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Our next flood myth

Submitted by ngant17 on Wed, 06/29/2016 - 11:27am

I think we can expect a new Great Flood within a generation. Unlike the traditional flood myths of the world which are reckoned in millennia, this one will happen jack-rabbit fast, but the effects must be thought of in terms of million-year cycles . It will be an artificially-induced Cretaceous cycle, polar ice all gone as before. This time it's mixed in with nasty residues of radioative fallout from nuclear power station meltdowns. Fukushima x 400, scattered across the planet.

Bernie, the Convention, and Glass-Steagall

Submitted by Alligator Ed on Wed, 06/29/2016 - 2:30am

Maybe I heard this wrong--because that's been a problem. Although I didn't actually "sell my soul for rock and roll" I certainly paid for it with my ears. At any rate, I had the pleasure of seeing Bernie address an extremely enthusiast audience inNew York City on June 23, 2016. My apologies to any c99'ers who many have commented on this speech already, although I didn't perceive any essays whose title referenced that event.

Because the Revolution's Here

Submitted by Goin South on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 9:44pm

There is no need to call for a revolution. It already happened decades ago. There is only a need to complete it.

A revolution does not take place when one group replaces another in power. That's a coup. Those take place all the time in our country and others but there is no impact on the condition of the people. The only thing that changes is who reaps the benefits of the people's work.

They've really got their knickers in a knot this time

Submitted by bondibox on Tue, 06/28/2016 - 8:17pm

Over at TOP they're taking pot shots at Bernie because of an interview he did today with Andrea Mitchell. They called him "Delusional", "Sore loser", "Mean SOB", and that was just in the first 75 words.

The backing piece is no better. Chris Cillizza wrote the most dunderheaded assessment I've read in a while.

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