Diaries
Okinawa Building Shelters to Protect Children From Objects Falling From US Aircraft
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 3:26pmAnd we wonder why America is so disliked (to put it mildly) and distrusted (from personal experience) by people all around the world.
The Logos of Euterpe
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 8:33amUpon the field they clash and strike
Each attack intended to end the matter
for no blow is unsportsmanlike
no lust believed the domain of the satyr.
(Refrain)
Crashing shields and broken spears
These are the things left on the field
Fear behind the false veneers
Led by rancid hate unconceal'd
NEW IMPROVED Monday Open Thread: July 30 is the International Day of Friendship
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 07/30/2018 - 5:00amJuly 30 is the 211th day of the year; as well as Sweetmorn, Confusion 65, 3184 YOLD to discordians.
Cowardly establishment Democrats turn on Ocasio-Cortez
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 11:31pm
Republicans have done an embarrassingly poor job at making Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez look bad.
Failing to slander her agenda, they've turned to personal attacks.
The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
Submitted by arendt on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 10:50pmThere is a war raging inside and outside the Democratic Party. The war's origins go back to the beginning of the Clinton Era in 1992, when corporatists took over the party machinery and began excluding (and then demonizing) the progressive wing of the party, when irredeemable neoliberal assholes like Rahm Emmanuel became the public face of the Democratic Party. But, it was the 2016 campaign that put this civil war on the front pages.
An Open Letter to Bernie
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 6:15pmDNC Acquires Voter Cell Phone Numbers
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 4:35pmSeriously, if they call me, they’ll only call once.
DNC Acquires Voter Cell Phone Numbers
July 29, 2018 at 9:42 am EDT By Taegan GoddardAn internal memo says the DNC has reached out to 30 million voters so far and acquired 94 million cell phone numbers of registered voters ahead of the 2018 midterm elections
Brazil's leading presidential candidate is a political prisoner
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 3:09pmFormer Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva languishes in jail, but the average voter loves him.
Hillary Clinton DEFENDS paying for the Steele dossier into Trump and says it's not the same as working with Russians to influence the election
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 07/29/2018 - 1:29pmAh geeze. This old bit of baggage thinks we’re as stupid as she is corrupt.
Hillary Clinton DEFENDS paying for the Steele dossier into Trump and says it's not the same as working with Russians to influence the election
The former presidential candidate told Trevor Noah on the Daily Show that 'of course' there is a difference between paying for that information and colluding with Russia to influence the 2016 election.