How Media Amnesia Has Trapped Us in a Neoliberal Groundhog Day
How the media became the useful idiot of neoliberalism.
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PropOrNot – Setting Up the Atlantic Council for Lawsuits
Some sleuthing into who might be backing the low-life hit men at PropOrNot, a group linked to Ukrainian fascists that defamed Naked Capitalism, ConsortiumNews, Counterpunch, the Ron Paul Institute, Paul Craig Roberts, Black Agenda Report, and other sites.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Fifteen: Uber’s Q1 Results – Reporters Show They Aren’t Up to Reading Financials
What was the real story in Uber’s first quarter results?
Read more...Top Private Equity Commentator Dan Primack, Even CalPERS’ Own Consultant, Diss CalPERS Indirect Private Equity Investment Scheme
CalPERS gets more thumbs down on its new private equity gimmick.
Read more...Will TSB Ever Be Completely Fixed?
TSB’s IT meltdown has dissappeared from mainstream media headlines. But is that the end of the story?
Read more...Charles Asubonten Has Left CalPERS; Los Angeles Times’ Mike Hiltzik Questions Competence of Executives
Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten has exited CalPERS.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Fake News No Problem – Internet Totally Dominates Advertising in the US
TV falls behind further, suffers first advertising revenue decline since the Financial Crisis
Read more...Ecuador Hints It May Hand Over Assange
Assange’s luck in staying out of the hands of the US may be coming to an end.
Read more...Michael Klare: Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War
Thinking about the now-too-thinkable: what a new Gulf War would look like.
Read more...CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Featherbedding: Seeks Further Pay Increase Despite Underfunding, Municipalities Suffering to Meet Rising Pension Bills
Why authorizing a further pay increase for CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost is indefensible, but CalPERS cronyistic board will almost certainly set that plan in motion next week.
Read more...CalPERS Has Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten, With Verifiable Misrepresentations on His Resume, Presenting to the Board Next Week. What Gives?
CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost appears to be doubling down on her initial bad judgment about Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten’s resume misrepresentations by featuring him prominently at a board committee meeting next week.
Read more...Brexit: Crisis Nigh
Brexit crunch time is approaching fast.
Read more...How Sacramento Bee Reporter Adam Ashton’s Hit Piece on CalPERS Board Member Shows He’s in the Business of Flacking, Not Reporting
Why you should not trust Adam Ashton’s “reporting” on CalPERS.
Read more...Gaius Publius: What To Do About Facebook — First Thoughts
Why Facebook needs to be broken up, and how to do it.
Read more...Los Angeles Times Confirms Our Reporting on CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Resume Misrepresentations; CalPERS Admits to Fabrications and Gets Defensive
The Los Angeles Times verifies and amplifies our reporting on the misrepresentations and inaccuracies in the resume that recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten presented to CalPERS.
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