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Animated: David Harvey on Crises of Capitalism

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments

RSA Animate has created an excellent piece of animation based on David Harvey’s lecture on the causes of the current global economic meltdown, “Crises of Capitalism.” As a lecture, Harvey’s critique of the various standard explanation for the current crisis and placement of the implosion into a historical context is worth listening to on its [...]

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Tags: capitalism · cartooning

We Will Fight the Heathens

July 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Taliban claims to have captured two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, while U.S. missiles kill 16 “militants” in Northwest Pakistan. Meanwhile my kids’ school district is cutting over a hundred jobs and consolidating schools. Unemployment remains at about 10 percent (which translate up to 16 percent, at least) when it took Congress 7 weeks to [...]

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Tags: war

Don’t Tell the GOP: Teabaggers are Bluedoggers

March 26th, 2010 · No Comments

This Bloomberg poll report is making the liberal rounds, but it is irresistible: At the same time, 70 percent of those who sympathize with the Tea Party, which organized protests this week against President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, want a federal government that fosters job creation. They also look to the government to rein in [...]

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Tags: politics

VAT-wide Conspiracy Fearz

March 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Of the various ONOZ!1 raised by lay (non-)economists, Charles Krauthammer booga-boogaz the VAT threat. Let me shorter: The high cost of Obamacare (sic) will force the U.S. government to levy a Value-Added Tax regime, turning us into German Diaper Babies or Vichy French Mimes or something. Well, I am certainly a lay (non-)economist, so naturally [...]

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Tags: capitalism · politics

Perfect Clusterf*ck Storm

November 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Walt Disney + Jim Carrey + Robert Zemeckis + 3D animation + The Valley of the Uncanny + Charles Dickens = money that could have saved a few state social programs for the poor and the needy. I sense some irony here. The only “Christmas Carol” worth watching (not counting The Muppets.)

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Tags: capitalism · wtf?