if i ran this country, today would be a national holiday.

This evening's music features blues harp player Charlie Musselwhite.

Welcome to the Good Friday edition of Morning Open Thread. Today's topic is the justice and penal systems.

WWJD - What Would Justice Demand?

The American Injustice System works well for the elite and privileged.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/7/affluenza_defense_lands_wealthy_tee...

The rest of us are at the mercy of the courts.

This evening's music features blues singer and piano player Roosevelt Sykes.

Good morning 99percenters!
Some morning news and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with a little Buffalo Springfield thrown in.

The American empire is over: Afghanistan, China and our new bystander status
After a decade plus of war, the U.S. can only watch as China brokers Afghan peace. Here's where we went so wrong

Praenomen's and Gulfgal's excellent articles the other day about the Occupy movement and its relation to the civil rights movement reminded me of a post that I wrote a couple of years ago but never published at the Great Orange Satan. I thought it might be of interest to folks here.

Barack Obama is the largest governmental obstacle to the continuation and completion of Martin Luther King's mission.

This evening's music features April Fools music.

Today is April Fool's Day, but I do not want to play the fool, so no jokes from me.

it looks as if some "changes" may be in the air on the middle eastern front on the long run. I hope for those.

Geopolitical Tremors: America, Nuclear Talks and the New Middle East

Complicated stuff. May be worth a look.

This evening's music features r&b and blues singer Ruth Brown.