Diaries
Where you can vote Green without being voter shamed
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 9:32pmWe all know that any independent progressive that dares to vote for a third-party progressive that shares their values is secretly voting for a conservative Republican, and thus deserves to be shamed.
We also know that registered Democrats that vote for a conservative Republican are guilty of nothing at all and should be pandered to.
Two Rangers, now vets, encourage troops not to go to border UPDATED Breaking
Submitted by divineorder on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 7:06pm
President Trump is attracting a diverse group of critics for his political stunt of sending active military on top of the National Guard already there on the southern border, trying to sell it as protecting us from sick and impoverished group of asylum seekers weeks away from making it to the US border.
Friday Photography - Trees as Sculpture
Submitted by janis b on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 5:44pm… and rain as radiant.
I would like to dedicate this to magiamma for all her beautiful work in so many ways.
Cory Booker cleared to run for president, Senate simultaneously after New Jersey enacts 'Cory's Law'
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 3:26pmSo Sparty is gonna run. And he’s hedging his bets. Whatta guy.
Cory’s Law? What a farce.
Cory Booker cleared to run for president, Senate simultaneously after New Jersey enacts 'Cory's Law'
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday paved way for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a fellow Democrat, to simultaneously run for both U.S. Senate and the presidency in 2020.
Russiagate: The dog that didn't bark
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 11:47amGregory (Scotland Yard detective): "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
Gregory: "The dog did nothing in the night-time."
Holmes: "That was the curious incident."
The Evening Blues - 11-2-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 10:57am
POV...Dark Money
Submitted by ggersh on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 10:54amIf one wants one video that tells the story of how
Montana is bought and though it stops short of telling
us who bought it cough cough (Koch Bros, Koch Bros)
John Adams is an American hero in telling this story
This snippet is the producers telling the story of
Dark Money, not the video Dark Money itself.
Open Thread - Friday, November 2, 2018
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 3:20am
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
A Formal Request For Hillary Clinton to Go Sit Her Ass Down Somewhere
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Fri, 11/02/2018 - 2:56amI thought I’d post this piece to provide another point of view. And because I agreed, and laughed (in a dark, sardonic* kinda way).
*sardonic
sahr don ik1. characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
Dictionary.com
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A Formal Request For Hillary Clinton to Go Sit Her Ass Down Somewhere
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