Diaries
In Tradition With The Family Plan
Submitted by hecate on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 6:37amElton John and his lover David Furnish (at last, finally, able, allowed, to be married, on December 21, 2014, in Britain) became in 2010 the parents of a baby boy, courtesy of a surrogate mother, who birthed Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, that year, on Christmas Day.
Here's your OT people
Submitted by shaharazade on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 6:00amThe farce of American politics. Politics just don't move me no more. They are useless here there and everywhere.They have been captured for lack of a better definition. They are gone daddy gone if you actually care or look at what is going down. It isn't like we got here over night, They took a long time to evolve this latest global fuckatude. We are all trapped by the powers that be. Bernie? Nothing seems to be able to put this Humpty together again.
Trump's Biggest Lie: "I'm the Biggest Warmonger"
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 5:41pmOK. The Donald didn't actually say that specifically. What he said was, “I’m the most militaristic person there is.” But that's what he was getting at.
Evening Blues Preview 8-19-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 2:28pmThis evening's music features blues piano player Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery.
Open Thread - Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 7:00amThere are many times when a single act kindness can make a lasting impression. But often you may not know it. It is not about the immediate feedback that you might get from an act of kindness, but how your acts of kindness affect someone else.
Evening Blues Preview 8-18-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 3:37pmThis evening's music features r&b singer and songwriter Jimmy "T-99" Nelson.
Deep Sea Mining, a threat to our ocean
Submitted by MarilynW on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 11:54amIt's promoted as part of the Blue economy.
From MIT
Open Thread 08-18-15
Submitted by JtC on Tue, 08/18/2015 - 8:04amGood morning 99percenters!
Morning news dump and music by Dick Dale.
World’s Nuclear Facilities Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks
Stuxnet, the computer virus introduced into the Iranian nuclear program by Israel and the US has now escaped into other program in other countriesAs hackers continue to rampage through closely-guarded information systems and databases with monotonous regularity, there is a tempting new target for cyber-attacks: the world’s nuclear facilities.
Evening Blues Preview 8-17-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 3:14pmThis evening's music features early urban bluesman from St. Louis, Clifford Gibson.