The Evening Blues - 10-31-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 3:02pm
Diaries
The great lobster rush
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 2:37pmThey’re outta here and headed for Canada. I do not understand how anyone can deny climate change. The proof is all around us. Formerly wet areas suffering from drought, forests dying, massive hurricanes every other week. Now the sea critters are leaving for different parts of the planet to survive. The signs are unmistakable.
Those who don’t believe are blinded by ignorance or greed. Or both.
My Facebook Post on Voting Climate
Submitted by mhagle on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 1:49pm
Here is the text.
Doom, Sweet Doom
Submitted by WoodsDweller on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 1:28pmI freaking love this article, so I thought I would share. The author is Peter Watts, I haven't run across his work before. This post is mostly excerpts, I don't really have a lot to add. Go read the original. Come for the style, stay for the substance.
Wednesday Open Thread: It's Samhain, damnit!
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 5:00am
It's Day 304 of the Year 2018 CE
So, October 31, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else.
And, because it is Samhain, also Prickle-Prickle, The Aftermath 12, 3184 YOLD
Good News on Yemen
Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 12:40amJames Mattis says the US has watched the bloody conflict 'long enough' and he wants 'dropping of bombs' to stop.
US defence chief demands Yemen ceasefire; peace talks in 30 days
Top American officials called for a ceasefire in Yemen and demanded warring parties immediately come to the negotiating table.
Et tu, Japan?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 11:16pmLast month, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross indicated his intention to insert a “poison pill” provision in a new Japan trade act to hinder it's trade with China and other countries under sanctions.
The Evening Blues - 10-30-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 3:23pm
"We've Reached Never, Never Land" - Missing $21 Trillion - Part 2
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 2:35pmIn Part 1 of this series, we learned that the joint efforts of Catherine Austin Fitts and Dr. Mark Skidmore have identified a total of $21 Trillion worth undocumentable adjustments between 1998 and 2015 in the budgets of the Department of Defense and Housing and Urban Development.
As the center declines, the Green Party rises
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 1:09pmThe news media goes on and on about the rise of the far-right in Europe (for example: The hard right is going for Europe's jugular).
