Monday Open Thread; February 26 was the first Judgement Against Galileo
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 5:00am
February 26 is the 57th day of the year, there are 308 days left
Today's number is 26
Diaries
Follow-up to Wendy's essay about the Black Panther movie
Submitted by mimi on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 4:57amFirst I wrote this up as a comment, but then it turned out a little longish, and therefore I put it up as a mimi-style essay, and hopefully one day I write another follow up to this one.
So, here it goes:
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel: he gave them hailstones for rain
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Mon, 02/26/2018 - 2:11amDoes vitriol dissolve hailstones? Please read on and see if the chemical reaction progresses. Warning: for those who love Killary, please read something else. For those who are unsure of the depravity of the Democratic party, you may wish for some certification of your beliefs. For those of you middle grounder people, essentially neutral about Parkland Florida massacre, please read on.
Admonition: IHH.
The Democratic Party Wants War with Russia
Submitted by Big Al on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 10:51pm
A brief history of Disaster Capitalism
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 9:50pmGov. Ricardo Roselló of Puerto Rico is on a mission to privatize the island.
At the center of this effort is Puerto Rico’s bankrupt public power utility, known as PREPA. What most people don't know is that PREPA was already partially privatized.
The Republican response to Schiff & Company’s memo is
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 2:50pmout and it makes the Dims look like pathological lying morons.
https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/democrat_memo_charge_and_re...
The Terrifying Implications of Gene Drives: a PSA
Submitted by wendy davis on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 2:35pm
From etcgroup.org, Feb. 22, 2018: ‘Movements of Millions Say No to Gene Drives as Brazil Attempts to Legalize Genetic Extinction Technology’
Scapegoats against class consciousness
Submitted by arendt on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 1:51pmTPTB have been suppressing class based arguments for a hundred years. With the demise of communism, the efforts of the corporate media to throw "class" into the "dustbin of history" have been unopposed, despite massive and ever growing class inequality. Economics has been twisted into a Manichean fight between laissez faire globalists and the demonized other, communists/socialists/New Dealers. This black and white narrative means that alternative worldviews are almost unknown.
Russia Behind Every Cyber Attack Ever - Now it's the Olympics
Submitted by Steven D on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 12:57pmThank-you Washington Post for pushing the leaks of "anonymous officials" that "Russian military spies" hacked the Winter Olympics.
Russiagate: It's not working
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 02/25/2018 - 12:24pmRasmussen may be a more conservative of the pollsters, but it isn't fake.
