By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The public outcry against executive pay and compensation followed disclosures of insider trading, double dealing, and outright fraud. But even honest and productive entrepreneurs often earn more money in...
There is a notion believed by some inside and outside the US that America is “controlled” by oligarchs. I personally have witnessed powerful people who affect American policy such that they and their families...
The Secret History of DailyKos' Founder and the Shadowy History of a Big Box Blog Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog and The Truth About Kos (DailyKos).Having written letters to the editor of newspapers, including one published in the Boston Globe, and having...
opinion by francislholland | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 205 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Just hours before the Recall Referendum in Bolivia, Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Manchu warns Bolivian Oligarchy at all costs seeks to finish with President Evo Morales’ term of office. "Menchu warns that...
created by rahul | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 782 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" You've heard it for years. Depending upon your point of view, it's either one of the more disingenuous claims of the populist Left, or it explains the unholy alliance of power and money of corporate America with the wealthy oligarchy.
You've examined the veracity of the...
Cops see their badge as a license to take the law into their own hands.
Don't like the customer service you've received? Pepper-spray'em and
arrest'em.The recent spate of police brutality is no accident. It's not a freak
coincidence, it's the way it's always been. Would I...
created by Vemrion | 4 years ago 469 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Nominated for the Nobel Prize for his efforts in a peaceful transition of power to the majority Aboriginal population, Evo Morales points out that bias against the Indigenous is still alive and well despite claims...
created by angryindian | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 395 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Taking part in a televised debate can be a make-it-or-break-it moment for any presidential candidate. But what if you're not allowed to debate at all? A diabolical Catch-22 As many of you are aware, not all...
created by Vemrion | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1040 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
The Washington Post dropped this bombshell of shear stupidity today:"A group of governors asked Bush and Marine Gen. Peter Pace about their backup plan for Iraq. What would the administration do if its new strategy didn't work? The conclusion they took away was that there is...
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George Bush might celebrate Independence Day like most Americans, with a back yard barbeque and fireworks, but he is working diligently to erase the borders that once secured America as a free independent nation.
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Whichever way you shake it, or hold it to the light, there is something about the Ohio election that refuses to add up. In practically every case where lines were too long, or machines too few, the foul-up was in a Democratic county or precinct
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"HUNDREDS of cars have paraded in slow convoy through Moscow on to demand the abolition of Russia's most hated emblem of official privilege. Perhaps nothing symbolises quite so potently the gulf between Russia's uber-classes and the rest of the country as the flashing blue...
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