The TPP and State Sovereignty: A Toothless Preamble, Weak Code of Conduct, Secret Proceedings, and a Tobacco Carve-Out That Might Not Carve Out
TPP’s ISDS chapter is far worse than you would think, given press coverage.
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Gaius Publius: A DOJ Lawsuit Against Exxon, a “Slam Dunk” to Win, Would Threaten Investors and Possibly Executives
Why the Department of Justice will have a lot of ‘splaining to do if it does not file a case against Exxon.
Read more...Mussolini-Style Corporatism, aka Fascism, on the Rise in the US
While the new neoliberal economic order is not a replay of fascism,, there is a remarkable amount of inhibition in calling out the similarities where they exist.
Read more...Internet Advertising and the Publisher Conundrum: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Although most readers may not recognize it, Naked Capitalism rejects a lot of advertising. Have a look at what you are spared.
Read more...Failure of Globalization and the Fourth Estate
“Free Trade,” the banner of Globalization, has not only wrecked the world’s economy, it has left Western Democracy in shambles.
Read more...Attacks on Sanders, Progressives Falsely Depict Obama As Lefty Failure as Opposed to Neoliberal Success
A sign that the progressive cause is moving out of the wilderness and starting to rattle The Powers That Be is that the messaging apparatus is starting to attempt to demonize Sanders as a hopeless cause. And the arguments made against him and the progressive cause generally are made via bizarre analogies to the neoliberal Obama.
Read more...We’re Winning, Even If We Have to Put Up With Ben Bernanke Naming His Book “Courage to Act”
The 99% is winning, even if the press is working hard to minimize the evidence of success.
Read more...Dutch Safety Board’s Tjibbe Joustra on MH17: Absence of Evidence is Not Absence of Evidence
What the DSB head Tjibbe Joustra says about MH17 often doesn’t jibe with the physical evidence available.
Read more...How Monsanto Solicited Academics to Bolster Their Pro-GMO Propaganda — Using Taxpayer Dollars
Contrary to what most consumers believe, the pro-GMO research that was presented as independent was paid for by Monsanto.
Read more...Sanders Debate “Results” as Case Study of the Modern Versailles Hall of Mirrors
Bernie Sanders by all objective measures “won” the first Democratic party debate. Yet pundits almost universally said the reverse. What does that tell us about the state of American politics?
Read more...John Helmer: Autopsy of MH17 Crash and the Dutch Report
A detailed discussion of the Dutch Safety Board report on the downing of MH17.
Read more...If Only All Reporters Gave News Like This…
If only all reporters had bouts of candor like this…
Read more...John Helmer: US Strategy In The Middle East Is Dying, Along With Its Authors, Carter And Brzezinski; Putin, Al-Assad Get To Dance On Their Graves, David Ben-Gurion Too
US experts try to claim the Russians are vulnerable in the Middle East as the window for US intervention closes. A German military analyst: “The Red Army is invigorated to a level that has never been fielded on the Middle Eastern map.”
Read more...Bernanke’s Cockroaches
Every time I read a new, improved set of excuses from people like Bernanke, I feel like I’ve walked into my kitchen and turned on the lights after the exterminator paid a visit, only to find cockroaches all over my counter yet again.
Read more...CalSTRS Board Chairman Harry Keiley, in Op-Ed Rejected by Financial Times, Gave Inconsistent and Inaccurate Information in Carry Fee Scandal
The Financial Times saved CalSTRS board chairman Harry Keiley from embarrassing himself. We aren’t.
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