Tag: Henry Wallace
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Trade can be mutual
I’ve been trying to track the Russian/US alliance before we went permanently crazy in 1946. It’s frustrating! Clearly there were commercial connections after the Revolution, but official documents and most online info either miss or downplay the commercial side, emphasizing our undying hatred for Russia whether it’s called “communist” or “authoritarian”. We hate Russia because…
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Good idea, can’t happen
Compact Mag has a good idea. Because it’s a good idea, it can’t happen. Defense contractors deal only with the government. All of their income and business comes FROM the taxpayers, but their profit goes TO the executives and Larry Fink. This is the worst of both worlds. They take from the taxpayer and give…
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Not inadvertently!!!!!!!!
Anti-monopolist Stoller sometimes misses the point, but this time he hits it properly and comprehensively. Except for one important word. He’s discussing the post-1970 destruction of the New Deal by both D and R politicians. In agriculture the worst destruction was by Carter and Clinton. Trump is continuing the process, even more brazenly destroying life…
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Great talk, not much action
Speaking of honest and dishonest… Bernie is rigorously honest in this speech. He pulls us away from all the Machiavellian fake disputes and nonsense and gossip that politicians and journalists deluge us with. He gets down to plain facts in a way that FDR and Henry Wallace would understand and appreciate. Unfortunately Bernie failed to…
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Punchline and exceptions
Old punchline: “Okay, now we know what you are. Let’s negotiate.” It’s an important truth. When you’re honest about your purpose, I can deal with you properly. I know what you want and how you intend to get there. Some jobs are always honest. Car salesmen want to sell you a car. Plumbers want to…
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Things endure
Looking through old Billboard mags while chasing elusive info about Western Union’s public fax machines, ran across a permanent memorial to the last moment of sanity before political lunacy resumed. In Dec 1945 the treasury issued the FDR dime. Billboard, serving coin-op vendors, was concerned that the dime wouldn’t fit current machines, but the treasury…
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Another answer
Previous item repeated Carver’s answer to Machiavelli. Now repeat Henry Ford’s answer. = = = = = START FORD ANSWER: This 1935 Ford promotional film starts with a long florid speech by a pompous grandiose announcer, introducing an important address by Henry Ford himself! Mr Ford will announce the company’s way of countering the Depression.…
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Even Spokane is learning?
For a long time I’ve been vainly hoping that the idiot Dems would start DOING SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE instead of screeching incoherent nonsense about “democracy” and “fascism”, two purely imaginary fake concepts. Now even the perpetually incompetent and nasty “city” “government” of Spokane is starting to figure it out. They’re pouring 7 million into…
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Priority list
If governments want people to listen to crap about “climate” and “diversity” and “zoning”, they will have to do ONE THING first. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control crime. Control…
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Couldn’t happen now
This is a reminder of how thoroughly the New Deal had reformed and fixed America, with a remarkably durable effect. In the 60s, capitalism was still firmly controlled, trade was beneficial, and the stock market was forced to do the unthinkable: INVEST IN PRODUCTION. In ’62 Chrysler was no threat to GM. It had been…
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Mexico does FDR!
Mexico is getting SERIOUS about implementing the New Deal. I haven’t been looking much at other countries; somebody on Substack mentioned it. I googled it and found very little coverage in any US “news” sources; it was discussed in a few tech insider publications. The protections were signed into law last month after a year…
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Pope goes hardass on robber barons.
This is damned impressive! Prevost calls out the use of blockades and sanctions as a weapon of war, speaking specifically of Israel. He’s also talking to US, which has been routinely blockading dozens of countries since 1960. = = = = = START QUOTE: “We are now witnessing, with deep sorrow, the inhumane use of…
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WPA 2.0 in Carver territory
Here’s a fine example of the WPA spirit. Business has abandoned a normal and necessary function, so government picks it up. Even more WPAish, it’s a county government, not the feds. WPA gave priority to local control and local tradition, with federal support when needed. A 150-year-old weekly in Tuskegee was failing like most papers.…
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First original idea
NYC’s next mayor Zohran has one original idea. This is a landmark! No US politician at any level or any party has shown originality since 1945. All politicians copy-paste the same shit in different dialects. His idea: NYC should run municipal grocery stores. This is what the New Deal did in other areas. The principle…
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Farm focus to the next level
Many stations in rural states focused on farming. WIBW in Topeka, my nighttime companion in the 50s, devoted most of its mornings to agriculture and timeshared the frequency with KSAC, the all-ag station at K-State. WEKZ in Monroe, Wisconsin took farm focus to a new level. They owned and operated a farm right next to…
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