Ian Welsh

Look out!

by KenI hope it's not news to you that nobody has come anywhere close to figuring out a new working model for providing and paying for content on the Internet, or that the idea that content is and should be "free" has now spilled over into more and more print media.

"What I see is that we are rats, deliberately starved and set against each other. . . .

The difference between a "death bet" and this kind is that at least with roulette you've got a shot at winning. With the death bet, you know the debt is going to fall due; you only "win" by dying before it does."In its pure form, the death bet is just that, a bet that when the bill comes due, you’ll be dead.

Is it really much consolation to the president to be linkable to this pack of born-and-bred nitwits and liars?"For Obama, there is no escaping health care. He needs to engage in an aggressive new defense that acknowledges problems in the individual market. . . . But he also has to grapple with the wider causes of discontent. . . . He can survive his enemies. He needs to win back the citizens who were once his friends."-- E. J.

He's already shown he's wiling to lie for the cause. Who better to turn to to protect the secrets of our secrets?"It's really hard for most people to understand just how much contempt our lords and masters have for us. . . .

"When Tony Blair and George W. Bush are put in front of war crimes trials, along with Rumsfeld and many others, we can talk.