Dr. C.A. Rotwang
- : Metropolis
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- : Spartakusbund
- : Doctor C.A. Rotwang is a desultory observer of the human condition. He has professional credentials of dubious provenance.
- : The American Empire Project Robert Dreyfuss Chase Me Ladies, I'm in the Cavalry
- : The Mass Strike: The Mass Strike, the Political Party and the Trade Unions, by Rosa Luxemburg; Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs; Wall Street, by Doug Henwood
Roman Hruska for President
By the way, have you heard that John McCain was a P.O.W.? I've decided I don't like Republicans. In grad school I rubbed shoulders with plenty of conservatives, and some became my friends. In D.C. and on the Internet I...more »
Posted on September 5, 2008 1:30 PM
Viva Sarah!
I'm afraid you bourgeois simpletons still do not appreciate the revolutionary potential of Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin. I have previously detailed her record of expropriating the satanic oil companies on behalf of the proletariat of Alaska. But there...more »
Posted on September 2, 2008 5:46 PM
Oh Sarah . . .
We are tremendously heartened by the choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for Vice President, since she will lead the Republican Party's march to Socialism. Her state government ranks Number 1 in spending per capita. The State has taken into...more »
Posted on August 29, 2008 1:44 PM
John McCain's Piece of the Rock
Have you heard? John McCain was a P.O.W.? The Keating Five are back. Can Boy George be far behind? By way of a modest appendix to Comrade Rosenberg's post, I simply note the extent to which Senator John McCain can...more »
Posted on August 22, 2008 10:01 AM
I Wonder Who's Kissinger Now
The irony is that George Bush, in his zeal to extend the U.S. imperial reach, has actually crippled it for the foreseeable future. McCain's determination to double down on Bush's foolishness will lose him the support of elites committed to...more »
Posted on August 13, 2008 9:24 PM
I Don't Believe The Washington Post
This is tedious, but somebody should drive a stake through the heart of this newspaper's coverage of economics, especially the Federal budget. We are provoked by Lori Montgomery's latest breathless hysteria about budget deficits, which leads to a headline attacking...more »
Posted on August 10, 2008 12:01 PM
Olympiad
Watching the spectacular opening ceremonies, I kept thinking of 1938 1936 (as you know, I was there), wondering if I was wrong. Many people in China are much better off by virtue of the spectacular economic growth. Naturally there...more »
Posted on August 9, 2008 12:23 AM
Day of the Jackass
With the successful conviction of Osama Bin Ladin's driver, President Bush triumphantly announced plans for further anti-terrorist prosecutions. "We will not stop until we have all of Bin Ladin's confederates: his gardener, his manicurist, his masseur, his acupuncturist, his caddy,...more »
Posted on August 7, 2008 8:29 PM
We'll Always Have Paris
It emerges that Paris Hilton can articulate an energy policy better than the presidential candidate of the Republican Party. My respect for her has grown in leaps and bounds, so to speak, and if she needs any more policy advice...more »
Posted on August 6, 2008 6:53 AM
McCain Deflates
As that Dean Baker person just said, drilling in ANWR is thought by the Gov to reduce world oil prices by between .4 and 1.2 percent. Last night on the teevee, they said keeping your tires inflated properly would reduce...more »
Posted on August 5, 2008 6:52 AM
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zeno my abject apologies. Where did you offer these sublime thoughts originally?
Posted at September 5, 2008 10:12 PM in response to Roman Hruska for President
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Purple, you have admirably distilled my labored tract to a single sentence.
Posted at September 5, 2008 7:08 PM in response to Roman Hruska for President
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The Schmidt has hit the fan.(TM)
Posted at September 3, 2008 9:30 PM in response to From Straight Talk Express to Schmidting
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I'm sticking a fork in this thread. It's done.
Posted at September 3, 2008 3:47 PM in response to Viva Sarah!
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Outstanding Photoshop.
Posted at September 3, 2008 3:43 PM in response to Viva Sarah!
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We are all Sarah? I thought we were all Glenn or Glenda.
Posted at September 2, 2008 9:12 PM in response to Viva Sarah!
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If it isn't obvious, Gabby Hayes' fingerprints are on the S&L debacle.
My two fields are robotics and the sexual practices of rhesus monkeys. Actually the August 6 date is merely when I corrected the bio info. My doctorate was granted at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in 1906.
Posted at August 22, 2008 12:39 PM in response to John McCain's Piece of the Rock
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I have one paragraph in the post zinging Clinton & Co., and you inflate that to "everything is Clinton's fault." I think you are the one mired in hyperbole.
I actually supported the Kosova operation at the time, though more recently I've been having second and third thoughts. It's not at all obvious that the Kosovars would have been massacred, though they were certainly abused (and returned it with abuse, not necessarily proportionate, of their own). What is clear is that the U.S. murdered Serbian civilians rather than risk the lives of ground troops, a crime that sullys whatever good can be ascribed to the U.S. intervention.
More generally, I won't try and contest your accounts of the machinations of rival soviets 90 years ago. I can try and summarize, however: great power competition gets messy and often lethal for innocents on the ground.
That's what this is, great power competition, with the older ethnic rivalries providing combustible materials for those pursuing geo-political and geo-commercial motives. In this setting, our two most recent presidents, plus McCain, have shown themselves to be utter boobs.
"U.N. sanctions, not U.S. sanctions." To paraphrase John McEnroe, you can't be serious!
But thanks for writing!
Posted at August 14, 2008 2:01 PM in response to I Wonder Who's Kissinger Now
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NATO is a military alliance, and expanding NATO to the borders of Russia itself is not an act of friendship to Russia. Suppose Russia formed a military alliance with Mexico, training their troops, selling them military hardware, circulating advisors. Moreover, the point was not that NATO was preserved, but that it was expanded.
My reference to Clinton was during his tenure in office, during which time we had bloviation about deposing Saddam and Mad Albright saying so what if hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children died because of U.S. sanctions.
Posted at August 14, 2008 7:01 AM in response to I Wonder Who's Kissinger Now
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Obviously x=2.
Posted at August 11, 2008 7:13 AM in response to I Don't Believe The Washington Post
