Diaries

War Games For Peace (DMW TOP Salvage)

Submitted by detroitmechworks on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 3:15pm

I think it's time that I come clean on one of my more unusual hobbies, especially for a die-hard anti-war guy.

I play miniatures war games.

Now, that may seem like a contradiction in terms, but when you look at the history of these games, the truth is that it is not quite as bizarre as you might think.

First off, the first true mini war games was designed, published, and played by one of the most anti-war authors of his generation, Herbert George Wells.

Washington Caucases

Submitted by earthling1 on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 3:08pm

First of all, let me introduce myself as a recent DailyClinton refugee.
While I greatly regret abandoning many friends and people I respect, I can no longer tolerate the behavior and abuse that I have received there. The verbal climate here is much more acceptable and many of the names here I recognize as people I have both agreed and disagreed with over the years. IIRC almost always repectfully.
With that said, I feel comfortable submitting my first essay here.

When you're down and troubled

Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 2:02pm

photo qq_tgh.gif And you need some love and care,
And nothing, nothing is going right...

...then I find myself looking for something...anything...to brighten up even the darkest night.

There is Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, who posted on Facebook about the anti-trans legislation the GOP is promoting in his state.

They are wrong on the issue and wrong on the morality of it in my opinion. I’ll veto it.

--Dayton

My response to mrules on DK

Submitted by MsGrin on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 12:43pm

The original diary: this primary made me realize that gender equality is more important to me than liberalism

She wants a woman. Got it.

Pics from the Washington Caucus in Kent!

Submitted by Pat K California on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 12:18pm

Ha! I have a "mole" at the Washington Dem Caucus ... my brother, Rob. He is in Precinct KEN 47-1034 in Kent. You'll have to bear with me here. I've never published a diary before on this site ... so not totally sure what I'm doing. But I'll figure it out! This is too good an opportunity to pass up.

The Trail of the Buffalo

Submitted by Bisbonian on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 12:15pm

By Bisbonian , adapted, from That Orange Place
Tuesday May 29, 2012 · 4:07 AM PDT

I first heard the song as a young boy, recorded by Arlo Guthrie on the album One Night. Arlo, of course, learned it from his father, (though there are slight differences between their versions). Woody and Arlo both called the song "Buffalo Skinners". Here is Woody:

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My Back Pages - US Government and Corporations Cooperate To Create Your Dystopian Future

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 12:09pm

I'm slowly bringing some of my old articles over to post here on C99. This is one that I originally published Jun 21, 2013. Now that we are in the midst of FBI vs. Apple wherein the FBI is attempting to compel Apple to become an arm of the surveillance state, some of this seems pretty current in a way.

The US government works closely with thousands of corporations to bring you everything from national security to the drivers of climate change. The connections between these entities are diverse and often quite opaque making it difficult for citizens to tell who is really in charge. Is it the corporations with their ultimate responsibility to make a profit for their owners and shareholders, or is it the government with its ultimate responsibility to the electorate that is in charge? Do the principles of government or business apply to joint decision making processes when government invests in businesses and sits on their boards, or when government agencies have representatives of business sit on task forces and decision making structures?

The economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith wrote, “people of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”

What happens when the interests of business and government so align, that they are fundamentally, "in the same business?"

Alpha's Alaska-Washington-Hawaii Primary watchers thread.

Submitted by Alphalop on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 11:43am

Hi guys!

I missed the last couple primaries on here due to a combo of personal and a family members health issues so I figured I would check and see if someone had already jumped in to fill the void while I was gone.

If not, we can do it again tonight on this thread or if someone is doing a better one just let me know and I will jump in!

Time for another banjo Music interlude.

Submitted by Bisbonian on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 11:30am

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Today's KKKrazy Konservatives are nothing new. They've been with us forever.

Submitted by PastorAgnostic on Sat, 03/26/2016 - 11:27am

When our country was grappling with the scourge that was slavery, we held a party. For reasons unknown, this very uncivil event was misnamed the Civil War, at least by the Yankees. To the loser south, they called it The War Between the States.

One sorry result of our (very un)Civil War was the rapid, widespread growth of a group that named itself after the sound of a firearm being loaded, Ku Klux Klan. Its first appearance was in the late 1860s and slowly petered out to something much smaller by 1890. It was violent, it targeted black leaders, it targeted Republicans. At that time, the GOP was the party of Lincoln. It was liberal, empathic, caring, anti-slavery, pro-worker, and pro humanity, as we might describe it now.