No, you do not get to hang onto your most favorite, very special, carefully crafted and eloquently espoused prejudice, in the face of facts, without also being willing to admit, that you care more about getting off on it, than you care about other human beings.

No matter how long and/… Read full post »

People love to compare their own economics with government economics, in that lovely little common-sense-that-makes-no-sense manner. A rowboat may be fine on a lake, but don't try and transport thousands of people or tons of goods across the Atlantic using that design. It's going to take a bit more c… Read full post »

 1923: A row of five postal clerks testing the Gehring Mail Distributing Machine in the city post office building in Washington, D.C. What replaced them and it?  What replaced that?...

 

Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed

Although… Read full post »

When does the absurd become so overwhelming and all-encompassing and that it completely redefines itself? When you look at what Barack Obama says he is and what he actually does? No, when you look at how his defenders turn a blind eye to it. Just as he positioned… Read full post »

A Million... A Billion... A Trillion. The numbers we hear thrown around every day about budgets and now, the Sequester. Turn those numbers into seconds instead of dollars and you'll realize how limited the ability to comprehend them really is.

A Million seconds is: Eleven and a half DAYS
A Billion seco… Read full post »

 
"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government."

But he also said: 

 
As we rise up from the primitive, is it towards
illumination or immolation?

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How Dimly Diogenes Lantern Burns in
The Season of A Billion Lies 

 As we enter the torture of another Presidential Election season, I can think of no more appropriate time to post this excellent guide to the nature of fallacious arguments. Please apply it, to all the politicians, inc… Read full post »

  
Desire, Distraction, Denial

Incalculable moments of wanton desire
The seconds that tick by as you feel flames rise higher
What does it all mean, why won't anything stick?
Is the distraction enough as the seconds still tick?

To capture the mind, there's a connection somewhere
To dimini/… Read full post »

 Derivatives: The Unregulated Global Casino for Banks

from: demonocracy.info

Herein lies the truth of the matter: Truth is irrelevant, if you can't understand the concept… Read full post »

One decade ago, for the thirty one day period preceding this date in 2002, the Federal Deficit was $ 64.2 Billion Dollars.
Federal Deficit for the last 31 days: $ 198.2 Billion Dollars*

One decade ago, for the thirty one day period preceding this date in 2002, the Medicare Outlays in the Federal/… Read full post »

Well worth the read.  An interview with Morris Berman, author of "Why America Failed" on the culture I've referred to as "Amway America".  His observations and conclusions add subtance to the idea that "fixing" what we've always had in America is not going to happen and it's not goin… Read full post »

  
A good friend sent me an email about cops in riot gear showing up to confront abortion rights protesters on the steps of the Virginia Capitol. She said, “I’m amazed that women’s rights activists are seen as such threats…..this militarization is pretty… Read full post »

There's little more to say, Naked Capitalism tells it all too well.  They want you to smell the roses but all you're going to get is a nose full of fertilizer...

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/02/quelle-surprise-administration-and-state-attorneys-general-lied-mortgage-settlement-release-desc… Read full post »

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/173604/under-the-radar-rep-lamar-smith-seeks-mandate-to-store-mass-internet-user-data/

It would be foolish to believe that there’s anything which is accessible which isn’t being monitored and in one form or another, or that it hasn’t been going on for… Read full post »

I became aware of this video through David Brin's blog and felt it is so important, that having shared it through FB and my mailing list, I should just add to the potential for others to see it here:

It isn't temporary, or fleeting, or short (John Williams of the Fed "Unemployment… Read full post »

There should be a blessing for the pathological liar
Who’s talents are engaged to tempt your desire
Whatever the need, they can invent the quick lie
Which if they can’t remember another’s always nearby
They make up strange stories and embellish their lives
Screw up their families and che… Read full post »

Enlighten your dreams, enliven your day
This world which is yours has but one thing to say
Either get with the program, admit the real truths
About who you are,and what you fear to lose
Or losing will live on, while you slowly die
It’s only you who can reach for… Read full post »