Fallujah: A symbol of America's futility
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 6:11pm"The enemy has got a face. He's called Satan. He's in Falluja. And we're going to destroy him."
- Lt Col Gary Brandl
Diaries
Good News!
Submitted by tapu dali on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 5:26pmSCOTUS upholds California's shark fin law.
I know I'm linking to over there, but this is worth reading and recommending.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/05/25/1530959/-Supreme-Court-Upholds-...
Bernie's Vicious New Attack Ads Against Hillary!
Submitted by Steven D on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 4:31pmI am stunned at the venom he displays towards her in the euphemistically termed "Be the Change You want to See" ad Bernie is now running in California. It's tone is just dripping with aggression, condescension and contempt for Hillary and all she has stood for in her remarkable public career as a public servant. Take a look:
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABaLhtchYfA width:550 height:300]
The Evening Blues - 5-25-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 3:21pm
Modeling transgender
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 2:58pmWhoopi Goldberg has announced that Oxygen channel has picked up a new series she is executive producing, called Strut.
[The Show] will follow a group of transgender models as they pursue careers in the fashion industry.
Oh Laura
Submitted by EdMass on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 1:35pmI just want to know, are you in the basement or has he given you a room upstairs?
State Department audit faults Clinton and past secretaries of state on email practices
An audit by the State Department’s inspector general is critical of Hillary Clinton and her predecessors for their handling of email:
Nice try.
Nah. Ain’t buying it.
No previous SOS has done what she has done.
It is not a FBI “security review”
It's time to start paying attention to Israel
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 1:05pmThe politics and policies of Israel have a unique position in America for being almost completely above reproach.
However, that is not true within Israel itself, where political self-criticism is still tolerated, and lately there has been alarming developments and statements from the highest levels of government that require our attention.
Hellraisers Journal: Jacob Waldeck Reports from Boise: “Treated Prisoners Like Jail Demons"
Submitted by JayRaye on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 12:56pmThere are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Friday May 25, 1906
Report from Boise: Second of Five Part Series by Jacob Waldeck
Correspondent Jacob Waldeck, nationally recognized as a star among newspaper reporters, recently spent a month in Idaho researching the facts surrounding the Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone affair. His findings are offered here as a five-part series which began yesterday and continues today with Mr. Waldeck's reporting on the conditions under which the leaders of the Western Federation of Miners have been held in Idaho.
2016 and Beyond (Of human relationships and motivation to action)
Submitted by Ken in MN on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 12:16pmThere may be several reasons why humans are only capable of having personal, (and not simply casual), stable and interactive relationships with a maximum of about 150 people at any given time. And while Dunbar correlates this to primate physiology (brain size), my own personal belief is that it's a matter of Psychic Survival.
This has really bad optics
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/25/2016 - 10:45amThis is not the way to do it people.
