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The Logos of Hephaestus

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Sun, 07/15/2018 - 10:24am

The Prodigal God am I, my gifts for all that strike
their hammer upon the forge or their maul upon a spike.
Glorious toys are my passion, for they show the mind
at its fullest, the works a chorus to the direction of thought.

And to me, the thought is no more than a diagram
for the case to be put into place, gears to be arranged
and the edge honed to a sharpness unknown to all others.
Look on the beauty of my works, and give thanks

The Weekly Watch

Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 07/15/2018 - 7:28am

A Judgemental Case or...
A Mental Case Judge?

Have no doubt, the courts are being stacked with corporate elitists...not just in the US but around the world. There's no better illustration than the ongoing saga in Brazil. First while the Olympics were in Brazil the courts illegally oust Dilma as President and install Temer who failed to be elected several times. This summer past-President Lula is leading the polls, so he's sent to prison on trumped up charges...not given his constitutional rights. In Poland they are removing 27 judges from their Supreme Court. Around the world courts have been complicit with coups. Honduras comes to mind.

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Standing Up for the French Revolution

Submitted by Radical Reformer on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 9:45pm

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I've always found it interesting that the United States and France both celebrate their independence days, at least in a sense, in July, just nine days apart from each other. Of course, the American and French Revolutions were somewhat different in character. For America it was more a war of national liberation against what had become an imperial master, determined to keep its colonies subservient (the crux of Tom Paine's argument in Common Sense), though there were elements of civil war and social revolution as well. France's revolution, on the contrary, began as a strictly internal affair, an upheaval against a badly outmoded form of government and social system.

Working thread ahead of the putin-trump summit in helsinki on july 16 [Upated w/ almost surreal fallout]

Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 5:40pm

Updates at the end of comments.

What we know (as opposed to Darth Cheney’s known unknowns) is that yesterday, Friday July 13 (Not april fools day, however), Deputy AJ Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of 12 Russian members of GRU, a military intelligence agency, and that they had “corresponded with several Americans through the internet”, including an associate of the Trump campaign (assumedly Roger Stone).

Business Degrees Are Bullshit

Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 4:59pm

I communicate with my grandmother via email from time to time. In the last email exchange we had we talked about my long-term joblessness situation and returning to college. She actually suggested I go into something more 'marketable' like 'business'. I told her database work and programming are some of the few things I'm actually decent at.

OPCW findings regarding Douma nerve gas attack: Grim reading for Western ideologues

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 3:03pm

We’re being very stupid and arrogant in the way we’re treating RUSSIA! and I imagine they’re getting pretty sick anc tired ofit all.

OPCW findings regarding Douma nerve gas attack: Grim reading for Western ideologues

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NYT: Trump Invited the Russians to Hack Clinton. Were They Listening?

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 07/14/2018 - 1:22pm

This country has gone full-bore crazy. One side is just a little less certifiable than the other. Obviously one thing that is most distressing to me (us) is that it’s the ‘Left’ that is on the side that is noticeably more unstable, more willing, eager even, to push us into a confrontation with RUSSIA!l. Hell, they’re even calling for public confrontations of political figures by us filthy plebs. The Dims are now LINOs. (Left In Name Only).

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