(Cross-posted from the Daily Kos) On Friday, the New York Times did some editorializing in the Business section to defend Obama's nominee for deputy undersecretary to the Treasury for domestic finance, Democratic bundler and investment … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
Two Tragic Deaths – Liz Warren is Not a Progressive – Jay Ash
A couple of months ago a kid from one of the nicer suburbs was tragically killed in a car accident. It got a lot of press. The kid played football so there were a few reminders of it this past week in the ubiquitous coverage of the … [Read more...]
Joke Revue: Sexism a thing of the past
If watching the New York Times react with astonishment day after day at Senator Warren's splendid campaign against Antonio Weiss — the latest Wall Street multi-millionaire nominated by the administration to restrain his fellow Wall Street … [Read more...]
Senate Dems Add Mark Warner to Leadership Team to “Counterbalance” Elizabeth Warren
A week ago, we learned that Chuck Schumer (D-Wall Street) had pushed for including Mark Warner in the Senate Democratic leadership team in order to counterbalance Elizabeth Warren. The bankers whom Schumer views as his #1 constituency … [Read more...]
More professional sports nonsense
Apparently football fans and NFL owners are ecstatic that wife-beater Ray Rice has won his appeal of the indefinite NFL suspension and can now be hired as a free agent. In a world that I want to live in, Mr. Rice would be a pariah that … [Read more...]
Grand Jury was given incorrect instructions and it was never adequately corrected
Last night Lawrence O'Donnell (Boston native and evidently in town this weekend) on his MSNBC show, The Last Word, read from the grand jury transcript that the grand jury in September were given an unconstitutional (since 1985) … [Read more...]
Welcome to the (pumpkin) pie in the sky
Yeah, with a few helpful tips, you could even have a nice discussion with the relatives with whom you don't see eye-to-eye on climate ... because who is against clean energy that's cheaper? Renewable energy starts to win on price - … [Read more...]
Liz Warren HAS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT! She Doesn’t Have To Win. But SHE HAS TO RUN
I have no idea why there is push-back against Liz Warren throwing her hat in the ring for president. Oh wait. I do. The Hillary people don't like it. Well ya know what? Too effin' bad. Liz Warren has absolutely nothing to lose and … [Read more...]
No justice. Peace be to all.
Right now protestors in Boston and around the country are demonstrating solidarity with the family of Mike Brown and the community of Ferguson MO. Though they are far away from the site of the original outrage, these protests are right now … [Read more...]
“Can you talk a little about progressives who are surprised that rational arguments don’t win elections?”
George Lackoff has interesting things to say in an interview promoting his new book, "Don't Think Of An Elephant!" The interview, "In Politics, Progressives Need to Frame Their Values," is on the Truthout website. The title of this post … [Read more...]
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