Brett Kavanaugh
Court in Crisis: How Much Partisan Justice Is Too Much?
This whole two-week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election, fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record, revenge on behalf of the Clintons and millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups.
— Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony, September 27, 2018
‘Groveling’ Before Murderous Kingdom, Trump Complains Saudis Deemed ‘Guilty Until Proven Innocent’ Like Kavanaugh
As a new flurry of evidence from the Turkish government established direct ties between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and those who allegedly carried out the gruesome murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S.
Larry Summers Trips Out
In a recent Financial Times article, Harvard economics professor and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers describes his excellent adventure driving from Chicago to Portland. As Summers writes, it “was a trip different to any I had ever taken,” full of revelations for someone who usually only travels long distances by plane.
Before the Law
The limited formal and negative generality of law under liberalism not only makes possible capitalist calculability but also guarantees a minimum of liberty since formal liberty has two aspects and makes available at least legal chances to the weak. For this reason there develops a conflict between the law and the liberties based thereon on the one side, and the requirements of a monopolistic economy on the other side.
Mob Rule: Is There Any Place for Civility in U.S. Politics
This week Hilary Clinton said, ‘civility can only return when the Democrats are back in power.’ Former Obama AG Eric Holder has coined a new phrase, “When they go low, we kick them.” Conversely, Trump’s Manhattan-like rogue charm will never win over entrenched liberal Democrats. Is there any chance that America will recover from the current malaise?
Showtime in America: Idiots’ Delight
The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.
— Karl Kraus, Half-Truths & One-and-a-Half Truths
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
— Mark Twain
All cats die. Socrates is dead. Socrates is a cat.
— Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros
The Ochelli Effect – Tragedy Hope News Missing Links
From Ochelli.com
Michael Swanson, former hedge fund manager who runs the financial website WallStreetWindow.com, has a Masters Degree in American History and is the author of the book The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite Joins us to discuss Tragedy and Hope with only a vague mention of Carol Quigley.
Porkins Policy Radio episode 160 Quarantining 9/11 with Robbie Martin
Frequent guest and friend of the show Robbie Martin joined me this week. We started off by discussing Reddit’s recent quarantining of 23 subreddits. We focused on their quarantine of the 9/11 Truth subreddit. We talked about the specific language that was used for 9/11 Truth about misinformation, and that the fact that no other quarantines specified misinformation. Robbie talked about the levels to which 9/11 Truth has been stifled in the past few years. We also contemplated the role of open source and crowd sourced research in today’s political landscape.
On the Use and Abuse of Rage for Life
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” How much truer is that statement now than in 1776! We’re poised on the precipice, peering over into the crocodile pit below, where fascists swarm and writhe in sanguinary anticipation. Humanity is on the verge of losing its footing and plunging headfirst into the open maw of reptilian sadism. Where you stand, in this climactic moment of history, determines whether you are reptile or hominid.