for her.). What a privileged asshole. The Democratic party abandoned the working class decades ago and that abandonment is one of the primary reasons that the generally politically uninterested folk turned against them and became so desperate that they voted for Trump. So, fuck you for even uttering this line of bullshit. Now, Jamie gets it. He understands that the class of folks who generally don't care about politics, but do care about their prosperity and general welfare, need to be treated with a minimum of respect and brought into consonance with some reasonable policy, especially economic. Showing a bit where Bernie simply goes out and does that is proof that this approach works. That you would miss the point, yet again, as you do so very often, is not surprising. And on top of that, you even found an excuse to whine about that. There is a reason why Plato started most of his letters with the salutation, "Prosperity". Oh, look at me, I mentioned some "academic" stuff from the guy who gave the concept of academy to the world. I must be out of touch. I'm so insulted. I forgot that problems are complex and require more than bitching and moaning to solve them. I should just leave it to the anarchist twatwaffles of the world to fix things. Stop being a battering ram for for a bunch of loser policies. Stop being a lackey for the empire, too. It makes all your hysterical ranting about domestic policy look opportunistic. Are there some serious problems? Absolutely. Is incessant crying about it on the internet going to fix them. Absolutely not. As we out of touch "hippies" used to say: "If you’re not part of the solution you’re part of the problem." So, again, a little less "internet democracy" on your part should be replaced by a little more actual political work. Find a couple of candidates you like and work for them. Hard. And stop being such a damned broken record troll.