Authors
Recent Comments
Category Archives: Corruption
FFS Library Update: Lawrence Lessig’s “Republic, Lost”
Although I have not personally had the chance to read “Republic, Lost” yet, I have written in the past about my admiration of Lawrence Lessig’s work on money in politics. His observations, logic and legal reasoning concerning the corrosive and … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Democracy, Economics
Tagged Lawrence Lessig, Republic Lost
14 Comments
BREAKING NEWS: Homicide Charges in Baltimore
submitted by Gene Howington The Huffington Post is reporting the following: Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby gave an update on the investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old who died after suffering a spinal cord injury while in … Continue reading
Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Club for Growth, Dark Money, and an Orchestrated Supreme Court Coup
By Elaine Magliaro Mary Bottari of PR Watch wrote a report today about two court cases that have not garnered much media attention–even though the stakes “could not be higher.” She said the converging cases “will decide the future of … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: “Racist EZ-Cash”
By Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore, the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, posted a video last week titled Racist EZ- Cash following the release of the Justice Department’s report on the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Fiore said that the veil had “been … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Democracy, DOJ, Equal Rights, Government, Humor, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Missouri, Political Science, Politics, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States
Tagged Debtors Prisons, DOJ Ferguson Investigation, Ferguson (MO), Ferguson Police, Mark Fiore, Political Cartoon
9 Comments
AZ SB 1071: Right to Petition or Special Interest Corruption?
by Gene Howington Arizona seems to get in the news quite a bit as of late and it is rarely flattering. This time it is a bill being sponsored to specifically benefit one person. SB 1071 is moving quickly through … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Democracy, Investing, Justice, Local Government, United States
Tagged Sonoran Land Fund LLC, tax liens, Wayne Howard
26 Comments
Drone Cost Symptomatic of Larger DHS Issue
by Gene Howington CNN is reporting that re-tasked military drone use by the Border Patrol (under the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security) is grossly expensive and of negligible benefit. According to figures derived from a report released on … Continue reading
Who Are Charles and David Koch: True Libertarians? Billionaire Hypocrites? Crony Capitalists? Con Artists Looking to Rip You Off?
By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, officials for the Koch brothers’ political organization announced that the group had budgeted a “whopping $889 million” for the 2016 presidential campaign. Nancy Benac of the Associated Press reported that that amount was “more than … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Campaign Finance, Climate Change Deniers, Conservatives, Corruption, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Energy Policy, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Justice, Libertarians, Media, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Socialism, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Cato, Charles Koch, David Koch, Eminent Domain, Koch Brothers, Koch Industries
69 Comments
Barf Warning #2: Watching This Video of Mika Brzezinski Talking about Her Weekend with the Kochs May Also Induce Vomiting!
By Elaine Magliaro One would expect a conservative Republican like Joe Scarborough to be enamored of the billionaire Koch Brothers. Earlier this week, he spoke of Charles and David Koch in glowing terms on his MSNBC show Morning Joe after … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Campaign Finance, Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Corruption, Courts, Crime, Energy Policy, Fascists/Corporatists, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Oligarchy, Politics, Propaganda, Short Video, Society, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Charles Koch, Corporate Crime, David Koch, Joe Scarborough, Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, Kochs, Mika Brzezinski, Morning Joe
29 Comments
Is It Time To Make Fundamentalism A Crime? Part 4
By Mark Esposito The following is the fourth installment in a multi-part series exploring religious fundamentalism and the means of checking its excesses. You can read the first part here and the second part here and the third part here. There are 1.5 to 2.0 billion Muslims … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Art, Atheism, Big Oil, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Countries, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Democracy, Education, Energy Policy, Enlightenment, Equal Rights, Fascism, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Legal Theory, Liberals, Literature, Murder, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Prison, Propaganda, Psychology, Racism, Religion, Renaissance, Roman Catholic Church, Society, Theism, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged Bastille, Candide, Catholic Church, Charlie Hebdo, Egypt, France, Fundamentalism, Iraq, Islam, Marie Antoinette, Muslims, Syria, Terrorism, Voltaire, Wahhabi
109 Comments
Nicole Plyler Fisk
Gene Howington
FFS Guest Blogger
Joy of Fishes
Chuck Stanley
shortfinals
Terry Welshans
ann li-summers
wordcloud9
Flowers For Socrates 