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Stock Market Fetish

Posted on April 5, 2018 by

I’m of the opinion that we pay way too much attention to the stock market.  While news hosts and twitterers obsess over its fluctuation, it isn’t the end all, be all sign of our economic health,  although there’s an upside … Continue reading →

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Capitalist No More: The New American Economy

Posted on February 27, 2017 by

I attended a local forum group yesterday at my local library, the topic was “The Economy under a Trump Presidency.”  The panel consisted of three men of varying backgrounds, all from the area:  an economics professor, a former Tea Party … Continue reading →

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Koch Bliss: Donald is Their Dream Distraction

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

It was telling to me that the Koch brothers declined to support or endorse a Donald Trump candidacy, on a couple of levels. The first is trivial, I confess, yet it’s an indicator. It piqued my curiosity that the Koch … Continue reading →

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Realities of Religion and Propaganda

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

With the revelations that fake news sites had a hand in deciding the election, the industry itself is struggling to figure out how to best handle an ‘anything goes’ kind of world. While journalists ponder the issue, I think we … Continue reading →

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When COC is CEO: Political Projection

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

With all the scuffle going on about Donald refusing daily intelligence briefings (because busy!) we might as well figure out that this is what we’re in for when the roles of CEO and COC are mingled. We didn’t elect a … Continue reading →

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Payback Problem

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

Top Democrats are planning to block some of Trump’s cabinet nominees, or at least make the process a living hell. The writing was on the wall for this one, but it bears some deeper inspection. Of course the dems can … Continue reading →

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Pacific Republic: Social Conjecture #44

Posted on December 4, 2016 by

So there’s a rumor floating around about California seceding from the union and setting up it’s own shop in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. I wrote about the idea of a Pacific Republic in my latest fiction work, and … Continue reading →

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Protests, Recounts, Investigations: Why?

Posted on November 28, 2016 by

First there were protests (though some of that was an expression of angst in general). Now there are recounts and investigations. It seems all kinds of messy, as democracy usually is.  But at this point, with a reactionary as president-elect, … Continue reading →

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First Ten Days

Posted on November 23, 2016 by

Yeah. It’s like a preview for the rest of the presidency:  Donald Trump’s first ten days have been difficult to follow and full of the same incendiary divisiveness as his campaign.  More bothersome, they were full of highly questionable decisions … Continue reading →

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Financialization Complete

Posted on November 13, 2016 by

It is with all confidence that I can say the recent election results have indisputably ushered us into a full-blown Financialization Era.   We can no longer claim to be a democracy, we are now an oligarchy. While I can … Continue reading →

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