Month: November 2016

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politics

Revisiting MetaData – Your Life Made Visible

November 17, 2016 Comments Off on Revisiting MetaData – Your Life Made Visible
In the current moment much of the concern about privacy online and otherwise has been overwhelmed by Trump, inequality, racism and other matters. The NSA and other spies, government and corporate, are not taking a vacation.  I wrote earlier about this in  “The Uses of Metadata – an experiment you can --->> read more -->>
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free-market ideology

“Liberal”, “Progressive”, “Free Market”, “NeoLiberal” – what’s up?

November 15, 2016 Comments Off on “Liberal”, “Progressive”, “Free Market”, “NeoLiberal” – what’s up?
A friend asked the following question of me on Facebook the other day: What’s wrong with the word LIBERAL …. This word … progressives … is only a diluted weak solution of the real thing …. the L word has become like the N word … it can’t be mouthed --->> read more -->>
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politics

Next Steps for Progressives

November 14, 2016 Comments Off on Next Steps for Progressives
The Trump election debacle demonstrates the bankruptcy of the current leadership of the Democratic Party. Faced with a foe who has engaged in serial bankruptcy as a business strategy, is a notorious know-nothing bully with a very sensitive ego, and is best known as the red-faced guy on reality TV --->> read more -->>
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political system

Election Results: The Next Ten Years

November 9, 2016 Comments Off on Election Results: The Next Ten Years
– The Morning After – The election of Trump and the continued Republican control of both Congress and Senate guarantee that the rich will continue to get richer at the expense of the shrinking middle class and further aggravate conditions for the poor. Trickle down economics and tax subsidies will flow --->> read more -->>