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Philip Stephens on the political danger of Jeremy Corbyn, with an assist from the Barber/Ganesh allience, a comment by Political Dissident

The Stephens essay is the perfect opportunity to re-post the Barber/Ganesh video, the title of which features the ‘soft left’, when what is at issue is the ‘hard left’ and the utter importance of the ‘centrists’ , which is, in … Continue reading

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Lionel Barber and Janan Ganesh take on the question of the danger of the ‘soft left’, a comment by Political Observer

You have to marvel at the Financial Times and their policy of Left political hysteria mongering, here are Lionel Barber and Janan Ganesh in a carefully staged, but strategically brief, political conversation. ‘FT editor Lionel Barber talks to political commentator … Continue reading

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Mr. John Kay on Keynes being half-right about facts: a comment by Political Observer

I’m sorry to say that it sounds like Mr. Kay wrote this essay on his lunch hour. Now, I’m not saying that he didn’t have a point, and that it wasn’t well argued, in a self-serving kind of way. That … Continue reading

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Mr. Lake on Obama’s Neo-Con fear mongering, a comment by Political Observer

Notice the extreme defensiveness of Mr. Lake and the reason for that is he is one of ‘those Neo-Cons’ the president is referring to. No surprise here. Mr. Lake has been consistent from The Daily Beast to BV in his … Continue reading

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Chuck Schumer Melodrama at Politico

Excuse Manu Raju and Burgess Everett from the designation as ‘reporters’! I found this report on the internet without any real effort: in regards to how American Likudnik Chuck Schumer might vote on the Iran Deal: http://nymag.com/daily/intelli… Dated April 23, … Continue reading

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Peter Beinart on Joe Biden: questions and speculatons by Political Reporter

Is the definition of political misfortune Peter Beinart’s faint praise of Joe Biden, or Jeffrey Goldberg and William Kristol’s praise of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy toughness? Mr. Biden is another stolid, unimaginative New Democrat, not withstanding Mr. Beinart’s attempt at … Continue reading

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The ‘Republican strategy’ on Planned Parenthood, or Political Nihilism redux: a comment by Political Observer

The Republicans will never learn, as long as Sen. McConnell and his coterie of sclerotic old white guys, continue to pursue the Neo-Confederate/Originalist Party Line: the myth that women need daddy’s guiding hand, because they are unable to confront such … Continue reading

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Free Markets, red tape and Gillian Tett, a comment by Political Observer

The Party Line of ‘too much red tape’ can be traced back to the early 1960’s where I first heard that line of argument from the Ev and Charlie Show: http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Ev_and_Charlie_Show.htm The whole issue revolves around the deeply held notion … Continue reading

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My reply : @Olaf von Rein @Klaus

In two sentences @Klaus articulates a cogent critique of the Neo-Liberal Delusion that has thoroughly colonized the EU, and it’s Masters Merkel/Schäuble the imperative of this motley duo is to willfully forget their own history, and then endlessly propagandize about … Continue reading

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Mr. Noah Feldman on Jonathan Pollard: on the limits of defensive anguish, a comment by Political Reporter

Mr. Feldman rehearses the defensiveness of American Jews not seen since the Rosenberg’s Show Trail. According to documents obtained under The Freedom Of Information Act Mr.Greenglass was suborned to perjury by the prosecution, even though the case against the Rosenbergs … Continue reading

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