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“Judge Posner Blasts Banana Lady”

I never quite expected to see a piece from Lowering the Bar that embraced within its structure both “banana lady” and “Judge Posner.” But Banana Lady and the perhaps overly regarded federal judge Richard Posner (who publishes a book every … Continue reading →

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The Kochs Final Solution to Democracy was laid out in 1980

DailyKos provides a Bernie Sanders post: Astounding: David Koch’s 1980 VP Run: Kill Medicare, Social Security, Minimum Wage, Public Schools. The Koch Brothers “philosophy” was opportunistically termed “libertarianism,” and they invented a political party to go with it. It sounds … Continue reading →

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“Blockheads in the High Court”

“Well,” he said to her, stroking the cat from its nose right out to the tip of its tail, “we won the case. They did not appeal. All the better. There are blockheads in the High Court who simply regard … Continue reading →

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