The Evening Blues - 8-14-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 11:32am
Diaries
The Logos of Ajax
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 7:51amYou were not present upon the field
and so you have no right to speak of it.
When the walls fell I took what was mine by right
and you have no right to speak of it.
Who are you to judge me? A soldier, the greatest.
For I was the one who spared Achilles body from
the cruel revenge of the Trojans. I was the one
who stood glorious on the field, showing my courage,
Tuesday Open Thread: The Under 25 Three
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 5:30am
While the 2016 presidential election had some of the oldest candidates in American history, some very young candidates are seeking office at the local level.
Jordan Peterson Destroys a Feminist Thirty Years Later
Submitted by Bluesee on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 11:22pmThis is another email to my brother. Background: I can't debate him at all, hate it, don't want to, but I allowed my beloved brother an opening: I told him I am listening to this guy JP on the Joe Rogan Experience podcasts, and he sounds reasonable in his arguments - on the JRE podcast! But put him in a different element and he unleashes what to me is unreasonable argument. See below. I'd like to hear your honest opinions of this guy. THANKS!
Who coulda guessed that?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 10:44pmBefore states began legalizing marijuana we were all told by official sources that legal weed would trigger the End Of Days.
Pot smokers, OTOH, said cops would spend their time catching real crooks instead of arrested peaceful pot smokers.
Guess who was right?
“Everybody Immediately Knew That It Was for Amazon”: Has Bezos Become More Powerful in D.C. Than Trump?
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 8:21pmThis guy is a freaking boil on the butt of the universe. What is his thing about control? Bastid wants EVERYTHING run through him. Am I simple minded because I think this is a TERRIBLE idea?
“Everybody Immediately Knew That It Was for Amazon”: Has Bezos Become More Powerful in D.C. Than Trump?
"I Say a Little Prayer"
Submitted by janis b on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 7:51pm
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-...
[video:https://youtu.be/v6HkAPjFyuU]
A place to honour the Queen of Soul ...
Koch Brothers accidentally promotes leftist agenda AGAIN!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 6:27pmA couple weeks ago a Koch Brothers study accidentally showed that Medicare For All would save the country $2 Trillion over 10 years, while covering everyone.
Strike One!
(WTF? This is it??): U.S. rests its case against former Trump aide Manafort
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 6:05pmAll the money we’ve spent and we don’t get no RUSSIANS!!?? No election meddling? No Boris and Natasha??
U.S. rests its case against former Trump aide Manafort
The Evening Blues - 8-13-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 3:43pm
