Under
current rules, does the quo have to be synchronous with the quid?
Priorities:
Obama
has finally made the obligatory tour of the flooded areas in and
around Baton Rouge, drawing withering criticism for not imposing the
strains of a Presidential visit on the battered area earlier (and
honoring
the governor's request that he not visit earlier). Not that his
presence did any actual good, FOX and company wanted the photo op.
The people are a lot more interested in how well FEMA works, and it
works a lot better than it did under George W.
Because
They Can:
The NJ cop who killed a black man who had his hands up will not face
any charges, because... Because he's a cop?
Ducks:
After
years of claiming that the Clinton Foundation poses no ethical
conflicts for Bill and Hillary or the U.S. government, Bill now says
that if Mrs. Bill is elected it will immediately become an ethical
albatross. Sorry Bill, it became one a long time ago.
Pogo's
Place:
The
real enemy is not fossil fuels, it is the economic and political
system that was made possible by fossil fuels – the extractive
economy that depends on extracting and exploiting resources as fast
as possible, tossing the depleted materials aside and going after
more, more, more.
Life
As It Is:
about 90% of the people who live in San Francisco cannot afford to
live in San Francisco.
Our
Gang:
Documents obtained from CIA
files
show
that the United States, knowing that Saddam would use
nerve gas on
Iranian troops, provided
him with targeting data.
Because he was our guy, back then. Until he wasn't. There's a
lesson there, for us and for our current friends here and there
around the world.
Cooked
Books:
The US Army's financial accounting systems are so wildly inadequate
that in a single quarter the Army made “adjustments”
totaling
$2.8 trillion in order to give some semblance
of balance. In that the Army's share of the defense budget is
somewhat shy of $500 billion, that's a neat trick. It isn't that the
money has been stolen or even misapplied – the truth is they just
don't know where it is and what it was spent on. And while a lot of
it was undoubtedly misspent or stolen, it's
not the whole $2.8 billion – but it'd be nice to have at least a
ballpark estimate of what they're doing with all our money.
Headline:
“Clinton
Foundation Still Not Criminal.” Not
non-criminal, either. It also suggests that it will be, soon.
A
Parting Shot:
1 comment:
Happy Humpday! The system is the problem and that can be dealt with. It is the people currently in charge of that will be most 'problematic'.
We didn't arrive where we are today because the oligarchs are so intelligent and insightful.
It's like discovering your favorite author is a 'one note song', all they have is the one theme and it's all you're ever going to get.
In this respect our species is indeed facing an 'adapt or die' level crisis which needs two things to happen. One we must 'unite' because the problem is 'global' and secondly we must 're-invent' our entire social structure to fit our new, sustainable model.
We have the tools but they are in the hands of the self-interested that believe we can go on 'a little while longer' doing nothing.
We can't wait until they decide it's 'time to act'...it was time decades ago.
Leaving the 'question of the day' as 'how do we fix this?'
The answer is STRIKE! [Protesting isn't strong enough.]
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