Rigging a primary can and does take many different forms. The most effective form of rigging actually takes place in subtle ways via long-exisiting Stalinist rules that normally don’t swing an election, but serve as an effective firewall against outsider candidates when they eventually do pose a threat. That was the establishment can claim “it’s always … Read more
22 links today. Enjoy. The South Carolina Police Files: Gunslinging Raids, Coverups and Magical Dog Sniffs (Very disturbing, must read, Washington Post) Appeals Court Rules Cell Tower Locations Not Protected Information (One of the most absurd court decisions I’ve ever seen, Wall Street Journal) Free Speech is Under Attack (The Economist) Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft Back … Read more
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. The answer lies in … Read more
Two tweets last night by Vox editor, Emmett Rensin, have started a social media riot. Here they are: Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot. — Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016 Shortly thereafter, he pens another tweet. Apparently attempting to justify/explain away his prior tweet. Listen, if Trump is Hitler then you’ve got … Read more
When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle … Read more
People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible indeed to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty or justice. But though … Read more
Here, a Clinton match-up is highly likely to be an unmitigated electoral disaster, whereas a Sanders candidacy stands a far better chance. Every one of Clinton’s (considerable) weaknesses plays to every one of Trump’s strengths, whereas every one of Trump’s (few) weaknesses plays to every one of Sanders’s strengths. From a purely pragmatic standpoint, running … Read more
People are going to be pissed off no matter who wins this election and that is a very important social dynamic I believe is vastly under appreciated by the majority of mainstream pundits and analysts out there. This is also very distinct from the environment that prevailed in 2008. Four years ago, the financial markets … Read more
23 links today. Enjoy. Facebook Democratized the News, but New Changes Do the Opposite (Important read, New York Times) Shaken Austrian Government Pledges Action on Asylum After Far-Right Surge (Reuters) The Senate Killed JASTA, Then Passed It… (The “sue Saudis for terrorism” legislation was totally watered down, Just Security) When It Comes to Losing Ugly, Bernie Has … Read more
A Clinton match-up is highly likely to be an unmitigated electoral disaster, whereas a Sanders candidacy stands a far better chance. Every one of Clinton’s (considerable) weaknesses plays to every one of Trump’s strengths, whereas every one of Trump’s (few) weaknesses plays to every one of Sanders’s strengths. From a purely pragmatic standpoint, running Clinton against … Read more