IMO, the convention was a sick farce, a neo-Orwellian “celebration” full of anti-intellectualism, jingoism, anti-liberalism and aggressive tribalism.

the crowd was ugly, and… it was pretty obvious that they didn’t get Obama’s memo about post-partisanship / unity.

some interesting commentary from Krugman…  Read more 

Minnesota Monster Mash: Police-State Zombies in a Dead Republic

3-for-1: Insights from Chris Floyd, Glenn Greenwald and Arthur Silber, with a stark conclusion.

“Psst - While You Were Gibbering, the Ruling Class Rigged the Game and Won Everything”:  Read more 

… is likely to win the Green Party nomination ~!

“2008 Green Party Presidential Nomination Delegate Count

The current vote totals are: Ball (11); Brown (9); Hawkins (8); Johnson (27); McKinney (304.5); Mesplay (29.5); Nader (139); NOTA (10); Swift (24); Uncommitted (40)

419 votes are needed to win the nomination” http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/Delegat…  Read more