Macron: Another neoliberal false dawn
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 12:46pmWhen Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France last year the establishment absolutely swooned like schoolgirls.
Diaries
‘Prepare for CyberWar’ – Anonymous sources brief right-wing press on May’s ‘revenge’ against Russia
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 11:26amNow those sly RUSSIANS! have gone and done it. They’ve made Theresa mad. It’s payback time...
Computers ready.
Aim.
Hack.
(“Don’t forget, try to act like we don’t do this stuff already. Or at the very least, stress the fact that when we meddle, we do it with manners and in good taste.”)
‘Prepare for CyberWar’ – Anonymous sources brief right-wing press on May’s ‘revenge’ against Russia
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Revenge: Trump Threatens “Deep State” With Declassification “To Find Additional Corruption” As GOP Allies Call For Release
Submitted by leveymg on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 10:50amRevenge: Trump Threatens “Deep State” With Declassification “To Find Additional Corruption” As GOP Allies Call For Release
by Tyler Durden
Thu, 09/06/2018 – 10:45
Democratic establishment have already decided how to thwart progressives
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 10:11amThe progressive insurgency has scored some big victories this year, but if you think the Dems have learned anything, I have a bridge for sale.
Hot Air
Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 5:00am
How To Avoid “Hot House Earth”
Here is a straightforward and simple path, a clear formula for action, a prescription if you will, that will allow us to avoid the catastrophic repercussions of a “Hot House Earth”.
Simply said...
• We must meet the Paris targets of 1.5 C. Not 2C.
South America's "soft" right-wing coups
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 9:57pmThe announcement by the government of Ecuador that Julian Assange was being evicted from the embassy coincided with this important event that happened just three weeks earlier.
This Is a Constitutional Crisis
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 7:51pmThis Is a Constitutional Crisis
A cowardly coup from within the administration threatens to enflame the president’s paranoia and further endanger American security
David Frum | 4:54 PM ET
Inspiration For This Chain-Losing Time. Or, A Quick Antidote To Fascism. Long Live Henry Miller, Caitlin and Occupy!
Submitted by Mark from Queens on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 7:25pmJust sitting here with not a lot of time on my hands as usual. But inspired by Caitlin Johnstone's latest essay-made-into-video to put something together from bits over the course of today. Just a much-needed lift. For myself, and I hope you too.
The Evening Blues - 9-5-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 3:21pm
Adjusting One's Political Expectations for 2018
Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 2:46pm
The monopolies that own the elected Federal Government were always a known-known in America. That hasn't changed.
Yesterday, in the (Must Read if You Hope to be Informed in the US) Evening Blues, our news curator, joe shikspack, directed us with a simple link to an attempted interview with Chris Hedges, which was posted at Naked Capitalism.
Parts of the interview, by John Siman, are a study in "sentence fragment syndrome" as a sign that a finger in the dike is all that is standing between you and a deluge of uncanny clarity pouring forth from one of the foremost towering minds in American culture today — Chris Hedges.
