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November 30, 2013

Palate cleanser: Having that talk at Thanksgiving [Darleen Click]

I have no idea if this is a staged parody or for real. Doesn’t seem to matter, though.

California, cronyism and why the super-rich are Democrats [Darleen Click] UPDATED

Today’s must read, Silicon Chasm. Master and servant. Cornucopian wealth for a few tech oligarchs plus relatively steady but relatively low-paying work for their lucky retainers. No middle class, unless the top 5 percent U.S. income bracket counts as middle class. Silicon Valley is a tableau vivant of what many economists and professional futurologists say is the coming fate of America itself, a fate to which Americans, if they can’t

When the “F” in FTC stands for Fascist [Darleen Click]

Not only “process as punishment” but process to gain power Every month, it seems, brings a new story of this presidency leveling the intimidating powers of the federal government against some law-abiding citizen. Now comes a terrifying tale of how the Federal Trade Commission, a governmental Goliath, crushes an average David—because it can. In March of this year, a small nonprofit in Cincinnati—the Music Teachers National Association—received a letter from