I am going to do something I never do and that is post a video without analysis. Tim Black has posted this video from his call in show. It is almost 25 minutes long and is the audio of just one woman who called in recently. He has posted her call as a stand alone video without any comment because of the importance of what she had to say about our government and our society.
Today's number is 30
Pulitzer Goes Full Orwell, Gives Prizes For Pushing RussiaGate Hoax (NYT, WashPo)
We’re living in truth-is-stranger-than-fiction times.
Paul Krugman writes: “The legend of King Midas has been generally misunderstood…. What the gods were really telling him is that gold is just a metal.” In the very first chapter of “Capital,” Marx explained how gold, though it is as a physical use value a metal, becomes the universal equivalent and thus the independent existence of exchange value. Value always takes the form of exchange value where the use value of one commodity becomes the measure of the value of another. Gold becomes the “thing”—which as a material use value is “just a metal,” in Krugman’s words—that mediates the money relationship of production among people.[/caption]
What is the current state of Mighty Mango thought, even as it has less than 1000 days left to do its damage. And more importantly what is to be Dumb, since many have to deal with the everyday life indignities of Trumpworld in its more insidious forms like being asked whether we’re citizens because of skin color. Such is the current state of the personality (disorder) cult that is Trumpism, which only has crystallized the racist nativism of several generations.
As amusing as his petty-bourgeois fetish for gold-plating has been, there remains a cultural commodification of concepts privileging some (skin) colors over others as though their essence was somehow more privileged relative to human rights.
BTW, if you are asked, "Are you a citizen?" by CBP or any other question by any other law enforcement authority, you may refuse to answer. In some states you're required to identify yourself. In no state must you identify your citizenship or residency status.
The continuing fatigue will unfortunately last longer than 1000 days, and infect even those whose comfort comes from relatively conventional conceptions of everyday life. Because corporate media.
After getting some push-back this week, I realized that several of my assumptions may have been false.
For instance, I thought I was helping C99P by posting so much. I thought more content was a good thing.
I didn't realize that some people might resent it. That I was casting too large of a shadow.
I would like to know what the consensus thinks of that.
I could very well be getting on people's nerves. It certainly wouldn't be the first time I have.
I was unable to find a compact, easy to read list of the CIA Dems on the web. The WSWS article is too prose-y and inconsistent in its details. So, I took an hour to create my own version of that list.
Some call it defeatist. I call it observable fact. Gathering from some of what I've read here, and other places, I suspect a fair number are on the same page as myself. I can't speak for all, and I'm not trying to convince anyone else to adopt similarly, but I can at least explain my position.
Mayday is from the French m'aider ('help me'). It is usually repeated three times to make clear it is an emergency ...equivalent to the Morse code SOS. May Day is a different matter. It has ancient roots. It is mid-spring. Halfway between the equinox and the solstice. Often called the Beltane , from the Irish Lá Bealtaine, it has been (and is still) celebrated in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man for centuries. Many other cultures celebrate this seasonal corner as well. There's yet another May Day which celebrates International Workers Day and the Haymarket protests in Chicago May 4th, 1886. On the first of May "all Social Democratic Party organizations and trade unions of all countries should demonstrate energetically for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace “. So mayday, mayday, mayday – we face an emergency. It is time to connect to nature and promote and protect workers.
When I think of "blue wave", I don't think of Democraptic gains in Congress. No, I think about the blue swirl of toilet bowl cleaner going down the drain. If the Democrats are going to win anything during midterms, other than their already assured Stupidity Prize, they are going to have to come with something, anything--except A) we're not Trump (true you're stupid mofos), B) Russia! made me do it.
Today's date is also Prickle-Prickle, Discord 46, 3184 YOLD
(for you Discordians out there)
World History this day
