My Weird High School.
I attended High School from 1968-1972 in a small town (about 30,000) in northern Illinois. The Dennis Hastert incident brought this to mind as the school I went to is only about 40 or 50 miles from Yorkville.
Good Morning 99percenters!
Morning news dump and music from REO Speedwagon.
This Saturday morning Open Thread slot is open if someone would like to fill it.
Current NSA Officials Admit Agency Is Drowning In TOO MUCH Info
The Problem Isn’t Too Little Spying … It’s Too MuchFormer top NSA officials have repeatedly said that the NSA is collecting TOO MUCH information on Americans to be able to stop terror attacks.
If Hillary Clinton is a true liberal, as Markos Moulitsas has so definitively asserted, then it creates a framework for healing the wounds that have divided the Democratic Party.
At the same time, it stands to reason that Hillary Clinton’s refusal to acknowledge the growing rift between party members creates an almost insurmountable obstacle. As is common in all sick families, a problem that isn’t acknowledged can’t be cured. And there are many grievances to be healed.
This evening's music features blues rocker Rory Gallagher.
It's Friday!
I have to admit, I have been having difficulty knowing which day of the week I occupy. Leaving the work force is both liberating and disorienting.
Today is one of those special Fridays, the eagle flies today.
It was all a lie – one of the biggest and most elaborate falsehoods ever sold to the American people. .
We thought we were just letting a friend crash at the house for a few days; we ended up with a family of hillbillies who moved in forever, sleeping nine to a bed and building a meth lab on the front lawn - Matt Taibi
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This evening's music features blues singer and piano player Tommy Tucker.
that it's Thursday and I think I was expected to may be write one.
So, I am posting this now with apologies and regrets, as I wasn't quite clear about my role in writing OTs here any further.
I will add to this diary in a while, when I have found something I wanted to tell you. But it will take me a while.
Please go ahead and share whatever you like to say in the meantime.
With great fanfare, Baghdad is launching a military offensive to take back Ramadi, and Anbar province in general, from ISIS.
The many problems that this offensive symbolizes can best be summed up in the name that Baghdad gave it - Labaik ya Hussein
This evening's music features Chicago bluesman J.B. Lenoir.
