Hope this works -

None of the players are obscure, but it’s the only time I’ve heard them together.

I’ve been in the habit of saying that no one I am around IRL will notice these things, but that doesn’t really describe it . Naturally they notice things that impact them materially. What makes them […]

I think it was in Shock Doctrine that Naomi Klein explained the financial number that was pulled on the people of South Africa after they won their political victory. Sounds like those poor souls traded in one […]

Sad to say, the “toys” they play with are real people.

I’m banned from a local coffee shop because I expressed contempt for some NPR newscast that was on the air as I got my coffee.

Deploying the Secret Service so he can play a round with Tiger? Yep. That shows […]

The armed rebellion has already started without […]

That’s awful news, but thanks for sharing it. Good to know what’s going on, even if it’s depressing.

Do you have any ideas about where I could go to find out more about how this happened?

Most of the people around me do not use language well enough to deploy it as a learning tool.

My thanks as well. I read every post too.

Unlike BC Nurse I don’t bother sharing because no one I live around thinks it is important. Last weekend a friend was laughing at me for being out of touch with reality […]

It’s a warped society we live in where the law states innocent until proven guilty, but society says “Nope. Guilty.”

I think the popular tendency to assume guilt is actually the REASON our laws deliberately set […]

I always wonder what regular doctors are doing prescribing meds for psychological conditions in the first place. Shouldn’t that be left to psychiatrists? At least they have the training for it.

and this -

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/01/why-are-virtually-all-news-sources.html

Why are we so angry? That seems to be the core issue. As Wayne Kramer says, I’ve had all the lone gun men I can stand.

Here’s your answer […]

from Ian Welsh -

I’ll just note that you don’t tax the richest (really, the top .1%) at massively progressive rates to get money from them, you tax them so they don’t have money to buy up the system, including […]

Thanks for the links Raja.

There is a struggle for ascendancy among our contenders for the coveted role of fascist overlords. Brown shirts are slipping from the leashes of their corporate handlers, who are becoming so alarmed they begin to […]

Thanks for the post Don. I appreciate the clarity.

I think some of the framing that seems implicit in this passage is a bit off -

By making cuts 40 years down the road, and essentially borrowing those balances now, we can firm up the assets of Social Security […]

Back when I worked a night shift at a local paper we had an editor who was the proud father of a new baby. He was up all hours with feeding and whatnot and it showed. He would come to work with his hair awry and […]

A commenter at Confluence also linked to the Kevin Drum post. He deserves some blow-back on that one and I’m pleased to see that he may be getting it.