Category Archives: Garrulous insolence

Mark Ames: ShamiWitness: When Bellingcat and Neocons Collaborated With The Most Influential ISIS Propagandist On Twitter

But I want to talk about the western “experts” in Washington and London who cozied up to @ShamiWitness — especially since all of them are still around, many of them bigger and more influential in our political discourse than ever.

Pigs Want To Feed at the Trough Again: Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson Use Crisis Anniversary to Ask for More Bailout Powers

The chief architects of the exercise in looting otherwise known as the post-crisis rescues are back promoting more of the same.

A Rough Guide to the 12 Intelligence Officials Who Condemned Trump for Revoking John Brennan’s Security Clearance

Chutzpah!

Financial Times Goes Wobbly on Brexit; Runs Front Page Stories Claiming Theresa May Charm Offensive Is Winning “Fudges” When No Such Thing Is Happening

The Financial Times has used two lead stories this week to deliver factuall-challenged propagandizing for the Government’s Brexit maneuvers.

Why I Hate Google, Twitter, and Facebook

Google, Twitter, and Facebook are anti-democratic for both readers and writers.

Trump’s Bogus Infrastructure Plan Takes the U.S. Further Down the Road of Rentier Capitalism

The public-private partnerships Trump proposes are a sick neoliberal joke.

Exxon’s Conspiracy Charges Aim To Derail Climate Lawsuits

ExxonMobil is engaged in unprecedented efforts to sue and harass in court those are investigating and suing the company over global warming

Remember, Remember the Eighth of November: India’s War on Cash Assessed One Year Later

One year after India launched its demonetization debacle, the economy remains cash based, and Modi has yet to pay politically.

The Bad Things That Happen When Alternative Views Go Mainstream

Ill-informed, poorly-researched and frankly sloppy writing creates the potential for the progressive anti-neoliberal cause to undermine itself

John Helmer: Canadian Foreign Minister Freeland Hid Light Under Bushel Until Toronto Globe & Mail Exposé

Discussion of the ethical lapses and financial conflicts of interest of Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Foreign Minister and leading Russiaphobe.

Dean Baker: Social Security A Success Story- Can It Withstand Privatization Attacks?

Dean Baker discusses the push toward privatization of Social Security just after the system celebrates its 82nd birthday.

Wolf Richter: How Banks Hurt the Real Economy – FDIC’s Hoenig to Senate

The FDIC’s Tom Hoenig takes up the thankless task of shellacking the latest self-serving whinge from Jamie Dimon.

The Crapification of Air Travel, And Don’t Expect AMEX to Help, Either

The tale of a barcoded duffel bag that’s gone astray– and the crapification of the system for finding it. Booking via AMEX no help.