Thursday Open Thread 5-17-2018
Submitted by studentofearth on Thu, 05/17/2018 - 4:57am
Morning - The dream of creating a new community is not a modern desire, but a human one.
Diaries
The democrats who voted to confirm Gina Haspel for CIA director
Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 11:00pmThere is a huge stain on this country that will never wash off because of the people who committed torture. For failure to prosecute the people who committed torture. For the democrats who voted to reward the person who oversaw torture to be the CIA director.
2008 crash lessons unlearned
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 10:44pmA glut in the supply of treasury bonds has pushed interest rates up to a seven year high. This has caused the end of a 35 year long bond bull market.
The Monsters of Israel
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 4:52pmObviously the horrific situation in Gaza didn't happen by accident, but you may not realize just how planned it was.
(For sport and in case anybody’s interested): Cheetolini personal finance disclosure report)
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 3:22pmposting this in the event there’s something interesting on it. We can’t see his taxes but ther’s this.
I doubt it’s ‘all’ he is supposed to report but it’s as close as he’s going to willingly cone.
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/05/16/trump.donald.2018.annual.278.pdf
There’s a 9 year old girl in the internet who reminds me of Cheetolini. Posted a video of her.
The Evening Blues - 5-16-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 2:58pm
The Obamacare death spiral has arrived
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 2:50pmObamacare premiums, after jumping 25% in each of the last two years in a row, are set to have absolutely massive jumps in premiums next year.
A Constitutional Umbrella for a Progressive Coalition
Submitted by Alex Budarin on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 1:18pmBack in 2015, I proposed a “Declaration of Rights And Grievances” [link is to TOP] for the Progressive Movement, having in mind the Declarations of earlier American political movements. Here's the Constitutional basis for that proposal, and how I believe it can unify our movement.
The winner of the Iranian sanction is...China
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/16/2018 - 1:10pmIt's not like you couldn't see this one coming.
Last week, right before Trump imposed new economic sanctions on Iran, Reuters posted this headline:
Iran oil sanctions could advance China's 'petro-yuan'
