Diaries

Walking Away from the Tech Industry

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 9:41am

I've written about these thoughts before, but this bears repeating. The tech industry has nothing to offer anyone unless you're an H1B visa holder with 20 years experience in software and hardware that have only been out for 6 months. That can probably be said for a lot of industries nowadays.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 5:22am

Something/Someone Old

My Someone Old today is the poet James Wright.

Oh crap!

Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 10:34pm

You had to know that at some point, Trump was going to want a war named after him.

American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference 2018, March 3-6

Submitted by wendy davis on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 6:54pm

From haaretz.com: ‘FULL TEXT AND VIDEO: Benjamin Netanyahu Addresses 2018 AIPAC Confab; Embroiled by scandals at home, Netanyahu receives a hero’s welcome at AIPAC as he touts Israeli innovation, vows to ‘stop Iran’ and says peace won’t happen until Abbas stops paying terrorists’

The Decline and Fall of the Center-Left

Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 5:51pm

With Emmanuel Macron’s election in France and the rejection of the far-right Marine Le Pen, the neoliberal establishment breathed a sigh of relief. The populist backlash was "over". It was time to crank out more privatization, austerity, and increased military spending.

All you need to do is follow the Dems

Submitted by Battle of Blair... on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 4:19pm

Best viewed if you play Pink Floyd while reading.

Ooooh you can’t impeach me now
Ooooh no matter how you try
Goodbye working class it’s over
Walk on by

Now that he’s elected, gonna build his wall

Waiting for the Dems to come

The Evening Blues - 3-6-18

Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 3:30pm

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The day's news roundup + tonight's musical feature:

West Virginia Teachers Strike; Democrats nowhere to be found

Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 1:33pm

The West Virginia government agreed to all the teachers' demands today. The teachers still don't trust them.

Taibbi Calls Out The Colluding Establishment Meltdown of Screaming "Russia!" At Everything, As A Concerted Effort To Crush Dissent.

Submitted by Mark from Queens on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 10:56am

In the high-profile pages of Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi just did what has been on every sane person in this country's mind: a respected journalist letting loose with what needs to be said about this upside down, embarrassing epoch.

Steel tariffs: It's all about next Tuesday's election

Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/06/2018 - 10:21am

It's come to this. Trump is willing to start a global trade war just to win a single congressional election.

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