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Rick Berman-- As Evil And Destructive As The Koch Brothers And The Adelsons?

The first thing this morning, we tried, once again, dealing with the nature of conservatism and its historical demands for austerity. Thursday the NY Times came at it from another perspective-- a secretly taped speech by Dr. Evil, Rick Berman, an opportunistic union-busting fanatic and a vicious operative for the worst of the one percent.

Technocracy & Cybernetics: Richard Grove on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock

July 31, 2014: Ernest Hancock invited Richard Grove (Tragedy and Hope) on Declare Your Independence for a 2 hour discussion to provide his insight into cybernetics and technocracy.  They discuss the surveillance state and how Zbigniew Brzezinski’s writings on the Soviet Union influenced the surveillance infrastructure that we currently enjoy here in America in the post-911 world; which is being […]

Why Do Our Elites Keep Behaving Like Criminals And Sociopaths?

I've always been a law-and-order kind of guy. And yesterday I was horrified-- though not surprised-- when CIA Director John Brennan admitted the CIA had hacked Senate computers. Government officials do these kinds of things with alacrity because they know that even in the unlikely chance that they get caught, nothing happens to them anyway. Has Brennan been fired? Indicted? Jailed?

How Much Of West Virginia's Catastrophic Toxic Spill Should Be Blamed On The Koch Brothers?

I'm not certain if the report about the coal industry's latest toxic spill in West Virginia heading downstream towards Cincinnati is true or not, but I do know that when Compton educator Roland Charest saw the photo above, he could be heard saying, "I wouldn't be drinking anything that came out of those taps for at least a year."

Guess What Blanche Lincoln Has Been Up To To Make Your Life Worse Since Being Kicked Out Of The Senate?

John Boozman (R-AR) isn't a better senator than Blanche Lincoln was. When she was a congresswoman and then a senator she was generally rated an "F." Boozman is actually worse, although when you get down that low, there's no grade worse than an "F." There's no such thing as an "F-minus" or a "G." Boozman's ProgressivePunch score since he replaced Lincoln is a ridiculous 3.16 (out of 100) and for the current year, he scores a zero.