This quick essay is a reminder that Oregon and Washington (anyone else is also invited) folks that there is a fun meeting of c99ers at the following location this Sunday, May 1.
at Noon at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne. :
915 SE Hawthorne Blvd,
Portland, OR 97214
Saturday April 29, 1916
Dublin, Ireland - Irish Rebels Continue to Battle British Troops
Soviet-style communism failed because in practice it didn't come close to delivering what it promised in theory. The only way it could perpetuate itself was through brutal suppression of any political opposition. But with the advent of modern communications technology, the reality that western-style economic systems delivered a far superior lifestyle to the great majority of citizens became impossible to conceal from the masses.
Has anyone else made note of the fact that whatever the situation, whoever was involved, whenever it happened, Hillary was right in the middle of it? She did it. That person is a dear old friend. I know all about it, because I KNOW EVERYTHING!!!
I have been thinking about this for a long while, even BB-before Bernie. It is the culmination of so many election cycles where we were forced to vote for the lesser of two evils, again and again. I had been uncomfortable with the process for some years, spurred by the death of JFK. I felt at the time that we had experienced a coup, I waited, but things didn't seem to change too much.
This morning on the NYT editorial page, we have Paul Krugman blathering on about obvious things and David Brooks unable to become a socialist because of the cognitive dissonance it creates.
Then there is Zephyr Teachout ripping SCOTUS a new one over the Virginia bribery case:
The other day I introduced myself. Someone read what I said, and indicated that they thought I might have come here to convince you all to vote for Hillary Clinton. That isn't the case, actually I came here because there's nobody to talk to in the real world around me, and I wanted to speak to progressives like myself.
However, I thought I would explain what I do think.
According to reports on twitter today, Hellery supporters are calling Indiana residents and telling voters to vote for Hellery because "Bernie has officially dropped out of the race".
This was discovered by Bernie phone bankers who said voters were surprised that they were calling.
Below is one IM conversation, but there are may more tweets from others on this same subject. Gee I wonder if the Clinton camp got into Bernie's call list database?
There has been a lot of talk lately about how Bernie Sanders has successfully moved Hillary Clinton to the left, particularly on TPP. Because of this, it's now declared to be OK for Sanders supporters to come in from the cold and back Hillary against Donald Drumpf in the November Election, since Sanders is now seen (by them) has having fired his last bullet.
Would you like to find ways to make your local community more resilient, more viable, more self-sufficient? Democratic-Socialism emphasizes appropriate technology to develop local communities, especially in rural areas. We'll look briefly at E.F. Schumacher's chapter on Appropriate Technology in Small Is Beautiful. Then we'll look at the example of a small town in Bavaria, called Wilpoldsried, which macgyvered its way out of where corporatist "development" had left it for dead and into a profitable future using Renewable Energies, the very best appropriate technology for small communities. More below.
