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Diaries

National Media used as a weapon against individual citizens if they don’t vote as their told?

Submitted by sorrowforhumans on Fri, 05/20/2016 - 7:32am

My heart has been with the Sanders participants in the Nevada State Democratic Convention of last weekend, and is aching for this nation.

These folks are clearly honest, sincere and devoted citizens who care about our nation and attempted to participate as citizens and to represent others. They were, given what they were up against, remarkably poised. And I can only imagine the terror this has inspired in them as American Citizens attempting to participate in Democracy.

Resilience: Low-Tech - Apartment Office Runs On DC Solar Power

Submitted by Gerrit on Fri, 05/20/2016 - 6:32am

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Folks sniff at DC. Well, yes, that DC too :=) I mean the other DC; the low-tech power of direct current.
Fair enough. Here's the story of the War of Currents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents
I'm a big fan of Low-tech Magazine (free online), produced out of Barcelona, Spain.
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http://www.lowtechmagazine.com
This post is to promote Low-tech Magazine and to marvel at its editor's low-tech, DC-powered apartment office. More below.

Convention Prediction

Submitted by HoosierDeb on Thu, 05/19/2016 - 10:39pm

After reading StephenD's fabulous essay, it got me to thinking about how the Convention will unfold. Now, maybe I'm just odd or perhaps a little slap-happy what with the increasing primary craziness, but the following scene popped into my head almost immediately at the thought of party 'unity' as seen from the Establishment's point of view.

(Transcript of the relative portion, but the whole concept plays out through the end. I see Jake as the Establishment, btw.)

Warren for Hillary's Running Mate

Submitted by Ravensword on Thu, 05/19/2016 - 10:25pm

Say what you will about Elizabeth Warren, but she's a damn sight better than Shillary, and for that reason, Warren would make a better president than her. Alas, she demurred.

Now, there's some buzz about making Warren Hillary's running mate. This comes in light of the Twitter war between Trump and Warren. Certain folks believe that she would make for a good running mate. I wonder why that is?

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