Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Sources and Methods…
It’s late, and I have to be up in 5.5 hours, but I can’t sleep for some reason so, here goes. Remember a couple of years ago when the phrase “sources and methods” was in vogue? Mostly it concerned intelligence techniques, and revolved around how secretive everything had to be because if the terrorists ever…
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We Do it to Ourselves
Last week, I wrote here about a report in the UK Telegraph. In the report, two Chinese Party members threatened the “nuclear option” with our currency. This move would effectively dump billions of US currency and bonds on the market, devaluing our currency beyond the historically low levels that it currently resides. China may be…
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Huckabee goes Populist…
This is courtesy of TPM… If Huckabee can get this to sell, and there’s no indication that he can, but still, the inevitability of Hillary is in some serious danger.
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Who Supports Our Forgotten Workers?
I’ve been in a fit of apathy over the past couple of days, and what better to reinforce that apathy than ANOTHER “debate”. This one dealt with some issues that are actually interesting to me, primarily dealing with labor. Still, we had to hear Obama shove his foot in his mouth, and Chris Dodd (27…
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This is what happens when your credit runs out…
China, the country, not the wrestler, or the porn star, has us by the short hairs. See, they hold some $900b dollars in US debt, and enough hard currency to devalue our money to the level of the peso. That is, if they wanted to. Well, if we don’t stop threatening their way of life…”selling…
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Jim Strickland Button
Hey guys, Below is a button for Jim Strickland’s site/campaign for District 5. Here’s the code…