Here's one:

That's an interesting definition of "many". Two examples. One of them "potential". And one in, wait for it...Portugal. Those add up to a very damning indictment of the US justice system.

"They're legion, I tell you, just so...many murderers getting out in less than five years!"

And wait a minute...what's this? Why wouldn't you count the nine months awaiting trail against your sentence? So, when I add all those up, and carry the one, and multiply by a million, I get a grand total of ZERO EXAMPLES OF MURDERERS GETTING OUT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.

So, by my reckoning, that means you and your buddy ShanghaiBill are a little bit full of shit on this one, pal. Not many, not one. Not. Any.

Many murderers spend less than 5 years in jail.

I'm going to have to go ahead and ask for a citation on that one, bro.

I'm pretty sure this new crater is just Nikola Tesla playing with his time machine again. After what he did to Tunguska, you'd think Russia would just ask him nicely to stay away or do his experiments in Canada or something.

Hell, he could do them in Alberta and nobody would notice if the whole province was sent 50 years back in time. Except the hockey players wouldn't be wearing helmets. They'd notice that right away.

Got that from what I wrote, did you?

What about the pollution caused by internal combustion engines? Just because the subsidy on their operation isn't on a ledger, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Ultimately externalities have to be paid for.

Does anyone believe the reason these particular Silicon Valley nerds support Rand Paul is because they want to pay for externalities?

The whole point of what passes for libertarianism in 2014 is to not have to pay for externalities. Objectivists believe, "I don't have to pay no stinking externalities because fuck you, I'm John Fucking Galt."

Objectivitism (i.e. Aynd Rand) is basically a pipe dream similar to Communism.

But, according to this article, it is a pipe dream that appeals to Silicon Valley.

Which is no surprise, when you think about some of the people in Silicon Valley.

Is the Software Renaissance Ending?

Yeah, like ten years ago.

Breaking up companies into smaller, weaker pieces is not the same as "decimating the US economy". In fact, it could well improve the economy to have less concentration.

You're right. Authoritarian, oligarchic and plutocratic, but not fascist. More so under Reagan.

Obama's not nearly a strong enough leader for it to be fascistic, at least according to the strict definition.

So, you're going with the Alinsky Rule #12 play?

I'll have to go look that one up. I'm afraid I don't know Alinsky as well as you do.

Me, I'm more of a Benjamin Franklin guy when it comes to Rules for Radicals. But I guess it's just a matter of choice.

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I would start with the excellent site by Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism. The writers there are not wild-eyed ideologues, but people who have spent careers in the financial industry, working at pretty high levels. They've been all over this story since the Wikileaks documents broke. Remember, it was Wikileaks that published the secret TPP documents as well, which put the efforts to push that treaty through the tunnel on its heels, at least temporarily. Sunshine can be a great disinfectant.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com...

And in case you need a citation regarding sunlight being a disinfectant, I would give you none other than the great Louis Brandeis:
http://sunlightfoundation.com/...

I would say 30 years, but it is arguable. Though I would say the era from just before Theodore Roosevelt through JFK was a period of trustbusting and Glass-Steagall, which together led to a period of real prosperity and greater, more equal, freedom for working people and along with that, minorities and women.

But there's no question that starting in 1980 with the executive orders gutting financial regulation, the fascism has been in full bloom.

The part that's dangerous to us is that it is another brick in the wall of corporate sovereignty.

The TISA is classified so investment groups wouldn't take advantage of it before it went into effect, thus screwing you and I over.

For five years after it becomes law?

Also, it's been in negotiation for 2 fucking decade, so not really 'Obama'.

Exactly right. This treaty, which creates corporate sovereignty, is being negotiated in secret...from us. Do you really believe for a moment that it's also secret from the companies that will benefit, like Goldman Sachs?

Every president for the past 30 years has been playing for the same team. And the team does not include us.

If corporations must do what is "legal" and people must do what is "moral", then how can anyone make the argument that corporations are people, my friend?