Bachmania Foreclosed
crossposted from the Progressive PopulistCongresswoman Michelle Bachmann just has the worst luck. In the last few months Bachmann had smashed Sarah Palin's little red wagon by actually knowing how to...
View ArticleNo Corporation Is An Island
No Corporation Is An Islandafter John Donne, as modified by Mr Justice Scalia No corporation is an island, Entire of itself. [see below for completion] No Corporation Is An Islandafter John Donne, as...
View Article'Post' Propaganda Unhusked
The first media critic I ever read was the Village Voice's "Dr. Pressclips" column in the 1980s, reported by Alex Cockburn. I think he went on to do the same for the Nation.In the column he adopted a...
View ArticleMickey Ds' in Hot Oil
Cover of the report The corporate shills call it "tax optimization." It is better known to ordinary people as fraud. European Union member state tax laws are largely constructed as dodges for corporate...
View ArticleNo Low Turnout in 2016 General Election
The fantasy for 2016 being pushed by various GOP satraps is that turnout will be low, thus tilting the presidential electoral field toward the Republicans. It is true that suppressing the vote has been...
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