Evening Blues Preview 4-16-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 12:52pmThis evening's music features r&b songwriter and pianist Floyd Dixon.
Diaries
We can't have real infrastructure spending cause the GOP
Submitted by Roger Fox on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 10:00amYou've read this since at least 2010. Dems don't have the votes so we can't do this or do that. FDR had a super majority, Obama doesn't. I've always subscribed to something Paul Wellstone talked about, in my words: If you make your case to the voters they will respect you for it, and more often than not, vote for you.
Open Thread - 04-16-2015
Submitted by mimi on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 7:00amGood Morning, Everybody. What's going on in your minds today? I hope it's not something as nonsensical as what is rumbling around in mine. May I just dump this first? And then at the end I add some links to more serious articles that caught my eye.
Sexism Sucks Shitballs
Submitted by Shiz on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 10:15pmI only wish ...
Saudi War Crimes
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 3:50pmIt is with less than surprise that a nation living by 7th Century criminal laws also uses 7th Century military tactics.
In this particular case, Saudi Arabia is trying to win the war against Yemeni rebels by creating a famine.
"International Day of Action in the Fight for $15. Pics from around the World."
Submitted by JayRaye on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 1:16pmFrom Bangladesh to Brooklyn
Check out jpmassar's diary! Pics from around the world and across the USA!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/15/1377933/-International-Day-of-A...
Evening Blues Preview 4-15-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 12:23pmThis evening's music features blues and jazz guitarist Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson.
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Part 1 - Our Personal Disconnect
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 7:00amThe wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are our longest and third longest duration wars for the United States and yet few Americans have been personally touched by them. While our second longest war, Viet Nam, was fought with draftees, these two current wars are being fought using a very scaled down, all volunteer military.
Part One: Where We Go From Here
Submitted by praenomen on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 4:50pmNOTE: This is the first in a series of articles that will lay out an action plan for uniting the populist movement.
The Political Landscape
To accurately gauge the efficacy of the Democratic Party base as a political entity, you need to understand how deeply compromised its members are by “magical” thinking.
Evening Blues Preview 4-14-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 2:52pmThis evening's music features blues, r&b, rock and soul saxophonist King Curtis.
Important Announcement
Submitted by JtC on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 5:49pmThe tag field problem has been corrected. I am 99.99% sure of it. Filling in the tag field is now required again to publish a diary and the tags page has also been enabled. If anyone has any problems with the tags please Private Message me by clicking my user name and then click the "Send this user a private message" link. I will leave this announcement up as a sticky for a while so hopefully everyone sees it. Thank you.
Scooby to the rescue
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 5:16pmThose crazy kids. Hillary Clinton, her Secret Service agents and an aide are road tripping from New York to Iowa. And they're doing it in a van named for a dog and those meddling kids.
Evening Blues Preview 4-13-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 3:03pmThis evening's music features blues songwriter and guitarist from New Orleans, Earl King.
Slaying the Sacred Cows: Identity Politics, Outrage Porn, and Lifestyle Branding
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 11:33amHere's a quick question: What was the progressive community outraged about last week? How about last month?
I'm not talking about real issues, like inequality or the Forever War we are engaged in.
I'm talking about the never-ending serious of petty outrages that the online community loves and can't do without. You know what I'm talking about.
Morning Open Thread: While everyone is focused on XL
Submitted by dkmich on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 7:00amWhen a ruptured pipeline spilled 20,000 barrels of oil into a North Dakota wheat field last month, a state health official said it was “the best place it could’ve occurred” — far from population centers and water supplies. But what if a similar spill occurs in the worst place?
