More Groundhogs

Talk about boring, this Lizz gal, the new Prime Minister, is taking it to a new level, apparently an attempt to swing away from the wacky Boris Johnson show, a little less Monty Python, a little more Margaret Thatcher. The moment the Queen was in the ground she busts out this amazingly unique and creative solution to England's economic woes. Ready for this? Cut taxes and regulations! Talk about phoning it in. Capitalism can't even pretend to try anymore. With interest rates surging she wants to take on massive amounts of new debt, praying the Job Creators will jump into action with this largess. Where have I heard this before? This is what "progressives" and social democrats seem to have so much trouble understanding. When workers start making gains, Capital has tools to put them back in their place. And despite a few Starbucks, Capital is not worried about widespread unrest. The white working class is too busy fretting over guns and Muslims. RIP Pharoah Sanders. His music was often difficult, reflecting difficult times. Most people, myself included, want music to soothe the ache, not intensify it. But Pharoah played the truth. As Washington put it, like a chicken and gravy picnik in outer space. Anyway, tough times. Defeat of the Chilean constitution, yet another student uprising in Iran, the far right winning today in Italy (my prediction), and the stock market tanking prior to the US elections. Expect nothing and you won't be dissapointed. The death spiral spins in fits and starts but always in the same direction.