Category Archives: Wall Street

Trump devolves the US into profit-taking chaos, putting the “la(t)te” into late capitalism

Posted on May 1, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Whether it’s the amusing “deconstruction of the administrative state” or “reinstating Glass-Steagall” the realities of late capitalism are represented in Trump’s self-dealing using some time-honored tools of usury and the manipulations of money, value and data emblematic … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia kleptocrats and crony capitalists profit from lowering US aid

Posted on April 24, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers In Russia, client states you! So the White House wants to merge USAID and the Department of State, because draining-swamp thing, leaving an opening for whom? Oh darn, more influence accrues to Russia and the clients of … Continue reading →

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Trump’s new clothes … Larry Kudlow: “Wealthy folks have no need to steal or engage in corruption.”

Posted on December 27, 2016 by ann li-summers

  “…Better than smoothly. Confidently. More than confidently. Transcendently” By ann summers If we ate the rich we’d soon become vegetarians … because Malthus.   Donald Trump’s government has not yet taken power, but its epitaph may have already been … Continue reading →

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Tin-Pot Chrome: Trump’s tweets as insider trading under 2012 STOCK act … SAD!

Posted on December 12, 2016 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers PEOTUS Trump is now no better than CNBC/FBN/Bloomberg stock touts, whose ranks have given us the ‘bagger party as well as Cramer-clones. High-frequency Trading or just high. Darn that asymmetric information. How many crony millionaires could be created … Continue reading →

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The story of 2017: first as tragedy, second as farce

Posted on December 8, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Narrativity gets to take it in the neck next year as the electoral shock wears off, only to continue the strategy of tension necessary for the current state of nonlinear political warfare. Donald Trump’s presidency is shaping … Continue reading →

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BREXIT: not that bad despite Trumpian resemblance

Posted on June 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

Brexit will take many years to complete and some legal experts are even suggesting that it cannot even be completed considering other matters like NATO. That it seems like a reaction against cheap labor migration amidst austerity makes it seem … Continue reading →

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tRumpian policy and the triumphalism of the LIV / LoFo legions

Posted on December 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers Donald Trump makes great strides forward on the winged feet of many tireless RWNJs in $1500 Princetown shoes by Gucci   Naive, rather than critical realism is the norm in US politics at least at the Congressional level, … Continue reading →

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Are we having terror yet? Naturalizing the Cultural and Culturalizing the Natural

Posted on November 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

by ann summers “They have weapons. F*ck them. We have champagne!” (Charlie Hebdo’s response to recent Paris attacks)                            #Daesh bullshit  www.motherjones.com/…   Terrorism is natural in the sense that … Continue reading →

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BREAKING NEWS: Is Hillary Clinton Just More Of The Same Old Pay To Play Politics?

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Gene Howington

by Gene Howington There are many Clinton supporters who tout her as a bonafide progressive bent on reform that will/should benefit all citizens and not just the usual host of monied interests. Despite this, she has been fighting off both … Continue reading →

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Matt Taibbi on Former Attorney General Eric Holder and the Revolving Door between Washington and Wall Street

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Earlier today, award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi was interviewed on Democracy Now! Taibbi talked about Eric Holder, the former Attorney General of the United States, and the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington. Holder is reportedly “returning home — … Continue reading →

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