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From the Versailles Dining Room of The Hoover Institution, episode CCXXIII: Niall Ferguson’s obsession with ‘The Left’. Old Socialist comments

Headline:In this Cold War between Trump and China, beware the enemy within Sub-headline: As tensions rise across the Pacific, whose side are US socialists on? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/in-this-cold-war-between-trump-and-china-beware-the-enemy-within-zz87wk2js As preamble to my comment on the above, recall Mr. Ferguson’s stern warning from … Continue reading

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Andy Divine on Rep. Ilhan Omar. Old Socialist comments

Andy Divine has the habit of  public moralizing on the political conduct of others,  from his column of March 08, 2019. Let’s get this out of the way first: Using the phrases “all about the Benjamins” and “allegiance to a … Continue reading

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@jonathanchait scolds Republicans about ‘no votes’ on ‘Anti-Hate Resolution’ but misses the real story! Old Socialist comments

Headline: Two Dozen House Republicans Oppose Anti-Hate Resolution for Some Reason Mr. Chait proves himself to be a true ‘Centrist’ , the current alliance between the Neo-Cons & The New Democrats, by focusing on the minority Republican response to the … Continue reading

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David McWilliams on Bernanke as the cause of Ocasio-Cortez or Political Economy becomes erstaz Theology. Old Socialist comments

Headline: Quantitative easing was the father of millennial socialism Sub-headline: Federal Reserve’s bid to stave off depression sowed the seeds of a generational revolt Welcome to Mr. David McWilliams and his brand of Political Economy, that is obsessed with a … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Lionel Barber ‘reviews’ William Burns’ ‘The Back Channel’. Old Socialist comments

The headline writers at The Financial Times worked their dark magic to confect this: The fallen superpower: US foreign policy from triumph to hubris Veteran diplomat William Burns details shifts under five presidents in ‘The Back Channel’ Who better than … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Macron’s plan for Europe, while the Gilets Jaunes control France. Old Socialist comments

While Macron’s Napoleonic Ambition never seems to be in contact with the wholesale rebellion that is tearing France apart: his Neo-Liberalization of France has met defiance by the seeming leaderless ‘The Great Unwashed’: https://newleftreview.org/II/115/didier-fassin-anne-claire-defossez-an-improbable-movement In lieu of National Leadership Macron’s … Continue reading

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Macron attempts a political self-rescue, by misdirection! Almost Marx comments

That Macron was ‘elected’ with a 36.5% of the voters, in the final round, rendering their ballots ‘spoiled’ or otherwise uncountable was the beginning of the end for Macron.His ‘Jupertarian Politics’ , the coded language for authoritarianism, and his ‘La … Continue reading

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‘Second Referendum’ leaves the Financial Times unimpressed. Old Socialist comments

Headline:Labour party to back second referendum on Brexit Sub-headline: UK opposition party favours public vote ‘to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit’ After years of political hysterics, coming from this newspaper, and all the other publications of whatever political persuasion i.e. … Continue reading

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The Sunday Times & biographer Tom Bower exposes Corbyn as an ‘academic failure’, ‘fanatical Marxist’ , in sum , the politically toxic admixture of Lenin, Stalin & Mao ! Almost Marx takes the measure of this expression of political hysteria.

Headline: Tom Bower on Jeremy Corbyn: he left for Jamaica an academic failure and came back a fanatical Marxist Sub-headline;  Throughout his career the Labour leader has used tactics learnt from the communist playbook. His biographer Tom Bower charts his … Continue reading

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Franklin Foer’s selective polemic on ‘This Week in Anti-Semitism’. Political Observer comments

Mr. Foer collects a series of Newspaper Headlines, but he mixes reports on Police Records and Ben Judah: Europe’s ubiquitous anti-Semitism,  Mr Judah a member of a ‘Think Tank’ funded by perpetual bad actor George Soros: one of the coterie … Continue reading

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