Category Archives: Economics for Dummies

Is Rex Tillerson on the way out at the US State Dept.?

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Cenk Uygur, who believes Tillerson is the reason Russia meddled in the US elections, certainly thinks so: I, on the other hand, think he may yet stay on. There’s a reason for that, and its name is VENEZUELA. Venezuela’s proven … Continue reading →

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Well, that was quick.

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Sabina Becker

It’s only a few days old in terms of official use, but the Venezuelan digital currency, the Petro, is already a billionaire: Unlike Bitcoin (which many call Shitcoin, for good reasons), the Petro and the Petro-Oro are backed by Venezuela’s … Continue reading →

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Fire and Fury: The unsexy but still shocking revelations

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Host Gregory Wilpert and guest Doug Henwood discuss some of the more surprising (though less headline-making) aspects of Michael Wolff’s book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. The big take-away here? The sheer extent to which Ol’ Donnie’s … Continue reading →

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How Donnie fucked Puerto Rico over

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Just imagine having to spend MONTHS (not days, not even weeks, but MONTHS) after a catastrophic hurricane (Maria, remember her?) without a working power infrastructure. And having to suffer the added indignity of watching Donnie and his cronies (Ryan Fucking … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Bernie Sanders on Canadian healthcare

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Bernie shows off just how much he knows about history and medicare…and how much the US has forgotten in its “MAGA” decline. Shame on Donnie and his minions.

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Cool Beans, Der Drumpf, Economics for Dummies, If You REALLY Care, Quotable Notables, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The Bern, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Whitefish Energy: Puerto Rico says ¡NO!

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Sabina Becker

David Pakman updates the Whitefish Energy scandal and makes a larger point: Donnie Drumpf & Co. hate the “fake news” media not only because they do, in fact, report real news, but also because the news they report shames them … Continue reading →

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Shame on you, Neil Macdonald…AGAIN.

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Sabina Becker

As someone who lives in what’s so quaintly called a “bedroom community”, I get to see my fair share and then some of what happens when people flee the unaffordable real estate market of Toronto. Good things, occasionally; bad things, … Continue reading →

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Donnie Drumpf’s Dubya moment

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Sabina Becker

A general calls out Donnie for his poor response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico, and does so in no uncertain terms. He calls out everything from his outdated crony capitalism (the Jones Act, which enables Donnie’s Wall Street … Continue reading →

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The Blaze is burning out

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Gee. All of a sudden I don’t feel so bad about running this here little ol’ never-made-a-dime blog. Because remember all those professional ‘wingers and their whiz-bang “news” outlets (note the quotes, there for a reason)? Well, one of them … Continue reading →