A Tin Lizzie

The Tin Lizzie was a Ford Model T car that ushered in prefabricated manufacturing, thereby featuring profits over craftsmanship. Although for the first time, the middle-class had real dreams of … Read More

AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences

Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a variety of excesses, the environmental costs of carbon markets far exceed the benefits. Austerity would have … Read More

Trump claims “Democrats will abolish the suburbs”, religion, and something, something

In his latest screed, Trump made the usual nonsense claims, hoping to gain support from independents who might be afraid of PoC and poor people. Because no one’s heard of the … Read More

Holy Warren G. Harding – there's even a Tea Pot Dome in the Arms for Dirt scandal

It’s not animal husbandry, but like Rachel Maddow’s new book chronicles, US crony capitalism in the Trump era can often devolve to fossil fuel kleptocracy. In today’s Arms for Dirt, the … Read More

Trump's 'Other' racism will re-emerge because China Trade is more scorched earth to the bunker

In advance of more stalled China trade talks this week, impeachment-embattled Trump asked China to interfere in the 2020 election. The quid pro quo for China will now be as … Read More

Automatic Registration Adding to Voting Rolls in 11 States, Up 94% in Georgia

http://www.npr.org/… Voting registration has been increasing sharply in the 11 states that have adopted Automatic Voting Registration (AVR), according to an NPR story. Oregon in 2016 was the first state … Read More

Big news for EVs: Nissan pulling back, GM stepping… up?

Big news today for the electric vehicle market, from two fronts…. Nissan postpones launch of 60kWh Leaf E-Plus Following the ouster and arrest of their CEO, Carlos Ghosn, Nissan has postponed … Read More

Burns Strider and the “Bosslady”: The work continued after the campaign was over.

Sorry for being rather late on this one; I don’t write here much anymore. The reaction was ever so predictable. After the New York Times’ report that Clinton shielded campaign … Read More

Republicans set to pass law defining the burning of wood for energy as “carbon neutral”

A new law called the Energy Policy Modernization Act​ is on the fast track to being sent to President Obama to sign into law. Inside this bill is a small … Read More

Who said: “The Arab world is a source of danger, killing, destruction over the whole world” ???

Republication. Done to correct the linked title. Please forgive…. Unless you follow the Arabs and world press you are not going to see the answers to this mystery. NY Times … Read More