BIDEN MET WITH HISTORIANS WHO WARNED HIM ABOUT THREATS TO DEMOCRACY AND COMPARED THE CURRENT MOMENT TO THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ERA, REPORT SAYS

Kelsey Vlamis  Aug 10, 2022, 7:18 PM (businessinsider.com) President Joe Biden met with historians at the White House last week, The Washington Post reported. People familiar with the conversation said the historians warned Biden about totalitarianism’s rise. They were also said to have discussed the antebellum period and pre-World War… Continue reading

The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (2012) – Slavoj Žižek

The Philosopher King Jun 16, 2022 Cultural theorist superstar Slavoj Žižek re-teams with director Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema) for another wildly entertaining romp through the crossroads of cinema and philosophy. With infectious zeal and a voracious appetite for popular culture, Žižek literally goes inside some truly epochal… Continue reading

San Francisco is about to change dramatically — whether it wants to or not

Chris Elmendorf Aug. 11, 2022 Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 11:04 a.m. (SFChronicle.com) If anything defines the spirit of San Francisco, it’s the idea of doing things our own way. Immigrants, hippies, financiers, technologists, the LGBTQ community: Generation after generation, people with a vision for doing something differently and better, or simply… Continue reading

Milk Club PAC recommendations

The Milk PAC’s recommendations are:   Local Races & Measures Board of Supervisors District 2:  PAC has no recommendation   District 4:  PAC recommends Gordon Mar District 6:  PAC recommendsHoney Mahogany  District 8:  PAC recommends Rafael Mandelman District 10:  PAC recommends Shamann Walton District Attorney:  PAC has no recommendation  Public Defender:  PAC recommends Mano Raju  School Board:  PAC recommends Alida Fisher & Karen Fleshman City College… Continue reading

We Now Have a DA Race, as Vocal Brooke Jenkins Critic John Hamasaki Is Running Against Brooke Jenkins

We Now Have a DA Race, as Vocal Brooke Jenkins Critic John Hamasaki Is Running Against Brooke Jenkins

11 AUGUST 2022/SF POLITICS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) November’s San Francisco District Attorney election will now definitely be a barnburner, as former police commissioner and fierce SFPD critic John Hamasaki files to run against Brooke Jenkins. Tuesday night’s bombshell revelations that San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins was paid $100,000 by recall Chesa… Continue reading

Majority Whip James E. Clyburn to Receive NAACP’s Highest Honor

PRESS STATEMENT July 13, 2022 (NAACP.org) WASHINGTON – On July 20, 2022, the NAACP will honor Majority Whip James E. Clyburn with the prestigious Spingarn Medal during the 113th Annual National Convention in Atlantic City, NJ. The Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s highest honor, is awarded annually. “I am pleased beyond measure and humbled to receive the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP’s… Continue reading

Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy

118 Pages Posted: 20 Jul 2022 Last revised: 2 Aug 2022 Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Yale School of Management Steven Tian Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute Franek Sokolowski Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute Michal Wyrebkowski Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute Mateusz Kasprowicz Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute Date Written: July 19, 2022 (papers.ssrn.com) Abstract… Continue reading