One used to be able to leave it up to Dave Mattos to re-post items from Glenn Greenwald's blog, but times have changed: there's an international left movement, Vincent D'Onofrio is making his directorial debut, Kings of Leon is taking a half-year hiatus, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned exactly one week ago. Plus this shit is rock solid:
"How does anyone think these protesters will be convinced that it’s exclusively the GOP — and not the Democratic Party and the Obama WH — who 'protect the rich' when: Wall Street funded the Democrats far more than the GOP in the 2008 election; the Democrats’ key money man, Charles Schumer, is one of the most devoted Wall Street servants in the country; Obama empowered in key positions Wall Street servants such as Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, Bill Daley, Rahm Emanuel, and an endless roster of former Goldman officials; JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has been dubbed 'Obama’s favorite banker' after Obama publicly defended his post-bailout $17 million bonus; the President named the CEO of GE to head his jobs panel; the DCCC and DSCC exist to ensure the nomination of corporatist candidates and Blue Dogs whose political worldview is servitude to the lobbyist class; the Democratic President, after vocally urging an Age of Austerity, tried very hard to usher in cuts to Social Security and an increase in the age for Medicare eligibility; and the Obama administration has not only ensured virtually no accountability for the rampant Wall Street fraud that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis, but is actively pressuring New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and others to agree to a woefully inadequate settlement to forever shield banks from the consequences of their pervasive mortgage fraud."
Read the whole hyper-hyperlinked piece here.
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Well, there are a number of things (a small number in the spectrum of internet happenings, a large number in the world of the Cake Police), that one could once count on. Magical Fuckers was once an active member of this community. Madget_Nightly would every so often pop in to disparage the contents of my posts. Jesse's Kranzler would occasionally promote his musical projects here. It's a post 9/11 world, Andy. Get used to it.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I have read this article, agree with its contents, and applaud you for plugging it. I do, however, take issue with your belittling of Vincent D'Onofrio's sure-to-be masterpiece. You're better than that.
Also, a sincere thank you for alerting me to the Kings of Leon hiatus. I will now commence lighting my sex on fire.
I just think that we should all shun distraction and be focused on the most important thing happening in the world right now, which is of course the fact that Community is on the verge of cancellation. Everything else is merely artfully constructed distraction.
And, if there's nothing else you can count on in this crazy world, you can still rest easy in the rock-solid assurance that any comment of mine will contain at least one parenthesis.
Yours truly,
Crave Madhos