Hoisted from Comments: Can We Even Know Who Hacked the DNC Emails?
Tracking down hackers is not as easy as one might think.
Read more...Category Archives: Politics
Clinton, Sanders, the American Principle of Association (and Fascism)
Bill Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention.
Read more...Italy Bank Crisis Looming With Rush to Rescue #3 Bank, Monte dei Paschi
Frantic rescue efforts for Monte dei Paschi are underway but the current plans don’t look very viable.
Read more...John Helmer: The New Byzantine Alliance – Will Russia and Turkey Revolutionize the Center of the Old World?
Putin and Erdogan are meeting in August. Cooperation between Russia and Turkey would represent a major geopolitical realignment.
Read more...NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack
Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.
Read more...California Treasurer John Chiang’s Peculiar Letter to the New York Times on His Sham Private Equity Transparency Bill
Treasurer John Chiang tries to defend his bill, AB 2833, against an article by Gretchen Morgenson, but only digs his hole deeper.
Read more...Meet CalPERS Board Member Bill Slaton, Who Puts Kow-Towing to Private Equity Over Beneficiaries and California Taxpayers
CalPERS Investment Committee vice chairman Bill Slaton exemplifies many of the pathologies of the board.
Read more...Monday Scenes from the Democratic Convention (through 7:10 pm EDT)
Here are some scenes from the convention; many have been reported elsewhere, but fwiw here’s my take: Friday night the DNC held two huge parties to welcome delegates. The Berners were proudly displaying Bernie bling, Hillary fans much less so. Things were peaceful. The Bernie meeting at 12:30 Monday reflected where many delegates are: angry […]
Read more...How the ECB is Officially Above the Law
If you think the US has trouble holding the Fed to account, we are in light years better shape than Eurozone citizens are with the ECB.
Read more...Michael Hudson: 2016 Is Wall Street and the Corporate Sector (Clinton) vs. the Populists (Trump)
Considerations on Trump’s acceptance speech.
Read more...Will Independents Decide 2016 by Giving the Political Class Their Upraised Middle Fingers?
Surprising polling results for the 2016 election, especially among independent voters.
Read more...Another Nail in the Brexit Fantasy Coffin: Germany’s Car Makers Are Not Cowed
More evidence that the idea that the UK would have a negotiating advantage in Brexit talks is not well founded.
Read more...After Supporting Treasurer Chiang’s Private Equity Transparency Bill in Public, CalPERS Gutted It Behind the Scenes
Yet more evidence of CalPERS’ chicanery on behalf of the private equity industry.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Two Ways of Looking at a Plagiarism
Trust me, this post on Melania Trump’s plagiarism does not go where you expect it to go.
Read more...What Next for the EU?
An informative, high-level overview of how the EU got to where it is now, its internal contradictions, and the prospects for resolving them.
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