The Evening Blues - 8-24-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 3:39pm
The daily news roundup + tonight's musical feature: Johnny Otis
Diaries
Trump apparently spends more on hats than on his campaign staff
Submitted by MsGrin on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 3:35pmFrom The Intercept:
Conservative religious intend to make transgender existence unsustainable
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 1:02pmNot content with challenging the right of transgender people to have safe use of public restrooms and the right of transgender students to have equal access to public education, religious conservatives have now filed suit challenging an Obama administration ruling that transgender people deserve equal access to medical treatment.
News Dump Wednesday: Turkey Invades Syria Edition
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 12:08pmSirota Provides Clinton Foundation Study Notes
Submitted by Phoebe Loosinhouse on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 11:34amI have found that the consistently best reporting on the nexus between the State Department and the Clinton Foundation has been provided by David Sirota and International Business Times.
If you've lost the thread yourself or have friends who don't "get" the Clinton Foundation brouhaha, today's article is a good place to start -
Okay, I'll come clean on who I was at ToP.
Submitted by KyleGNally on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 10:43am"Hillary Windsock Clinton" (skip to "I digress" if you want the meat of this) was mine; I was user Occulus on ToP. I was banned after a drunk post in which I stated baldly that Clinton's supporters were my political enemies; IIRC this was actually prior to the Ides Decree. Truth being at the bottom of every wine bottle, I was handed my keys, shown the door, and had to surrender my Echo Chamber Membership Card (and store savings key, natch).
Can Clinton Run Out the Clock?
Submitted by MsGrin on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 10:34amFrom POLITICO
Hillary Clinton’s run-out-the-clock strategy
The Democrat aims to ignore the email and Foundation controversies, seeing a shrinking calendar as her friend.
For gawd's sake, no press conferences, and no discussions with anyone who fancies him or herself a journalist:
Open Thread - Hollywood and the red scare.
Submitted by martianexpatriate on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 6:10am
There is no legal record of Charles Spenser Chaplin's birthplace. He was born to music hall entertainers in 1889, and when he was two, both became estranged. They never lived together again.
Tuesday along the Rogue River
Submitted by PriceRip on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 12:44amI was thinking this should be titled: Death is the Destination, only the Journey is Meaningful, but maybe that's a bit too macabre for people that don't really know me.
Stein Gained 6 States Today
Submitted by apenultimate on Tue, 08/23/2016 - 10:28pmToday, Jill Stein and the Green Party gained official ballot access to 5 additional states. This brings the total number of states with ballot access to 34 plus Washington D.C., and a total ballot access to 422 electoral college votes.
This is up from direct access to 382 electoral votes this past weekend, and 357 two weeks ago. The climb continues.
