North Korea: Are Sanctions Working?
Experts have said a military response North Korea’s belligerence is not viable. Is the current economic approach likely to succeed?
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Bill Black: Is Politico or Third Way More Divorced from Reality?
The Third Way confirms that the Dems care more about beating back the Sanders/pro middle class faction than winning.
Read more...Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls Provisions Forecast Accounting Fraud
Study shows weak SOX internal controls disclosures can forecast fraud as companies and captive regulators press to roll back of these regs.
Read more...Thomas Frank: Corporate Democrats Have a Vested Interest in Not Listening to Workers
Discusses how Democratic Party serves the professional class and the top 10% and no longer cares about the poor or working class.
Read more...Trump Nominates Seventh Round of Federal Judges
Trump administration moves full speed ahead to nominate federal judges– three Senate Democrats last week pushed back.
Read more...Violence and the State: A Prelude
Our new normal of destabilization.
Read more...Joy Reid’s Politics of Tribalism and “Punching Sideways”
Democrat party politics, tribalism, and class.
Read more...Where Have All the Workers Gone: Opioids and US Labor Force Participation
Increase in opioids prescriptions in the US possibly has significant impact on labor force participation rates for both men and women.
Read more...North Korea: How Obama Regime Change Policy Created the Crisis Trump Has Inherited
Secret Obama backstory to the North Korea crisis; Sony, CIA, admin promoted Seth Rogen’s film, The Interview, hoping to provoke a coup.
Read more...Hookworm Persists as US Public Health Problem
Hookworm, thought to be largely eradicated in the US, persists in Lowndes, County, Alabama, due to poor sanitation and inadequate regulation.
Read more...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
Read more...Don Quijones: ECB Tightens Noose Around Bank Accounts
ECB moves to lock up the money of unsuspecting depositors to prop up collapsing banks.
Read more...Why Trump Opponents Should Be Thrilled That Many Political Appointments Remain Unfilled
Failure to confirm Trump political appointees to run agencies will leave career civil servants to carry on.
Read more...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.
Read more...Joy Reid’s Politics of Tribalism and the Democratic Party
Joy Reid’s interview with Trevor Noah. Can a politics of tribalism fight against monopoly power, or for universal concrete material benefits?
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