Month: May 2020

Scott Walker Is Peddling the Deadly Snake Oil of Austerity

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Walker, who has emerged as a leading advocate for the “balanced budget” gimmickry long supported by the right-wing billionaires who financed his campaigns, is actually proposing a more heartless, and destructive, scheme than McConnell. The Wisconsinite wants to use the crisis to force states to slash services at precisely the point when they are most needed.

Scott Walker Is Peddling the Deadly Snake Oil of Austerity

Israel Gets $50 Billion While America Cannot Afford Clean Water For Flint

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Democrats were only requesting a humble sum of $400 million to provide assistance to the civilians in Flint who are facing the worst public health crisis the United States has endured in recent memory, yet they were refused. For some this refusal is only more upsetting because while the United States apparently cannot give money to its own citizens in their time of desperate need, they have sent $30 billion to the state of Israel over the last ten years.

Israel Gets $50 Billion While America Cannot Afford Clean Water For Flint

The Hong Kong protests fit the definition of a fascist movement

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As I’ve watched the videos of masked young men in Hong Kong brutally attacking people for not agreeing with their pro-capitalist agenda, I haven’t been able to help thinking of every time in history where fascism and normalized reactionary violence have taken root. The Hong Kong protesters have taken off their masks of progressive populism and revealed themselves and their backers for what they are: right-wing ideologues who are eager to use the tools of fascism, including its brazenly violent aspects, to crush those who stand in the way of capitalist power.

The Hong Kong protests fit the definition of a fascist movement

The Great Decoupling

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Now, Trump administration officials talk of rolling out a concept called the “Economic Prosperity Network” of like-minded countries, organizations, and businesses. The aim is in part to convince U.S. firms to extricate themselves from China and instead partner with members of the so-called network to reduce U.S. economic dependence on Beijing—seen as a key national security vulnerability. If a U.S. manufacturing company can’t move jobs from China back to the United States, for example, it could at least move those jobs to another more U.S.-friendly country, such as Vietnam or India.

The Great Decoupling

So when the relationships go bad with India, or Vietnam, we’ll have the same problems?!

Virtual Presidential Debates? We Had One in 1960

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

We’re all trying to figure out when and how fast the country will reopen, not the least being the politicians and campaigners. Large rallies and pressing the flesh are still the lifeblood of campaigns, even in today’s virtual world. Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been sidelined but are anxious to get back into the fray. The political parties are already discussing how national conventions might perform their legal and cheerleading duties remotely.

Virtual Presidential Debates? We Had One in 1960