To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Observercast

What Socialism Means to Bernie- and You

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BY JOE CONASON Once upon a time, socialists running for president in the United States had to explain that while they had no chance of actually winning an election, their campaigns were aimed at “educating” voters — about socialism. As a successful politician twice elected to the U.S. Senate and showing very respectable numbers in […]

Debt Buyers Bury Hard-Hit Consumers In Lies

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Good news, people: The “boom” is back! Yes, good times are here again, thanks to an economic boom that’s being generated by [of all things] bad times. As you might know from your own experiences, tens of millions of Americans have been hit hard, knocked down and held down in recent years […]

Debate Mendacity Even Shocks Conservatives

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BY JOE CONASON For people who so often accuse Hillary Clinton of lying, the Republican presidential candidates seem to feel perfectly free to bend, twist and shred the truth at will. Unsurprisingly, that is just what several of them were caught doing in their free-for-all CNBC debate. They prevaricated about themselves, their policies and their […]

The Bros Are Sorry, So They Say

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Sam Bankman-Fried perfected the poses, uniform and attitude of the bro, the boy-man who gets away with it. He sucked billions into his FTX cryptocurrency platform by convincing the public that he was touched with supersized genius at making fortunes. His claim to want the money for higher things than simply amassing luxury only burnished […]

Bringing Star Athletes Back To Earth

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It was with dry eyes that Australians waved goodbye to Novak Djokovic, the tennis superstar their country sent packing because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. Their laws require that foreigners entering the country be vaccinated. The Serbian, there to defend his Australian Open title, apparently assumed he’d fly past the rules governing mere mortals. Djokovic […]