Iraq is falling apart again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 3:51pmThe nation that we've been bombing since 1990 is having problems again.
Diaries
The Evening Blues - 9-7-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 3:09pm
What is up with Lindsey Graham?
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 1:10pmSeveral strange things have happened since John McCain's death and subsequent funeral in Washington DC. I quite do not know what to make of all this, so I am just putting it out here. My spidey sense tells me there is much more going on in the background than just the normal political intrigue.
Russia threatens to bomb U.S. base in Syria
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 11:53amThe Tanf military base is a lonely, desert oasis roughly 10 miles inside Syria near the Jordan border, and about 100 miles south of Palmyra.
Open Thread - Friday, September 7, 2018
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 09/07/2018 - 3:20am
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy -
Hey, C99 got a make over! As long as they didn't move my glasses, keys or wallet.
Hillary Clinton to stump for Bob Menendez in the most ethically backwards campaign event of all time
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 9:56pmI’m sorry, but I couldn’t pass this headline up. It’s so appropriate. One influence peddling scammer supporting another.
The Evening Blues - 9-6-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 5:03pm
Was the assassination of Aleksandr Zakharchenko a prelude to all-out war on Donbass?
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 4:56pm
On August 31 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Zakharchenko, Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic was killed by an explosive device in Café Separa in Donestk. His body guard was also killed, eleven others were injured.
Syrian government to blame for chemical attack that hasn't happened yet
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/06/2018 - 3:45pmIn this modern, do-it-yesterday world, you don't have time to wait for evidence of blame for wrongdoing. In fact, you shouldn't even have to wait for the wrongdoing to happen.
We can now look into the future and assign blame for things that have not happened, like in Minority Report.
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.
