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Introducing The Romnathon, Now At Mile 22 – Romney’s Honesty Rate For October, At 7.9%, Matches October’s Unemployment Rate

      Introducing . . . The ROMNATHON ROMNATHON is a series that will run (no pun intended) from Friday, November 2nd through election day next Tuesday ( and beyond if election results are inconclusive, controversial,...

Friday’s Unemployment Data & Three Levels Of RomneyConomic Bunkum 0

Friday’s Unemployment Data & Three Levels Of RomneyConomic Bunkum

“This is not what a real recovery looks like,” [Romney] said in a statement. “We created fewer jobs in September than in August, and fewer jobs in August than in July, and we’ve lost over 600,000...

Debate Autopsy: Seven Romney Lies In His First Three Debate Minutes 0

Debate Autopsy: Seven Romney Lies In His First Three Debate Minutes

Romney “won” the debate. That’s the consensus. Poor Chris Matthews was apoplectic. In this low moment let’s remember that “winning” through outrageous lying is an American political tradition, particularly among recent Republican candidates. Although...

Vin Weber, Another WIngnut Neocon Romney Adviser Humbugging About New Family Income Data 0

Vin Weber, Another WIngnut Neocon Romney Adviser Humbugging About New Family Income Data

Yes, Vin, you can buy a copy of mybook, but I only take cash.From you. A few minutes ago on Andrea Mitchell Reports,the discussion turned to the recent polls showing that President Obama is...

Repost From February 2009 – “Is The GOP Actively Courting A Depression?” 0

Repost From February 2009 – “Is The GOP Actively Courting A Depression?”

For the second time since February 2009, I’m republishing “Is The GOP Actively Courting a Depression?”  Why? Recently, renewed speculation that this may indeed be the case reminded me that I’ve believed this was...

An FDR Memorial Image — Why They Fight To Occupy Portland, And Everywhere 0

An FDR Memorial Image — Why They Fight To Occupy Portland, And Everywhere

Worth considering while the common good is on the breathing tube in the ICU . . . Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. Please follow and like us:

The Wounded Stock Market, the Political Abandonment Of The Working Class, And The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. 0

The Wounded Stock Market, the Political Abandonment Of The Working Class, And The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.

[NOTE- To get to a well-formatted version of the entire article, just click the Read More button at the lower right now.]                        Today, I’m not simply referencing the equities market collapse over the past week,...

More Economic Pain On The Way For States and Local Communities, Courtesy Of The U.S. Congress. 0

More Economic Pain On The Way For States and Local Communities, Courtesy Of The U.S. Congress.

Tipping point? “The fiscal problems of state and local governments have also had national implications, as their spending cuts and tax increases have been a headwind on the economic recovery.” Federal Reserve Board Chairman,...

Taking on Krugman: Venturing Far from Shore. . . 0

Taking on Krugman: Venturing Far from Shore. . .

“I shouldn’t have gone out so far . . .” Like Santiago in Hemingway’s classic The Old Man and the Sea, I’m going out way too far. Putting a hook into something that’s well...

The Decession: The GOP’s Destruction of Government by Deficit 0

The Decession: The GOP’s Destruction of Government by Deficit

May I Speak with You Professor? A year ago I signed up for a free trial subscription to the RGE Monitor, Noriel Roubini’s mega-site for all things economics. Of course, I could never afford...

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