Hello, I hope everyone is well. I am looking forward to the mass exodus of people. They are headed to the beach and leaving the bar stools empty. The NC beaches have had a fair bit of excitement. You would think someone would connect the dots to the warmer water.
This evening's music features blues guitarist and singer Louisiana Red.
Good Morning Caucus99percent,
This evening's music features Texas bluesman Juke Boy Bonner.
Good Morning, 99 Percenters!
Today's Open Thread is about my yearly addiction. Bear with me. 
This evening's music features Chicago blues pianist Otis Spann.
photo credit TERRAPIN Bright Green
I'm thinking of a series of green articles like this that show not so much what is wrong with our environment but rather what to do about it now in the new world of climate change. This is a start:
I began this piece in January 2015, shortly after the election of Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras. I had not really been following the Greek elections, but just days after it occurred, I saw in a European newspaper Alexis Tsipras' "Open Letter to Germany: That Which You Were Never Told About Greece".
I read it, and I was hooked.
It was a letter of the times we live in. A letter about people who feel crushed by the increasingly powerful financiers of the West. It struck me as frank and oddly personal. I had not read anything quite so stark and pure coming from a current national leader.
It was a very logical, irreversible declaration of independence.
Today, on this day of the Greek default, I wanted to share that moment of history I found so moving and significant. The original message has since been lost in the noise and propaganda — but I do believe this is what a "tipping point" in history looks like, at the very moment it is happening.
Good morning good people
Press play and sing along, "The sun comes up, I think about you... the coffee cup..."
and a second cup of coffee to get us going...
All eyes are on Greece this weekend.
