Yes, there really are a lot of stupid people in this country.

"While Cossar was standing for the anthem prior to the start of Saturday’s game, she said she heard someone in the stands point out the workers had also risen.

“When I looked over the fence, I saw them standing and respecting the flag,” she said.

Quick hit.

I'm seeing that said a lot in the commentary regarding Trump's asinine, pathetic and completely subservient speech saying he doesn't like the Iran nuclear weapons "deal".

I just read it again, "Who would trust America’s word after deal-break Trump?" Well intentioned writers who rightly castigate Trump and his administration's stance on Iran can't help but try to strengthen their argument by lamenting about U.S. trustworthiness if the deal ends broken.

The SDF is making a final push today in the four-month Battle of Raqqa.
Victory is in sight.

This falls under the "unintended consequences" category.

I fully realise that I am constantly pitching fits about the Clinton Creature, but the reason I do that is because I think she’s dangerous and that she’s pushing to start some really big trouble that the plebs will end up paying for. Of course.

A.) Mike Ditka Eats Quiche

Mike Ditka is replaced on ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown one week after calling Obama the 'worst president we've ever had

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3484065/Mike-Ditka-replaced-ESPN...

Mike Ditka: 'There has been no oppression in the last 100 years'

If Iraq implodes into civil war - again - it'll happen in the next few days.

Iraqi forces are advancing towards Kurdish-held sites in Kirkuk province.
They intend to take control of oil fields and an airbase in the disputed region, Kurdish security officials say.

The Kurds can't give up the Kirkuk oilfields without giving up the revenue required to fund an independent state.

Pyongyang 1953

Considering present day circumstances, how are people affected when they read the below excerpt from the DPRK’s Foreign Minister’s cable to the United Nations Security Council dated 13 January 1951.

Let's start with 2016. The consensus was formed -- Hillary Rodham Clinton was going to be the next President, and neither Bernie Sanders nor Donald Trump was going to stand in the way. Donald Trump was the chosen opponent -- the Clinton forces thought he would appear so horrible that the voters would be motivated to select Clinton simply to avoid electing Trump. Bernie Sanders was merely trying to chirp in with the notion of social-democratic guarantees of economic security.

This message is being sent you c99ers and Swampers at the urging of the Dean of Medicine at Alligator University. The dean says he will revoke my alligatorness (which would be probably almost as painful as listening to Hillary reading her latest tell-all on an AudioBook) if I did not return to the practice of medicine.

Mandatory display of AU logo here:

This is atrocious. Time to bring murder charges, amirite?

The city of Flint saw fewer pregnancies, and a higher number of fetal deaths, during the period women and their fetuses were exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, according to a new research study that reviewed health records from Flint and the state.

It's 1, 2, 3 What Are We Fighting 4?

I keep waiting for some group to promote a people's platform. Since I haven't seen one, I decided to produce a wish list myself. Over four decades ago my partner worked with Paul Torrance http://stateofcreativity.com/dr-e-paul-torrance/ I learned through their work that in order to accomplish things we need to develop a positive future image (which is why Paul developed a future problem solving competition for children). So what follows is my list of goals for a positive future in the US and world. Of course there will also be the usual summary of this week's news.

Here we are with protests and demands for superficial tokens of "loyalty" again. Here we are protesting the murder of people of color again. I have a story to tell about such matters because we have been there before.

Population of Israel - 8.3 million
Population of Iran - 81 million

Land area of Israel - 8 thousand square miles
Land area of Iran - 636 thousand square miles

Both are self governing independent nations recognized by the United Nations.

Number of Nuclear weapons possessed by Israel - estimated at between 75 and 400

Considering that the U.S. has roughly 5,000 troops in Iraqi Kurdistan right now, it is almost criminal how little attention our politicians and news media has given the volatile situation.
Just today, Baghdad delivered a demand that is politically impossible for the Kurds to comply with.

I'd like you to take a look at a couple of stories to prove the point above. First, we'll start with this one:

All I want is a say. That's all I can ask for. That's all we can all ask for, isn't it? An equal say in the matter. How can I ask for more than anyone else? How can anyone else ask for more than me? Or you?

With the Trump administration becoming more unbeelievable every day, time to focus on those who do the hard work and make life better for all of us.

Here's one. I give you Signore l'Ape. In the words of Jeb Bush, please clap.

Hanging basket:

Well they’ve (The Loony So-Calle ‘Left) and their main propaganda.organization, the Washington Pissed, are finally calling for action to dump Trump. As if things aren’t divided and hateful enough, these assholes REALLY think it’s time to start agitating for impeachment. THEY ARE FUCKING INSANE. It is NOT going to happen.

Republicans, It’s Time To Panic

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Judicial Watch Press Release:

FBI Finds 30 Pages of Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting Documents – Wants Six Weeks to Turn Over Docs

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Since the Weinstein story broke, the GOP has been trying to spin it as a story about the Democratic elite.
There is a smidgen of truth to that spin, but only a smidgen.

The mainstream media has spun the Weinstein story as a story about male supremacy, and there is certainly valid points behind that spin.

Pulling a Teacher Ken move* here, because this post on Medium says it all:

Link to Will Pflaum Medium essay, "The Weinstein Resistance."

The more the Russian election interference story focuses on Facebook and Twitter, they more ridiculous it gets. https://t.co/BySRm9mpqB pic.twitter.com/1dsScz57g8

— Sean Guillory (@seansrussiablog) October 3, 2017

My Mother. My Mother, I'll tell two stories and then let you discuss. Put on your gracious Irish post-lace-curtain near-middle class Long Island accent for this, 'cuz I'm gonna.

I have even begun to forget where I came in. Depending on how old you are this might make sense to you. When I was a kid they ran movies over and over and you could come in at any point in the film. It was a long time until we evolved into the present mode.

So that means that people my age can identify with the news and political theater in a different way than those too young to have experienced this.

For three decades the IMF was the leading champion of neoliberalism and globalism. They also were in a position where they could force their free-market fundamentalism views upon the teaming masses of the world.