There’s
no understanding without understanding
history.
Quoted:
“The
system is rigged against you by the big banks, and both parties are
in the thrall of the big banks. Anybody who takes money from Goldman
Sachs couldn’t possibly be president.”
Bill
Clinton. All in favor say “Bernie!”
Until
Debt Do Depart:
The lackluster economy is quite possibly attributable to the abrupt
decline in the growth of debt in this country. From 1955 to 1975,
credit grew at 8.7% per year, from then to 2008, it grew at 8%
annually. Since then it has increased at a measly 1.5% per year.
Say
Goodnight, Gracie:
“I’m
still very cautious about claims that inequality is bad for growth.”
Paul Krugman
Walking
Back the Cats:
Hillary has explained that
when her
supporters said
that Sander's female supporters will rot in hell and that his younger
female supporters are just trying to get laid were simply
“light-hearted but pointed remarks”, and nothing new.
Friends:
“During the financial crisis, Congress bailed out the big banks
with hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer money; and ... the
biggest money for the biggest banks was never voted on by Congress. …
The
Fed provided over $13 trillion in emergency lending to just a handful
of large financial institutions. .... Nearly all the money went to
too-big-to-fail institutions. For example, the Fed put out $9
trillion and over two-thirds of the money went to just three
institutions: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.”
One
Down: A naked
black man in Austin, TX charged at a police officer, who promptly
shot and killed him for fear he might have a concealed weapon.
Caption:
“I
understand why we’ve got a race on our hands, because a lot of
people are disillusioned with the system and a lot of young people
want to take it down. … I understand what it’s like for people
who haven’t had a raise in eight years. There are a lot of reasons
[to be angry]. But this
is not a cartoon. This is real life.”
Or
so Bill said, as part of the Clinton attack on Bernie Sanders'
supporters.
Cruising
For A Bruising:
A lesson in the weakness of man and the power of nature was visited
on 4,000 passengers on the Anthem of the Seas when Royal Caribbean's
weakness – its focus on profits – led the ship into a storm
carrying 100-mile an hour winds and 40 foot waves.
Bedroom
Patrol: The
Republican controlled Michigan Senate has passed a bill making anal
sex a felony punishable by 15 years in prison. Separately, one
assumes. The Republicans rather quaintly think this will only apply
to homosexual men.
Porn
O'Graph:
Bernie's bunch.
The
Parting Shot:
Enightenment.
2 comments:
The Republican controlled Michigan Senate has passed a bill making anal sex a felony punishable by 15 years in prison.
If the governor signs this, would he then be prosecuted for what he's doing to Flint?
I caught the story about the Anthem of the Seas this morning which was headlined on my homepage as 'Senator demands investigation' (assumedly into who thought it was a good idea to set sail in the first place...and you can be certain that is covered in the contract regarding ticketing.) It, at least the version I read, was attributed to a sixteen year old traveling with her father. THe story did credit her with having 20 cruises under her young belt and one of them was purportedly through a huricaine but it was nothing like the storm this ship encountered.
Didn't look it up but I'm pretty sure what letter followed that senator's state (not given in the article so as to not 'sway' any undecided voters here on the day of Decision '16 in the neighboring Granite State.
Re: Caption, so the Rhodes scholar 'understands' the people he has nothing in common with dissatisfaction over the system his wife is hoping to become the figurehead of?
Elect 'Billary' and you'll go eight more years without a raise! You have just voted for more of the same.
Then, RE: Say goodnite Gracie, I admire Krugman and his heart is in the right place...and I also suspect he KNOWS he's talking trash when he spouts obvious BS like being 'uncertain' inequality is attributable to (poor) gross economic performance.
Even a grade school student is aware if the customer don't buy, the economy stalls. Worse, in order to borrow, you have to be able to pay it back. We all stopped borrowing because we can't afford to borrow any more.
Brings us full circle to the 'free press' issue, you write what Massa tells you to write or you become a blogger...truth be damned, every journalist writes for their paycheck first. Just as this left-handed hit piece on Bernie shows.
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