Category Archives: Politics

Exit Polls Show Voters Rejecting May’s Mean-Spirited Message, Tories to Lose Majority (Updated)

UK election polls show Theresa May’s election gamble blew up on her.

Final UK Election Polls: YouGov Still the Outlier, Predicts Tories Get Only 302 Seats

Conventional wisdoms still pegs the Tories as comfortable winners in today’s election, with the election map working against Labour.

For ‘Easy Brexit’: May’s ‘No Deal’ Campaign Rhetoric Is Nonsense

If May holds on to her Prime Minister job, her irresponsible Brexit campaign talk may come back to haunt her.

Trump Using Failed Australian “Asset Recycling” to Justify Mass Privatizations

Why would Trump adopt a foreign model for infrastructure that even conservatives deemed a failure? Apparently for the looting.

Republican Senators at Odds Over Medicaid in Obamacare Reform Push

Obamacare reform hits yet another roadblock.

How Global Audit Firms Are Using Their Lobbying Clout to Dilute Sarbanes-Oxley Reforms

Accounting firms have specific reasons to be nervous about Sarbanes-Oxley, hence their eagerness to weaken it.

Business Chafes at Uncertainty Created by Unfilled Seats on Regulatory Commissions

Failure to fill chairs at regulatory commissions is stymieing their activities, creating regulatory uncertainty and vexing business.

Despite Wobbles, Theresa May Still Expected to Lead Conservative Win This Week

Despite Theresa May looking at risk in many UK polls, the distribution of seats in play may give the Tories the advantage.

Patrick Cockburn: U.S. & Russia Bomb Syria’s Civilians When They Could Help End its War

Analyzes developments in Syria and says war could end if the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran were willing to make an agreement. If only.

Starved School Budgets Across the US: A Symptom of Education Funding Crisis

School budgets are in worse shape in many parts of the US than you might have imagined.

Don Quijones: Shock Waves Spread from Spain’s New Banking Crisis

Market consequences of latest banking crisis in Spain, triggered by the collapse of housing prices that caused plunge Banco Popular shares to plunge.

Mark Ames: When Mother Jones Was Investigated for Spreading Kremlin Disinformation

Mother Jones’ sad transformation from target of Kremlin scaremongering to perp in its “evil Putin” reincarnation.

Theresa May in Election Jitters Caught Lying About Tory Plans to Cut The NHS

Quelle surprise! The Tories are scheming against the NHS!

The “Market Forces” Behind the Obamas’ Record-Setting Book Deal

The Obamas’ book deal exemplifies the thesis that if a payment is too high for the nominal services, it must be for something else too.