MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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In the News
"I wish I knew what I know now when I was younger..." - Rod Stewart/Faces, Ooh La La
The president brags about U.S. prosperity. But conditions improved more under his predecessors. (Even Carter.)
By Matthew A. Winkler @ BloombergNews.com, OpEd/Economics, Jan. 28
Such a great single point, deserves a news link of it's own: it's the "Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington" thing, stupids.
According to statistics from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, twice as many farmers in Illinois filed for bankruptcy last year. Data from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals shows farmer bankruptcies in Iowa went up 96 percent.
Farmers have difficulty managing among sinking commodity prices, China's tariffs, and increasing agricultural competition from Russian and Brazilian producers. A spokesperson for the National Farmers Union says prices will likely continue to drop for years to come because of the U.S. losing its reputation as a reliable trading partner.
Drioftglass: For the Midwest MAGA farmers...the price of a jaunty little MAGA hat turns out to be your dignity, your financial security and your family farm, please remember that you did not lose those things because of a natural disaster or an act of God.
As the world watches aghast at another US and allies’ attempt to engineer a coup in Venezuela, I would like to offer a few insights from Stephen Kinzer’ provocative chapter, “The deep hurt,” (pp. 227-250) in his book, The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of the American Empire (2017).
@ TheHill.com, Feb. 12, 9:09 pm
Lawmakers are set to introduce legislation Wednesday detailing a border security deal that they hope will prevent a partial government shutdown later this week.
Whether will sign the measure is unclear [....]
@ Chicago.cbs.local.com, Feb. 11
CHICAGO (CBS)–The Chicago metropolitan area was ranked as the most corrupt U.S. city in a new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Along with Chicago, Los Angeles topped the list of the most public corruption convictions in America, based on the number of federal corruption convictions between 1976 and 2017. Chicago had 1,731 convictions during that time period, while the Central District of California had 1,534. The Manhattan area had 1,327 and Miami had 1,165, according to the report. Washington, D.C. had 1,159 [....]
By Matt Shulman @ TalkingPointsMemo.com, Feb. 12
Dozens of members of the Arkansas-based New Aryan Empire, a meth-peddling white supremacist gang that originated in the state’s prison system, were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday, the Justice Department announced.
The charges follow gun and drug-related charges against 44 people in 2017. Some of those defendants, as well as new ones, now face additional charges “involving attempted murder, kidnapping, maiming, and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine,” according to the DOJ press release.
RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) and VICAR (the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering statute) charges were also brought against 17 of the defendants [....]
@ NYTimes.com only saw this now, wasn't aware of the O'Rourke plans, not seeing anything on it yet. Interesting in that there were few formal counter rallies previously
When and where?
Mr. Trump is scheduled to begin speaking at a Make America Great Again rally at the El Paso County Coliseum at 7 p.m. Mountain time (9 Eastern). Mr. O’Rourke and his supporters will meet up at Bowie High School at 5 p.m., then march to Chalio Acosta Sports Center, about a half-mile away. He will also begin speaking at 7 p.m.
Actually pretty interesting about non-disclosure agreements and threats, especially because the lawyers offered and are doing it pro-bono:
Once broad churches, both the Tory and Labour parties have become increasingly sectarian. Breakaways will be the result.. When pollsters ask who would make best prime minister, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are regularly beaten into second and third place by 'Neither.’
Op-ed by Andrew Rawnsley @ TheGuardian.com, Feb. 10
[....] Are they fit for the purpose of representing and reconciling the diversity of opinions in a modern and complex country? And for offering it a choice of decent governments? A growing number of us have been saying not and for a long time.
Even before Brexit split both parties and scrambled voter allegiances, much of the electorate was expressing its dissatisfaction with the big two. The Tories have not won a solid parliamentary majority since 1987. The last Labour leader who was not called Tony Blair to secure a healthy Commons majority was Harold Wilson in 1966.
The number of voters who enthusiastically identify as red or blue has been in long-term decline. Party membership has also been shrivelling [....]