Category Archives: John Schweibert

The Fine Line between Prediction and Paranoia

Posted on July 26, 2017 by M. Meo

  James Petras is a commenter with whom I find myself frequently agreeing.  In a good way, it’s something akin to how I feel about Paul Krugman (with whom I have plenty of disagreements, of course; but I’m generally on … Continue reading →

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How to Address the Korea Problem

Posted on July 7, 2017 by M. Meo

The President of the United States is threatening military action against North Korea, and the only response the Koreans have made, is to test a new long-range missile that can reach, potentially, Alaska. Suppose the U.S. bombs Korea.  Their reply … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Colonialism

Posted on June 7, 2017 by M. Meo

While my two teenaged sons, Michael Kepler and John Dominic, were attending the much-anticipated Free Speech pro-Trump rally in front of City Hall this last weekend, getting onto the front page of the British newspaper the Guardian, I went to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Unnecessary Death

Posted on May 11, 2017 by M. Meo

So far we have only the police story, which goes as follows. May 10, 2017 23:10 The Portland Police Bureau and East County Major Crimes Team are in the early stages of an officer-involved shooting investigation that occurred early Wednesday … Continue reading →

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The Bombing of Syria, on general principles

Posted on April 7, 2017 by M. Meo

I don’t have a lot to say about the most recent American war crime. It does go to show, however, how little it mattered in the 2016 election (you recall, I hope, how in that election, as in every single … Continue reading →

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Same Old, Same Old

Posted on March 17, 2017 by M. Meo

Green Party activists, especially those motivated by anti-war sentiment, have no difficulty demonstrating the alignment between the Republican and Democratic parties, upholders both of the American Empire, through brutal military means. David Swanson imagines Trump’s budget originating in the thought, … Continue reading →

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Mass Incarceration Here and Now

Posted on March 15, 2017 by M. Meo

  My friend Shane Greene, whom I’ve known since we were locked up in Multnomah County Jail last year for months together, came to visit me the other day; he’s been out of state prison for three months now, and … Continue reading →

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A Progressive Step Forward

Posted on February 6, 2017 by M. Meo

Mussolini made the trains run on time.  From the 15 November 2016 The Atlantic — “Stop Saying Mussolini Made the Trains Run on Time“: Like other Italian Fascist-era coinages (turns out “drain the swamp” was a Mussolini thing, too), Il … Continue reading →

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Portland Police Shoot Another Miscreant

Posted on December 9, 2016 by M. Meo

The Portland Police killed another suspect Tuesday. He had shot at them when they arrived, and missed. Presumably they then told him to come out of the building from which he had fired the shot. He did. He carried a … Continue reading →

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The Loss of Hope

Posted on December 8, 2016 by M. Meo

The occasion for this report is the news today that the rise in death rates, or the lowering of life expectancy — two ways of looking at essentially the same thing — has now extended from males in the United … Continue reading →

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