Writing for tomorrow, day 71, it’s still relatively cool. I may actually have a few days respite from this horrid summer. The meeting went well. We brought in a writers’ panel headed by a writer from our local newspaper, and they read essays to the guys. I had the enjoyment of upbraiding one of the guys, telling him that he’s stinking up the place so bad, he ought to be thrown right out of the prison. Several of the guys joined in giving him a hard time. He didn’t mind. His release date is today. I was so tired, I slept the clock around.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 5:06 (average 5:14). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From NY Times: …In short, the main lesson of this age of bubbles — a lesson that India, Brazil, and others are learning once again — is that when the financial industry is set loose to do its thing, it lurches from crisis to crisis.
An excellent conclusion by Paul Krugman at the end of a fascinating article. Click through.
From Alternet: Koch Industries confirmed it will not be buying the Tribune Company’s eight newspapers, which include the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times.
Progressive activists have heavily opposed the business and political activities of Koch Industries’ leadership, organizing a number of protests against the takeover. Activists in May had demonstrated outside the LA Times building protesting the sale on the grounds that the Koch brothers are “ radical ideologues” who would use the paper as a mouthpiece to advance their political objectives. The Other 98% organized a crowd-sourcing campaign to "Free the Press" and raise the $600 million required to buy the Trib before Koch could.
Even local city councils expressed opposition. Hartford City Council passed a resolution denouncing the takeover of Tribune…
Wooo Hooo!! There are to few newspapers left to allow any to become Koch suckers!
From MSNBC: Faux Noise lies to promote racism
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The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda is simply trying to project their own racism onto us while stirring up blood-lust in their rabid followers.
Cartoon:
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Good luck to your guy with the release date tomorrow – God grant him strength of mind to resist temptation and the pressures that exist outside – and friends to keep him on the straight and narrow.
I clicked through to the Paul Krugman article in the NYTimes – very good as always – and depressing yet predictable news that the Brazilian bubble seems to be bursting. We NEED better regulation of these cowboys in charge of our stock markets, our banks – and our economies – ALL of us, throughout the world!
Is that true – Koch Industries have pulled out of buying the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times? God be praised if that is so – and a million blessings on all who fought against the buy-out!
Thanks Pat. He'll be about 30 miles away from me, so I'll be watching out for him.
Amen!
Like I daid, Wooo Hooo!!
Not wanting to jump the gun, but since a major part of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington is being celebrated today rather than Wednesday, the 28th, I'm going to post an interesting tidbit from my comment made in these pages marking the dedication of the MLK Monument almost two years ago:
https://www.7thstep.org/blog/2011/10/17/obama-keynotes-mlk-monument-dedication/
Thanks Nameless. The 28th holds more meaning for me, because I was there. Love that story.
4:54 I don't think I like jellybeans any more!
3:39 The only thing good about Reagan was that he liked jelly beans. Me too!
Geez! Crunched by a Critter with a Ray Gun or Mashed?
4:28 Jerry was crunching those jelly beans.
Puzzle — 4:54 I don't think I like jellybeans any more!
NY Times — When will ever learn? So who said that the age high investment returns was never going to end? Banksters, using the public's money, took big risks, made big returns that only some people shared in. And higher returns only made people more greedy, to the point of being blinded. And now other nations are feeling the effects of a financial industry gone wacko! It is time to bring back Glass-Stegall and other prudent forms of international reform and financial regulation.
Alternet — Are people starting to wake up to who and what the Kochs are? . . . Kochroaches! Oh they really won't want Chris Van Hollen's suit to win because people will then know some of their nefarious activities for US domination.
MSNBC — Faux Noise pundits have been watching too much Star Trek: The Next Generation and following Jean-Luc Picard's signature line "Make it so!" If it doesn't exist, they will make it! And in making something, best to make what one knows best — in this case total lies! They still believe the end justifies the means. Trolls!
Cartoon — Yep!
I lost my taste for them shortly after he was elected.
Amen!
Amen again!!
Amother Amen!!!
Thanks!
How did you do? 7:47
Sigh of relief…
At least I beat somebody! 😉
Really!!
I tend to always agree with Krugman. We need the banks reined in world wide.
There certainly are too few newspapers left for the Kochs to get control of one. Part of the problem is that most Americans have no knowledge of them or what they do, sadly.
Faux news is just that. They know racism rings a bell with many of their viewers, so they are going to ring it as often as possible.
Poor Manning!
Ditto that!
That was a group of newspapers, not just one.
Amen.
Too True. Now the right is even more hateful towward her.