corporatocracy american style
Corporatocracy: a term used to suggest an economic and political system controlled by corporations or corporate interests.[1] It is a generally pejorative term often used by critics of the current economic situation in a particular country, especially the United States.[2][3] The term has been … [Read More...]
vitamins are bad for you? what about pharmaceutical drugs?
The next time you read about how vitamins are bad for you or how America needs to prosecute a "war on drugs", ask yourself: is this just propaganda spun by the pharmaceutical companies and government agencies to protect the trillion dollar a year healthcare apparatus? What are some of the … [Read More...]
gun control: an issue in search of trending bloggers
Gun control. Suddenly, out of the clear pungent blue of dead bodies, cries of gun bans can be heard across the spectrum from people who had never given the matter much thought. It's all so important and obvious. Even the incredibly smart writers over at truthdig.org have been flummoxed by the media … [Read More...]
the international bankers stole your money
Following up from my article here with some questions as to the real and perceived differences between Democrats and Republicans, some have taken the view that American democracy has become a corporatocracy, with both parties complicit in selling their ideals to moneyed interests. For most … [Read More...]
the state as religion
Great article by Nadeem Walayat (who writes the longest sentences in the history of the free world), "Mayan End of the World 2012 Prediction, Economy and Elite Use of Religion to Control", that offers a brief outline of why religion developed, and shows how it morphs into the modern day state. … [Read More...]
is democracy dying, or just the democrats?
In a recent Google+ thread Stephen Miller asked the question, "As members of a "Sensible Politics" community engaged in "progressive democratic discussions," I'll ask this: What is your greatest frustration with the current state of the Democratic Party in the U.S.? While liberals see substantial … [Read More...]
Republicans attack the sick and elderly
Are Republicans trying to use the debt ceiling for political revenge, forcing the sick and elderly to suffer cuts in Medicare to pay for the massively irresponsible deficit spending initiated during the Bush years? After starting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, allowing banks through … [Read More...]
the end of democracy that never began
Most Americans take for granted that the "checks and balances" they learned about in high school are sufficient to keep American democracy humming along at comfortable cruising speed. In fact, few realize the extend to which government corruption has no oversight or control. In Government … [Read More...]
the coming economic collapse . . .
Paul Farrell is one of my favorite financial writers. Not that I always agree with everything he says, although a lot of it is good, but because he's not afraid to stand apart from the flock of institutional and media talking heads and tell it like he sees it. As anyone who reads Paul knows, he's … [Read More...]
internet freedom and revolutionary cries
As I recently wrote about here, Google is calling for us to join them in the fight to keep the Internet open and free from government censorship and control. I think this is a worthy fight that needs to be taken to governments and corporations everywhere. There is the caveat, however, that Google … [Read More...]
the only thing we fear is ourselves . . .
I finished eating and told myself I had to write an article. I "had" to write an article? What kind of attitude is that? I may have to eat, and maybe even in some rarefied, sublimated spiritual sense I also "have" to write. I may even love to eat. But is my passion for doing what I love most -- … [Read More...]
economic news: national debt, fiscal cliffs and debt ceilings
In Data Front: We're Not Seeing The Growth Economists Predicted, Lance Roberts points out that the great economic surge everyone is banking on for a jolly holiday stock market rally isn't supported by manufacturing data. . . . surge in demand isn't materializing at the manufacturing level. For … [Read More...]
google: evil big brother or freedom fighter?
The New York Times casts a wary eye on Google's monopoly in search, online advertising and commerce in Google Casts a Big Shadow on Smaller Web Sites. I believe it is always dangerous when too much power is concentrated in one place, especially when it deals with critical aspects of freedom such as … [Read More...]
American Insecurity
In an AP article printed here, Patraeus: CIA blamed attack on terrorists, we learn the CIA withheld evidence that the 9/11 Benghazi attack on the ill-protected American Embassy was what they are now calling a terrorist attack. The CIA wants you to know that they withheld the information so as not … [Read More...]
Is Obama a Closet Zionist NEOCON?
Rabbi Michael Lerner writes in Liberals and Progressives Happy but Not Elated About Obama's Re-Election, describing the Obama administration's failure to provide a genuine alternative to republican privilege, moneyed interest and hawkishness at home and abroad. For all Obama's rhetoric of … [Read More...]
mitt romney: the silver-spoon president who wasn’t
While middle America, along with most of the rest of the world, breathes a collective sigh of well-deserved relief at Mitt Romney's failed presidential bid, others are lamenting our prospects of a dismal future under Obama. Here's the rhetoric of delusion. Obama is an anti-Semitic socialist who … [Read More...]
does new social media make us stupid?
The sad fact is that with the deluge of information today, the long form of article writing is giving way to shorter attention spans -- the 2 second sound bite, the tweet, the quip, the blip, the like, the share, the plus, the buzz of knats in heat. The long form will never die as there will always … [Read More...]
it’s all about the money | wake up
The emails I'm getting are disgusting. Gone is the talk about issues. Gone is talk about war, global warming (did we ever talk about that?), environmental destruction and pollution (we stopped caring about that long ago), civil, human and constitutional rights, jobs, healthcare, corruption, … [Read More...]
Stock Market Warning
Parties are great while they last. The Federal Reserve has been loading the pipe with as much crack as the CIA can smuggle from Central America, sending the stock market on a great run from the 2009 lows. You wouldn't expect the market to struggle this soon after the announcement of QE3. … [Read More...]
health news: sleep, carbs & gluten
Deep sleep is critical for optimal health. An inability to sleep well has even been linked to diseases such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Everything that goes on in the body during sleep is not yet understood, but sleep is when the body can optimally repair and regenerate itself. And there are new … [Read More...]
Fed Policy: Rich Rezney on Seeking Alpha | Chris Whalen
Rich Rezney makes some interesting points over at Seeking Alpha about Federal Reserve policy, and how it might actually be working to slow economic recovery in the US. My takeaway is that the government is doing what it always does, mortgage the future to pay for the sins of today. It is the … [Read More...]
Obama–Romney: bender in denver, and the winner is . . .
Is there some sentimental reason Jim Lehrer still moderates presidential debates? He has a queasy smile and the backbone of a conservative at a wine-tasting for Middle-East oil sheiks, or a liberal on a committee to form a committee to increase regulation on Wall Street bankers. Most people are … [Read More...]
Apple iPhone 5: blowout, or beginning of the end?
What's up with Apple and their new iPhone 5 megawonder, techno-gamechanging, utterly groundbreaking . . . cell phone? It is sometimes useful to look at a company's stock price to see what may be going on under the surface. Prices rose into the iPhone 5 product release, but results from the … [Read More...]
China/Japan conflict hurts Japanese economy
As tensions between China and Japan continue to escalate over the Diaoyu Islands dispute, economic repercussions have analysts worried about the regions already slowing economy, at a time when Europe is experiencing critical solvency issues and social unrest spreads globally. What effect this has … [Read More...]
Your Constitutional Rights Are Being Threatened
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] has sponsored a new Bill -- S. 3515, or the Protect America’s Privacy Act of 2012. It is important that you support this Bill to stop the continued erosion of our constitutional freedoms by the US government, starting with the hysterical response to the 9/11 terrorist … [Read More...]
Mitt Romney: 47% of stupid is REALLY stupid
There's no mistaking the mentality of modern-day conservatives. As George Bush famously said, "You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror." With us or against us? Is that the kind of bully-in-the-schoolyard, good guy/bad guy, black and white mentality we want leading America? … [Read More...]
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Linked In: political rumblings
January 13, 2013 By New Superhuman Leave a Comment
Here's a recent and ongoing discussion in the American Politics Culture & Economy group on Linked In. Add your comments below. The thread begins when "Sue" posted a link to the article The Socialist Mind Game: A Brief Manual. With regard to this confused and incoherent article, which … [Read More...]