In yesterday’s post – On global warming and AI for profit – I cited a meme often attributed to Slavoj Žižek; viz, that it’s easier for us to imagine the end of the world than that of capitalism. Below the line … Read More »
Life and death go on of course, my post yesterday notwithstanding. I’ll be posting less, I guess, and leveraging time and effort by recycling third party output I deem worth airing. Steel city post, August 4 Those who wrote trade deals to profit … Read More »
Bloomberg, August 12 At the dawn of steel city scribblings in late 2015, when I still worried about alienating my liberal peers, I rationed my use of the term, ruling class. I knew it put people off. As a workaround … Read More »
I have my differences, not least on the nature and causes of the Ukraine war, with Richard – tax specialist, MMT (modern monetary theory) champion, Quaker, birdwatcher, former professor at a Sheffield University I too once taught at, denizen of … Read More »
Though Trump 1 had plotted his murder, Team Biden contented itself with insisting Julian was not a journalist (thereby opening the door to criminal prosecution for his revelations ) on the ground he worked for no corporate news outlet. This … Read More »
Well my dalliance with Caitlin on the bright side didn’t last long. Likewise its accompanying promise to return today to an already written class analysis of post-Soviet Russia. Untied to any specific and fast evolving situation, and in any case … Read More »
I had meant to post a different piece today, one already written, but will save it for tomorrow. Here’s why: The statements of my intended piece, a class analysis of post Soviet Russia, is interesting but tough. That’s no cause … Read More »
Today a Caitlin Johnstone post – The More Murderous Israel Gets, The More We Hear about “AntiSemitism” – reminded me of a promise several posts back in the context of the criminal war on Iran. In closing Why are America’s … Read More »
The cops came at dawn with an arrest warrant. They have you at the precinct where, for want of hard evidence and going on a hunch, they’re piling on the pressure over the bank job you pulled yesterday. Two doors … Read More »
My grandson, thirteen months old tomorrow, paid a visit. He likes me a lot; there are few men in his life so far. His beautiful face lights up when he sees me. His short pudgy arms reach out to be … Read More »