More Alex Jones madness – again linked by the Drudge Report, which I find interesting because Jones is such a rabid Bush-hater.
It was 2017. Clans were governing America.
The first clans organized around local police forces. The conservatives’ war on crime during the late 20th century and the Bush/Obama war on terror during [...]

Recently watched three documentaries that paint a pretty alarming picture of the state of things. But also bring to mind the activism on the right against financial regulation, environmental regulation, or changing tactics in the War on Terror. Maybe if tea baggers watched these documentaries, they’d realize the hole that bad government has [...]

A Youtube video by the protester against the flotilla attack who lost an eye.
Yesterday on the drive home, went past the protest at the Turkish consulate on Wilshire Blvd. Looked like this:

Felt physically revolted.  I’m Jewish – by birth only. But hard not to feel some tug in support of Israel.  Except they’re trying to [...]

There’s an interesting piece on Disinfo that is also a bit too critical of its subject – Michael Lewis’s book, The Big Short, and the concept that people in the financial sector were propelled by a kind of “mass delusion.”  The poster’s argument is that this is a kind of insanity defense  and absolves them [...]

A couple of smart people on the economy, or the cliff we’re on the edge of:

Simon Johnson on the Doom Cycle (MMBM) from Roosevelt Institute on Vimeo.
About Simon Johnson: Prof. Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a senior fellow at the Peterson [...]

Yesterday had a couple of conversations with my brother and dad about Obama and the state of things.  I’m the dementor of the family with my enduring belief – or at least interest – in UFOs, conspiracy theory, and the like.  They’re left-leaning Democrats, but not the kind of radical I can be in certain [...]

Saw this last night. Good. I defy anyone in the Tea Party to watch this movie and not agree with much of it. Do you get it, Tea Party? The left is just as furious with the corporate takeover of the country as the right. I shouldn’t say anyone in [...]

I’ve written before about how certain types of conspiracy theory have been taken over solely by the right.  I’ve been on the lookout for a forum to discuss some of these issues but find they’re now taken over by the hard right.  Case in point, a place like Godlike Productions, which last I checked (during [...]