"The game is rigged." Doesn't sound much like a "market" to me. And "capitalism" isn't the word you're looking for either.by Gaius Publius(This is part one of several pieces on what Bernie Sanders can accomplish if elected president. At the end I offer an example of a Sanders-like "What I will never do" speech.
by KenAt the top of the Redacted Tonight clip above, the great Lee Camp says:
Current drought status in the U.S. Note the color-coded legend in the lower-right portion of the graphic (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI started to write a piece about a nice BillMoyers.com write-up of a good set of feature (and media-interactive) reports at ProPublica.
The world, as the very very rich are making itby Gaius PubliusI've been listening for days and days about how bad are those bad people in Baltimore, breaking windows and such. And listening to the media give honoring hours and hours to the calls for peaceful protest.And through my head runs the one message this intends — Violence belongs only to the State.
"As I travel around America, I’m struck by how utterly powerless most people feel."-- Robert Reich, in a new blogpost, "WhySo Many Americans Feel So Powerless" by KenThe former labor secretary begins with three cases he diagnoses as examples of people feeling powerless:
