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Two transgender, non-binary students in South Glenn Falls, NY were kicked off a school bus on Wednesday, just because they wanted to sit on the "boys side of the bus."

WTF???? Yes, You read that correctly...as did I.

Here's the new news.

McCain to oppose Graham-Cassidy, likely sinking Obamacare repeal

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/22/mccain-to-oppose-graham-cassidy...

When the Dems had it in 2009, even with their wheeling dealing (see Cornhusker Kickback) They still somehow jammed ACA through.

Remember these headlines from the spring?

Donald Trump, President of the United States Empire, responsible for wars and abject poverty across the planet, in his U.N. speech on September, 19, 2017.

“When decent people and nations become bystanders to history, the forces of destruction only gather power and strength.”

By all accounts, you and your country bought $100,000 of Facebook ads to defeat Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump. We feel your money could be better spent supporting our blog.

Just in case the world doesn't end tomorrow, September 23, 2017, something big still might happen.

Defcon One
-COCKED PISTOL
-Nuclear war is imminent
-Maximum readiness

Sometimes you never realize how broken something is until you try to fix it.
That's what happened when Bernie Sanders finally addressed foreign policy today.

North Korea is playing the Long Game and has scored a significant victory against the US. Trump is ill suited to be running US foreign policy at this time. Any competent leader would understand the situation and negotiate a face-saving long term treaty for peace on the Korean peninsula. Instead, Trump is blustering and threatening and in the long run will have to declare bankruptcy, screw his creditors and claim victory... as usual.

Russia warns US it will strike back if militia attacks in Syria don’t end

Moscow has warned the US that if militias it supports in northeast Syria again attack positions of pro-government forces backed by Russia, the Russian military will use all its force to retaliate.

This is the picture of the capitalist system given us in Paul Street's most recent salvo, Capitalism: The Nightmare. I'd recommend a read before going further.

The Montana Supreme Court has ordered the Office of Attorney General Tim Fox (R) to rewrite language for the ballot statement and fiscal note associated with an anti-transgender ballot initiative that voters will decide on during the 2018 election.

The establishment's response to Bernie Sanders' Medicare-For-All proposal has gotten hysterical. A good example is the opening sentence to this article.

Transgender people are often referred to as mentally ill. People who do that will no doubt point to the suicide attempt rate in support of their assertion.

If you haven't seen it yet, you won't believe it:

After listening to Trump's terrifying bellicose and contradictory speech to the UN which will have more support across the US than many would care to admit. Contradictory in the sense of choosing our enemies and our allies alike.

Egypt is heavily invested in Libya's on-going civil war.

Yeah, I know, I put in a cute comment about arendt's use of "Mr. Burns" -- standard academic writing would have been "Burns" or "Ken Burns." Apologies to arendt.

It is now apparent that Mr. Burns is completely minimizing the CIA's role in Viet Nam. That role was even more prominent in the years before the commitment of US troops in 1964. But you would never know it from Mr. Burns.

Here are four examples of that minimization:

1. Rufus Philips

The Kurds of Iraq are about to vote for independence and Baghdad is not happy.

I woke up with a headache. The day has so far not improved much. In the background I am working on an essay for the upcoming 25th anniversary of beginning my transition. But that is still a dozen days away.

This is possibly the least surprising development of 2017.

When does a war become an occupation?

Before Occupy Wall Street, this was the plan to try to bring an end to the utter abomination that is the United States Empire war in and occupation of Afghanistan.

Well, I was certainly not expecting real history. I watched to see the pictures.

Real history? In the first episode, they interview Donald Gregg, whom they caption only as "CIA". (factoid: Gregg joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1951. He served in Japan from 1964 to 1973.) He voices the opinion that Viet Nam was a mistake.

Yeah, that Donald Gregg:

Iran-Contra

Lauer to Clinton: "Did You Make Enough Mistakes Yourself To Lose The Election?"

MATT LAUER, TODAY SHOW: Fans of yours I think are looking at this book and they're saying this is a frank assessment and this is a much-needed discussion of the 2016 election. Foes of yours are probably saying, 'Oh, here she goes. She's pointing fingers, she whining.'