Diaries
Elizabeth Warren Plans To "Destroy Capitalism" And "Nationalize Everything"
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 11:46amElizabeth Warren has proposed one of the most important bills of the decade - the Accountable Capitalism Act.
The Conservative Worldview: Herrenvolk and Untermenschen, Revisited
Submitted by Alex Budarin on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 9:13amThe following essay is one that I published during the Presidential election year of 2012, except for the photo and Postscript. It was more of a conjecture at the time, and it ruffled a few feathers, but I think the passage of time has provided even more confirmation of the underlying hypothesis.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 6:06am
Dancing Around the Issues
This is the old-time dance weekend on the mountain. I won't be around till this evening. So, I thought we would take a break from the news and I would share with you a little of what I know about old-time southern dance and music. The music and the dance go together...usually one time through the tune, one time through the dance. In the past just hearing the tune told you which dance to do. Southern music and dance is a cultural amalgam. It builds on a base of British country dance and tunes, illustrates the influence of the French quadrilles with square dances, cranks up the drive with African rhythms and slave dances like the Calenda and Chica, and finally includes a dash of native American dance with calls like “single file Indian style”. This is the dance form of working people...a barn dance. These people hadn't studied with a dancing master, so one person called or prompted the figures....circle, line, square, couple, and set dances are among its many forms. Both the dance and the music are cooperative efforts.
Sunday Open Thread: August 19 is World Humanitarian Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 5:00amand it is also Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 12, 3184 YOLD
(for you Discordians out there)
World History this day
Some other principles of a socialist cllimate politics
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 4:35amEveryone, this is in response to Matthew Huber's "Five Principles of a Socialist Climate Politics." It's a good piece but it seems to be asking for a bit more.
The Resistance strikes again
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 2:48amRemember when the intelligence agencies were held in contempt because they had a long history of sordid and heinous acts? But ever since HRC lost the election they have changed their minds and decided that they are now trustworthy.
New information has come out that show that Brennan might have been the one who started the Russia Gate shit storm
Resilience Conversation: Defending Degrowth
Submitted by mhagle on Sat, 08/18/2018 - 3:05pmFor-profit health care industry is buying the 'Blue Wave'
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 08/18/2018 - 2:59pmThe number one issue on the voters' minds is health care, or the lack of, and that has the for-profit health care industry nervous.
About the "Nine Current and Former Officials" Losing Security Clearances
Submitted by leveymg on Sat, 08/18/2018 - 1:29pmIn February 2017, “nine current and former officials” confirmed classified information leaked to the Washington Post and the New York Times. That information was intelligence obtained from NSA intercepts of several telephone calls between incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Kislyak.