Sad but true.
Rawls on Wall Street
to move forward and make a difference, Occupy Wall Street needs specific goals backed by a more coherent, more inspiring vision for American democracy. To their credit, protestors have recently begun debating which specific demands the movement should make, but their conversations appear to be unguided by any deeper wisdom. A perfect intellectual touchstone would… Continue reading Rawls on Wall Street
Republicans Cry Uncle On Spending … When Cuts Hit Home
Republicans Cry Uncle On Spending … When Cuts Hit Home
They are for the common sense spending that helps them, not the evil socialist spending that helps other people.
Conservative Activist: Why OWS Should Protest The Super Scary George Soros
Conservative Activist: Why OWS Should Protest The Super Scary George Soros
Numerous conservatives have slammed Occupy Wall Street for protesting the “wrong” people. Rather than the bankers who ran the global economy into the ground during the Bush era, it’s the current White House that deserves the people’s ire, they say. However, conservative activist Cliff Kincaid has a new target for populist outrage: Democratic-leaning financier George Soros… and he’s got the kooky conspiracy theory diagrams to prove it!
Translation: Protest Democrats and liberal donors, not Republicans and GOP donors.
Right-Wing Group Accuses Occupy Orlando Of Being ‘Jihad’ Movement
Right-Wing Group Accuses Occupy Orlando Of Being ‘Jihad’ Movement
I guess Jihadist is the new Socialist. As long as it sounds scary, who cares if it’s accurate.
Koch Head Conservative Filmmaker Hands Out Bongs At #OWS
Koch Head Conservative Filmmaker Hands Out Bongs At #OWS
“It’s ironic to me to watch someone claim to be standing for constitutional rights and liberty, a la Cato/Koch and yet sneer at the people out protesting, exercising their right of assembly and speech. Maloney is predictably conservative: ready to defend the rights of conservatives, and everyone else be damned. Oh, and if he can set them up to look like perennially-high, dope-smoking hippies? Even better”
Not surprised about this. This is classic hippie-punching.
Climate study, funded in part by conservative group, confirms global warming
Climate study, funded in part by conservative group, confirms global warming
“Money for the new study, dubbed the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, came from five foundations, including one established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and another from the Charles Koch Charitable Foundation, widely seen as a source of money for conservative organizations and initiatives that have fought efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.”
Too funny.
Goldman Sachs Stumbles: The End of the “Vampire Squid”?
Goldman Sachs Stumbles: The End of the “Vampire Squid”?
An increase in oversight coincidentally leads to less risky behavior. Goldman appears to be restructuring to invest more and speculate less. Again; purely coincidentally.
BREAKING: Oakland Police Use Rubber Bullets, Flash Grenades, And Smoke Bombs To Evict Occupy Oakland
Iraq, The GOP and Obama
If Iraq is stable a year after the end of the troop withdrawal, the GOP will credit Bush. If it falls apart, the GOP will blame Obama.