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'Mitt Romney Republican' is now a potent GOP primary attack
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“If you're more aligned with Mitt Romney and Spencer Cox then I'm probably not your guy.”
Neoliberals take notice. Mitt Romney has become the poster child for neoliberalism. What does that mean? Neoliberalism is complex with a large number of nuances that is difficult to compartmentalize. An overly simplistic, yet realistic, bumper sticker description of neoliberalism would be...
Midterms 2022: DNC launches Global Address Dataset
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“The truth is that combining and vetting those data sets is a messy, time-consuming job that’s hard to pull off in a cyclical business.”
The DNC is not attempting to empower voters or protect the voter franchise. The DNC is developing a product to attract customers. The DNC's new product isn't about governing. The DNC is a big business that functions like a big business. And like any other big business it's all about the...
Coal investments set to rise 10% this year as nations fret over energy security
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 3 Comments • 6 Likes • 2 years ago
“We cannot afford to ignore either today's global energy crisis or the climate crisis”
Even business reporting has drifted into using controversy and emotional alarmism to attract attention and conform to a preferred political narrative. That may support news organizations short term profit margins but glosses over important aspects of the real news. Buried in this quite...
Treasury Sec. Yellen says only way to fix energy crisis is to 'move to renewables'
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 82 Comments • 4 Likes • 2 years ago
“Well, I don't think that policies are responsible for what's happening in the oil market”
Okay, what's the plan? These neoliberal intellectuals spend a lot of time and effort avoiding any and all responsibility for economic conditions. And when excuses don't work, neoliberal intellectuals fall back onto blue-sky promises without any mention of how to get to that bright future. The...
American apathy: Weak ratings for Jan. 6 hearings reveal voter priorities
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 9 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“Audiences have largely tuned out the Jan. 6 hearings as it rolls to its conclusion.”
Apathy???? The public has already heard all this crap. Democrats really did impeach Trump over Jan. 6. The public can't do anything about Trump. And Democrats have already told the public they aren't going to do anything either. Now these political gaslighters have the audacity to accuse...
Here's what J. Michael Luttig says needs to happen to end a 'war for democracy'
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
“If the two political parties are going to be fighting literally over America's democracy, that is a war that is endless, and it is destructive of...”
Another attempt to politically gaslight the American public. Luttig highlights the history of Civil War and, yet, completely ignores the lessons of that history. One can only assume Luttig has engaged in deliberate ignorance. Notice the prominence of political parties in Luttig's false...
In energy-strapped Europe, coal gets a Greek encore
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 2 years ago
“If you want a smooth transition, you think about the next business before you close the existing one. That's not what happened here ‒ we did the...”
When political promises are tested by reality, politicians rely upon dependable expediency. The story isn't really about coal. The story is about lack of political leadership and lack of technical planning. The energy crisis in Europe was caused by a purely political crisis. Politics failed...
Gas Prices: Biden Tells Oil Companies to Explain Production Cuts
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 9 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 years ago
“The lack of refining capacity are blunting the impact of the historic actions my Administration has taken to address Vladimir Putin's Price Hike...”
Yeah, Joe, pumping more oil won't do much if that oil can't be refined. So, Biden's historic actions were only intended to pander instead of addressing real problems. Demand for refined products fell sharply during the pandemic. Wise bureaucrats decided that was the perfect time to impose new...