The fall of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong is particularly sad because at the age of 25 he was diagnosed with a serious form of cancer and was given a very negative prognosis. The cancer metastasised to his brain but miraculous chemotherapy saved his life. When he returned to cycling he was stronger than ever, but […]
The second half of the Twentieth Century saw another category added to the nouveau riche, the celebrity sportsman, and to a lesser extent, sportswoman. This category includes games such as snooker – which cannot properly be called a sport – and even chess. True, the first million dollar gate for a boxing match was way […]
I tweeted: “One area that has not received much attention by libertarian theorists, that I know of, is bankruptcy. Still work to do!” Someone asked me: “Do you have more topics without much attention from libertarian thinkers?” My reply: Yeah and I need to collect them. But here are a few, off the top of […]
This morning Carolyn Maloney,vice chair of the Joint Economic Committee released a report, Retirement Insecurity, meant to coincide with the 84th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act. The report shows that, while Social Security has been successful in preventing millions of Americans from falling into poverty, the two other pillars of America's retirement system are in crisis: personal savings and pensions.
In 2008, just as Biden was about the launch another of his 5 or 6 aborted presidential runs, the Texas Monthly asked him-- on video tape (above)-- where he stands on abortion. First words out of his mouth: "It's going to be very difficult [for him as a slimy politician]. I do not view abortion as a choice and a right... I think we should be focussing on how to limit the number of abortions." That's always been his position and that is still his position. "I'm a bit of an odd man out in my party. I do not vote for funding for abortion.
Establishment vs Bernie by Nancy OhanianJudging by the polls, the roll-out for Status Quo Joe went well-- especially (and ironically) with black women. According the new poll released yesterday by Morning Consult, Biden is the top choice among all men, all women, white men, white women and black men and black women...
When asked to describe the attributes in a vice president he's looking for by Cenk recently, Bernie said, playfully, he "would look for somebody who is maybe not of the same gender that I am and maybe somebody who might be a couple of years younger than me" and, less playfully, "somebody who can take the progressive banner, as vice president, and carry it all over the country to help us with our agenda and help us to rally the American people." Sounds like Elizabeth Warren, no? Kamala? Is she an actual progressive? Tulsi?
by NoahAnd then the obese orange ogre found a big white house where he could live for free, sponging off of the welfare provided by tax-paying Americans while he and his supporters moaned about socialism. And, the tax-paying American public did nothing. They did nothing to repossess the big white house they paid for with their hard-earned money while his cronies fleeced the treasury.
Billionaire bondholders, high ambitions and training robots + this day in history w/the Manchester Ariana bombing and our song of the day by Stickybudz on your Morning Monarchy for May 22, 2018.
