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Revealed: Russia’s secret plan to help Julian Assange escape from UK https://t.co/791RBlgWt3

— The Guardian (@guardian) September 21, 2018

Four days of rain and cooler temperatures....

Can't wait for the snow.
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Anyway, before guests arrive, some photos:

A good rule of thumb is that a joke is more effective when it contains some truth, but not too much truth, because then it stops being funny.
Bernie Sanders can be forgiven, because he's not a professional comedian.

When Brexit narrowly passed, the neoliberal Blairites in the UK Labour Party were horrified. They demanded Jeremy Corbyn, whom they despise, immediately oppose the referendum that so many UK Labour members voted for. When he refused, the Labour Party divided.

Let this little clip from Zero Hedge sink in for a moment.

On September 13, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry threatened to impose sanctions on our ally over the construction of an underwater natural-gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, known as Nord Stream 2.

U.S. household wealth passed $100 trillion in the 1st Quarter for the first time ever. $1 trillion was added in the 1s Quarter alone, mostly through a rising stock market.
Never has a nation been more wealthy than the United States in 2018.

President Trump threatened to declassify documents about the Russia investigation today, and the news media was horrified.
Do you remember when the news media supported transparency in the White House? Journalists used to fight for transparency, even to the point of risking their careers.

I really can't remember when I signed up for OFA. Most likely it was before one of the world's greatest liars was elected President and immediately began appointing neolib losers.

In May, Trump cancelled summit talks with North Korea.
In August, Trump cancelled high-level peace talks with North Korea.
By fighting against peace on the Korean peninsula, Trump is carrying out a 70-year long American tradition.

This essay is an attempt to try to sort some things out about what we are hearing in the main stream media and from many Democrats about Trump's order to declassify 21 redacted pages of the fourth FISA warrant on Carter Page. As an aside, Carter Page, himself has asked for the entire FISA warrant document to be released unredacted.

Awwwwww, poor Hopey-Changey. **sniff sniff** Don’t the people in Chicago want to be fleeced by this guy and his fake ‘legacy’ for the next (almost) 100 years? Go figure.

Chicago Officials HALT Obama Library Construction, Reveal Sweetheart Rent Deal

Republicans have been pulling their hair out this year because of those darn public school teachers. The GOP has been demonizing them for decades to further their goal of privatizing all schools in America, which went into overdrive with the rise of the Tea Party.
Starting with West Virginia, the teachers finally started fighting back.