Evening Blues Preview 8-18-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 3:37pmThis evening's music features r&b singer and songwriter Jimmy "T-99" Nelson.
Diaries
Deep Sea Mining, a threat to our ocean
Submitted by MarilynW on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 11:54am
Open Thread 08-18-15
Submitted by JtC on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 8:04amGood morning 99percenters!
Morning news dump and music by Dick Dale.
World’s Nuclear Facilities Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks
Stuxnet, the computer virus introduced into the Iranian nuclear program by Israel and the US has now escaped into other program in other countriesAs hackers continue to rampage through closely-guarded information systems and databases with monotonous regularity, there is a tempting new target for cyber-attacks: the world’s nuclear facilities.
Evening Blues Preview 8-17-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 3:14pmThis evening's music features early urban bluesman from St. Louis, Clifford Gibson.
Open Thread 08-17-2015
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 8:05amGood morning good people
Piano Concerto No. 21
Monday morning quote
"Every Voice Counts" - Important new Trans Survey.
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 8:00amThe title is from rserven's Daily Kos diary yesterday. I am republishing it here on her behalf. First a link in cse her embedded links don't work.
Mon Aug 17, 2015 at 04:00 PM PDT
Every voice counts
by rserven for TransAction
Revelation(s)
Submitted by hecate on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 4:34amBehold, I come quickly.
—Revelation 22:12
Mike Huckleberry has abandoned presidential-campaign commitments in Iowa and New Hampshire to jet off to Israel. Huckleberry says he absolutely Needs people there to know that no one—not even Jesus—is more fervent a foamer for the Israelites, than he.
Oil bust about to get serious
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 1:44pmOil prices dropping to six-year lows is already serious, but doing it in the middle of the peak season for oil should get everyone's attention.
The Evening Blues Weekend Edition Sunday 08-16-15 Preview
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 11:01amTonight's Evening Blues Weekend Edition will feature Jazz, Bop and Rock Drummer Cozy Cole.
He burst into the awareness of most of my generation with his 1958 rock single: Topsy Part 2
The Tennessee Convict War
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 10:50amIn 1997 the Tennessee branch of the AFL-CIO made an agreement with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) to support the privatization of Tennessee's state prison system. This opened the door for Tennessee's prison labor being used to compete with private industry.
