No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations – not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly not trade unions. These fictional corporate entities have largely achieved transcendent imperial status, as they amass coordinated control over capital, labor, technology and governments because they have secured the rights […]
by NoahTrumpanzee prides himself on his tremendous capacity, the best capacity, for stating lies and otherwise misleading his gullible followers. Trump's ability to lie is the best that America has ever seen. His ability to issue insane tweets is also beyond compare, and he usually manages to combine his two talents well.
We mustn't pretend that Justice Ninowas anything but, you know, what he wasUPDATE: Noah passes along a totally to-the-point thought for the day (see below)Futurama Wikiby KenIt happens every time an American officeholder dies leaving behind a record of evil: Amid the conventional pieties about the great sorrow, the great evil gets lost in the shuffle.
"Famous Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania", an 1880 illustration of a tarred and feathered tax collector being made to ride the rail (click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusNot long ago, this excellent piece by Ken explored the real meaning of the Second Amendment.
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens"The right the Court announces [in Heller] was not 'enshrined' in the Second Amendment by the Framers; it is the product of today's law-changing decision.… Until today, it has been understood that legislatures may regulate the civilian use and misuse of firearms so long as they do not interfere with the preservation of a well-regulated militia.
