Ladies and gentlemen, it appears the long anticipated moment of peak mainstream media stupidity may have finally arrived. This is what passes for journalism in America today. The Intercept reports: Sen. Rand Paul’s expression of opposition to a $1.1 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia — which has been brutally bombing civilian targets in Yemen … Read more
These agreements were created 100 years ago to give juvenile defendants and first-time offenders a chance to for rehabilitate themselves. Only in the last 20 years have DPAs migrated to the field of corporate criminals, treating them like kids who’ve just gone down a bad path in life. The Justice Department is leaning on these … Read more
The newly released financial files on Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s growing fortune omit a company with no apparent employees or assets that the former president has legally used to provide consulting and other services, but which demonstrates the complexity of the family’s finances. Because the company, WJC, LLC, has no financial assets, Hillary Clinton’s … Read more
This should keep you busy over the long weekend. 28 links today. Enjoy. 12 Things I Learned From the FBI Report on Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server (Total madness, must read, The Washington Post) Clinton Staff Smashed Old Blackberry Devices with Hammer (Boston Globe) List of the 400 Wealthiest People in the World (Excluding Michael … Read more
Obama needs to ensure he gets well compensated after leaving office for a job well done protecting, defending and further enriching the global oligarch class. This is precisely why he’s so adamant about passing the TPP during the upcoming lame duck session of Congress, when he knows “representatives” who no longer face reelection can be coerced or bribed into … Read more
The new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) selected by President Barack Obama has very close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Robert Califf, an FDA deputy commissioner and cardiologist at Duke University, has had considerable dealings, including financial ones, with drug manufacturers, whose products must be approved by the agency he’s been tabbed to … Read more
At least part of the message is beyond dispute: the cash flowing out of China into assets around the world has hit tsunami proportions, driven by fears of a slowing economy and a declining currency. Estimates peg the amount Chinese investors and companies moved out of the country last year at nearly $1 trillion, up more … Read more
25 links today. Enjoy. Powerful NSA Hacking Tools Have Been Revealed Online (Must read, Washington Post) Clinton’s Syria War Plans (VERY scary, must read, The American Conservative) The King of ‘Political Intelligence’ Faces a Reckoning (More Washington D.C. sleaze, Wall Street Journal) U.S. Opens Probe Into Concerns Over Health-Provider Payments (Just another slimy corporate scam, Wall Street Journal) We … Read more
In the wake of Trump’s recent hiring of Breitbart’s Stephen Bannon to campaign CEO, a June article published in Vanity Fair is now receiving a lot of attention. Here are a few excerpts from the article, Is Donald Trump’s Endgame the Launch of Trump News? Like this post? Donate bitcoins: 35DBUbbAQHTqbDaAc5mAaN6BqwA2AxuE7G Follow me on Twitter.
We’ve all heard the rumors of lifelong Democrats who support Trump in 2016. It’s time to meet a few of them. The Washington Post reports: WEIRTON, W.Va. — The Ohio Valley is filled with registered Democrats, the kind that hung portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy on their living room … Read more