understanding :: propaganda

degradation of ~ the intellectual class ~ expose think-tank fraud

demonstrations grow in spain

government resign! ~ deeper economic pain ~ we are NOT afraid

new hero • mayor Sanchez Gordillo

andalusia ~ mayor sanchez gordillo ~ 'supermarket stunt'

new hero • mayor Sanchez Gordillo

ignore budget cuts ~ skip debt payments, stop layoffs ~ cease home evictions

well, duh! • bludgeoned by the obvious

nationalize banks ~ follow iceland's example ~ jail the banksters  

what's REALLY going on?

ruling class triggers ~ institutional collapse ~ end the New Deal

$obering • prediction$

financial rescue ~ has failed miserably ~ ugly wake-up call

$obering • prediction$

only getting worse ~ you see, the medicine has ~ become the poison

@RBReich :: true meaning

coming together ~ THAT's true patriotism ~ for the common good

lost $2 billion • maybe $8 billion

"not significant ~ in the global scheme of things" ~ says jamie dimon

so indicts :: Robert Reich

j.p.morgan-bain ~ larger problem: casino ~ capitalism

shock doctrine continues

exit eurozone? ~ unpredictably messy ~ welcome back drachmas

small enough to drown in the tub

not yet abated ~ lust for privatization ~ next: 9-1-1 calls

why don't we try it?

even in iceland ~ bankers went CRAZY with GREED ~ now held to account

when he tipped the tables, what were they doing?

earthquakes triggered by ~ sinners who won't mend their ways ?! ~ who DID jesus hate?

inside job

blatant disregard ~ prostitution, LOTS of drugs ~ to the VERY top

inside job

bets on ANYthing ~ private gains, public losses ~ NOT an accident

occupy ports

cops on two wheels ~ used their bikes as people-plows ~ to clear the roadway

shock entrepreneurialism

out of the chaos ~ self-fulfilling prophesies ~ opportunities

history repeats itself – THIS is news?

these catastrophes ~ caused by financial elites ~ hurt most the weakest