Climate Scientists May be Wrong, Again (and some thoughts on what that means for the revolution to come)
Submitted by Steven D on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 5:01pmI'm not here to bash Climate researchers. I'm not a denier or skeptic.
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Makahali Overdrive's motivational speech about phonebanking in NY
Submitted by ScholarZ on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 4:59pmSorry for cross-posting, but Makahali Overdrive's speech at the reddit Kossacks for Sanders warmed my heart, so I wanted to share it with you:
"PSA: WE ARE GOING TO PHONEBANK NY TODAY!
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Gender/Race/Class/Age in the Democratic Primaries - Oh My! by Geminijen
Submitted by ny brit expat on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 4:54pmWhen Bernie first decided to run for President as a democratic socialist, challenging the extreme income inequality that advanced capitalism has brought to our society, I was excited. His message was echoing the Occupy Wall Street movement’s slogan that 1% of the wealthy owned more than the other 99%. Bernie was going to bring the concept of class struggle between working people and the corporate elite back into the political conversation!
New York Primary: Does NYC know anything about this?
Submitted by sorrowforhumans on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 3:52pmhttp://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30234-doing-the-unthinkable-giant-gas...
So a massive, unstable fracked gas pipeline is "Okay'd" right next to an unstable nuclear facilty. While Wall St. wants gas exports and HRC is having private fundraisers at Blackrock around the corner from Trump central in NYC: why the silence?
Important video from Thom Hartman about the ugly reality of the capitalist system
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 3:28pmPublished on Apr 8, 2016
Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work joins Thom. The Panama Papers have revealed tens of thousands of tax havens used by world leaders like British Prime Minister David Cameron - What do they tell us about the true nature of global capitalism?
Ukraine's Prime Minister resigns; Ukraine's Revolution fails
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 3:25pmThe Ukraine's Euromaidan Revolution has failed.
That's a bold statement for me to make, so to back up the statement I need to go back to the primary reason for the Euromaidan Revolution.
Advice Needed: How Do I Save My Succulent from a Rogue Free-Range Hen?
Submitted by Deja on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 3:07pmNot a joke. My once gorgeous succulent, "won" at a church bazaar about 5 years ago, only after dumping about $10 worth of quarters on various numbers just before the number wheel was spun, is now in jeopardy.
Vigil for Annabel
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 2:55pm
There was a vigil last evening for Annabel Montoya, the East Los Angeles transgender teen who was intentionally run down by a vehicle in Monterey Park on around 2:30 am on Saturday April 2. Police have said that Annabel may have been beaten before being run down.
The 16-year-old Annabel is currently in a medically induced coma in the ICU at County-USC Medical Center.
Et tu, Howard? Et tu, too, Marcos?
Submitted by defaultcitizen on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 2:24pmWHY should not old men be mad?
Some have known a likely lad
That had a sound fly-fisher's wrist
Turn to a drunken journalist....W. B.Yeats
Anyone who doesn't recall, or needs to refresh their memory and refuel their resentment, should view Howard Dean's speech at the California Democratic Convention in '03.
Obama appears to take Ted Cruz's advice
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 04/10/2016 - 1:23pmRemember when Ted Cruz promised to carpet-bomb ISIS?
