Britannia Unhinged: UK’s Return to Trickle Down Economy is Suicide The value of the British pound is already collapsing. And the strikes and protests proliferate. Gwynne Dyer — October 2, 2022 “The Queen’s final act of service to the nation was to selflessly buy the economy one last fortnight,” said one tweet when all four … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer on the New UK Government Disaster
[The most revealing analysis of the mythic underpinning of the authoritarian upsurge I’ve seen points straight to the “restoration” of a zombie version of white Jim Crow Dixie culture, circa 1920-1950. This survey bolsters that impression. Progressives who want to push back effectively against this drive need to get over the tendency to ignore this … Continue reading MAGA & Neo-Confederate Racism, By the Numbers
AP News: Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis BY DAVID MCHUGH, JUSTIN SPIKE, KAREL JANICEK AND VESELIN TOSHKOV — Sept. 26, 2022 FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. Statues and historic buildings are going dark. Bakers who … Continue reading Trial by Winter: The Ukraine War Is Coming to Western Europe
So, other than that big London funeral, last week, not much really happened in the news, right? Things seemed all teed up in Florida — — But then the 11th Circuit barged in . . . Then Cannon was abruptly … Continue reading Cartoons to Open A New Week
[NOTE: the article below opens the doors of memory. The draft resistance exodus from Russia is the third such episode I’ve witnessed. The first two I played a bit part in: during the 1960s Vietnam War, many U. S. Quakers “aided and abetted” (technically a federal crime) many young men who left the country to … Continue reading Deja Vu All Over Again! Draft Exiles Streaming Out of Russia