So we’re finally almost there. Decision Time 2016. The lines have been clearly drawn. On the right we have Trump – the unhinged, egomaniacal, sexist, racist, pumped-up contractor-cum-reality-TV-host. Also on the other right… we have Hillary Clinton – heir apparent to the Establishment’s 30+ year reign, protector of the American Empire and faithful servant to the its corporate, […]
The corrupt political machine which controls our elections has done an amazing job this season. It has masterfully executed its pre-election plan to have Hillary Clinton become President of the United States – this in spite of the unprecedented and unanticipated challenges posed by the Sanders and Trump campaigns. But in spite of all of the Bernie and Trump drama… it was […]
So it’s official… the 2016 Presidential Election will be a choice between Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump… or, as I like to call it, the lesser of two weevils. One’s an ethically challenged apparatchik of the neofascist regime that has destroyed our country, while the other is narcissistic political neophyte with a god complex. As Trevor Noah, […]
I grew up in the sixties. In the beginning of that decade, the “future” was a fantastically hopeful concept. It contained the promise of amazing technological advances; a push-button world of flying cars and robot servants, where automation would save us from the drudgery of work, where science would overcome the scourge of disease and […]
“If voting made any difference… they wouldn’t let us do it.” Mark Twain One of the most persistent follies of the American people is our stubborn insistence that our vote makes a difference – that by voting, we decide who our leaders will be and what policies they will enact. But no matter who we vote […]
Donald Trump’s entry into the 2016 Presidential race has shaken up the political process we’ve become subject to over the past few decades. In recent elections, the candidates have been vetted in advance, with their political viability determined by their ability to collect campaign funds from the corporations, banks and billionaires. Candidates vying for approval and funding from the American political […]
