Failure of Representation: How Military Accounting Affects us at Home

“War is a racket”  General Smedley Butler   Most voters aren’t happy with the U.S. government. The President’s approval rating is barely above 40%, and Congress is at an abysmal 13.8% approval rating. There is an overwhelming sentiment that the elected politicians don’t represent the interests and desires of the American people. That sentiment got Trump elected, that sentiment looks […]

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Economic Collapse Part 2: Goldman and the Full Monti

Goldman Sachs just got it’s third appointee into the Trump administration, it’s stock value has climbed more than 50% over the last half of the year, and it’s executives (along with high level bankers at other major institutions) are dumping their portfolios at a dizzying speed. They aren’t selling because they’re fools, they’re selling because bankers expect a collapse. As […]

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Noah, Lahren, Annotating a Shit Show

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/m9ds7s/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-exclusive—tomi-lahren-extended-interview Disclaimer. I’m not posting this to examine and assess ideology, I’m posting this to discuss news mechanics and the dangers of being blinded by one’s own intellectual bubbles. I’m tired of people saying this political figure destroyed that political figure while big questions go unanswered.  I’m tired of hearing the people I agree with fail to effectively challenge their ideological […]

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Ellison and the Soul of the DNC

“Anybody from the Democratic side of the fence.. whose terrified of the possibility of President Trump better vote, better get active, better get involved… and we’d better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the republican ticket.”  Keith Ellison July 2015 “HAHAHAHA! I know you don’t believe that!  HAHAHAHA!”  George Stephanopoulos, ABC host, in response to Ellison […]

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