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Paul Ryan’s Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and What’s Really at Stake

Robert Reich Fmr. Secretary of Labor; Professor at Berkeley; Author, Aftershock: ‘The Next Economy and America’s Future’ I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department’s … Continue reading

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Dying Empire

This is a sad tale for me. Empire, NV has been an important part of my summer experience for the past 14 years. I’m sad to see it die. ———– An idle plant, an empty town The gypsum quarry in … Continue reading

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Tremble the Devil

I found this note on Reddit and have been reading this excellent book online. I can’t recommend it enough to anyone wanting to learn about the origins of terrorism. ————————————— Left my DoD Counterterrorism Analysis job, took on $87,932 in … Continue reading

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The Forgotten Millions

By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: March 17, 2011 More than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discourse: Washington has lost interest in the unemployed. Jobs … Continue reading

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A Teabagger, Union Member and a CEO are sitting at a table with a dozen cookies

A Teabagger, Union Member and a CEO are sitting at a table with a dozen cookies… …the CEO immediately takes 11 cookies for himself. The CEO then turns to the teabagger and says, “Watch out for that union guy he … Continue reading

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Coming soon

Been utilizing the great resource archive.org to grab the old content – articles and links – from my first time around with a blog.  This is in anticipation of the soon (I hope ) release of a new version of … Continue reading

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It;s the Inequality, Stupid

From Mother Jones It’s the Inequality, Stupid Eleven charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America. By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot | March/April 2011 Issue A huge share of the nation’s economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the … Continue reading

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Back from the Dead

My blog script died a year or so ago and took what content I had. Let’s see if I can keep it going this time around!

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