One of the most discomforting aspects of Neil Howe and William Strauss’ seminal work on generational cycles, The Fourth Turning (1997), is the fact that as far as American history is concerned, they all climax and end with massive wars. To be more specific, the first “fourth turning” in American history culminated with the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the second … Read more
Opinion/Must Reads Gary Johnson: Take a Deep Breath, Voters. There Is a Third Way. (Op-ed by Gary Johnson, New York Times) Geopolitics/Foreign Affairs U.S. to Send More Troops to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Battle (We’re never getting out of Iraq, Reuters) Pakistan ‘Completely Rejects’ Indian Claim of Cross-Border Strikes (Reuters) Erdogan Signals Preference for Longer Turkey … Read more
Opinion/Must Reads “FBI Is Handing Out Immunity Deals Like Candy” (Total insanity, Zerohedge) WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source After Accepting Pulitzer (Epic shamelessness, The Intercept) In Wells Fargo’s Bogus Accounts, Echoes of Foreclosure Abuses (The New York Times) Academic Penury: Adjunct Faculty as the New Precariat (Naked Capitalism) The … Read more
The 2016 election season has been revealing in all sorts of meaningful ways. We’ve seen countless mainstream Republicans, particularly neocons, come out and passionately endorse Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. More interesting than the fact they did this, was that they actually thought this would damage Trump. In contrast, it has helped him more than they could have … 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
28 links today. Enjoy. Pentagon’s Sloppy Bookkeeping Means $6.5 Trillion Can’t Pass an Audit (The Fiscal Times) Tracking Lobbying by Foreign Governments (Mind-boggling lack of transparency, by Demand Progress) Pentagon Acknowledges US Ground Forces Supporting ISIS Fight in Libya (More non-boots on the ground, The Hill) With Yemeni Casualties Rising, GOP Senator Looks to Block Big … Read more
When the history books are finally written, I believe the tone-deaf handling of the refugee crisis by EU bureaucrats will be seen as one of the primary catalysts in the ultimate disintegration of the European Union. Although I knew many millions across the eurozone were irate about how the refugee crisis was being handled, I had no idea … Read more
23 links today. Enjoy. What I Saw Last Friday in Hebron (One of the most uplifting articles I’ve read all year, Haaretz) Writing as Resistance (Extremely touching, extremely important read, Chris Hedges, TruthDig) Apple and Facebook Helped Bust the World’s Biggest Torrent Site (Why is “Homeland Security” focusing on copyright violations? Engadget) Lobbyists Bolting Trump … Read more
17 links today. Enjoy. How Finance Costs Too Much and Fails to Deliver (Must read, Naked Capitalism) Obama Has Failed Victims of Racism and Police Brutality (Excellent, by Cornel West) U.S. Seen on Wrong Track by Nearly Three-Quarters of Voters (Wall Street Journal) Turkey Government Seemed to Have List of Arrests Prepared (Reuters) View on Turkey: … Read more
We’re going to war — either hybrid in nature to break the Russian state back to its 1990s subordination, or a hot war (which will destroy our country). Our citizens should know this, but they don’t because our media is dumbed down in its “Pravda”-like support for our “respectable,” highly aggressive government. We are being … Read more