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A nice reminder: Bernie Sanders' classic 2003 take-down of Alan Greenspan. The phrase to watch from Greenspan is "wealth-creation." He means billionaire wealth, of course.by Gaius PubliusLast summer I wrote a piece entitled "The Clinton Campaign Notices the Sanders Campaign." I could have titled this one, "The Sanders Campaign Notices the Sanders Campaign," meaning, publicly points out their own real strength.
The deputy sheriffs, the soldiers, the governors get paidAnd the marshals and cops get the sameBut the poor white man's used In the hands of them all like a tool ...He's only a pawn in their game.(h/t Peter Sinclair for the video)by Gaius PubliusMuch is being made of the ginned-up "uprising" in Oregon — ginned up by outsiders like Ammon Bundy and other supposed ya
To go straight to the vote, click here.by Gaius PubliusThings like this can matter. Like DFA before it, the multi-million member organization MoveOn will hold a vote of its members to determine a possible 2016 presidential endorsement.
A mid-winter warm front over the North Pole, with temperatures above freezing (click to enlarge; GFS model courtesy of Levi Cowan; source)by Gaius PubliusIs it an emergency yet?
As the value of money rises, the value of things goes down, and vice versa (illustration by Constance Heffron, Happy Days, 1951, Allyn and Bacon; source).by Gaius PubliusWhy are the world's largest corporations sitting on trillions in cash?
American Petroleum Institute spokesmodel Brooke Alexander (aka Lying Pantsuit Lady) saying the one true thing she knows — "America is number one in bringing planet-destroying carbon to the world." She thinks that's a good thing, which is false.by Gaius PubliusMore excellent reporting by Neela Banerjee at the
by Gaius PubliusThis is just a news piece, so you know how bad it was. At DNC headquarters, they're marking this "mission accomplished." Adam Edelman at the NY Daily News reports (my emphasis):
"Killer Mike" interviews Bernie Sanders. Could this dynamic be a game-changer in southern Democratic primaries?by Gaius PubliusIn the most recent underwatched Democratic debate, there was a lot of ISIS-this and terror-that thrown around — and not one climate word, as near as I could tell.
Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plantsby Gaius PubliusIt's amazing what can be done by a government determined to do it. In the U.S., our approach to the climate crisis is to use the "invisible hand" of the market and be careful not to get in the way of "wealth creation" (for billionaires).
