Evening Blues Preview 4-15-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 12:23pmThis evening's music features blues and jazz guitarist Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson.
Diaries
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Part 1 - Our Personal Disconnect
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 04/15/2015 - 7:00amThe wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are our longest and third longest duration wars for the United States and yet few Americans have been personally touched by them. While our second longest war, Viet Nam, was fought with draftees, these two current wars are being fought using a very scaled down, all volunteer military.
Part One: Where We Go From Here
Submitted by praenomen on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 4:50pmNOTE: This is the first in a series of articles that will lay out an action plan for uniting the populist movement.
The Political Landscape
To accurately gauge the efficacy of the Democratic Party base as a political entity, you need to understand how deeply compromised its members are by “magical” thinking.
Evening Blues Preview 4-14-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 2:52pmThis evening's music features blues, r&b, rock and soul saxophonist King Curtis.
Important Announcement
Submitted by JtC on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 5:49pmThe tag field problem has been corrected. I am 99.99% sure of it. Filling in the tag field is now required again to publish a diary and the tags page has also been enabled. If anyone has any problems with the tags please Private Message me by clicking my user name and then click the "Send this user a private message" link. I will leave this announcement up as a sticky for a while so hopefully everyone sees it. Thank you.
Scooby to the rescue
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 5:16pmThose crazy kids. Hillary Clinton, her Secret Service agents and an aide are road tripping from New York to Iowa. And they're doing it in a van named for a dog and those meddling kids.
Evening Blues Preview 4-13-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 3:03pmThis evening's music features blues songwriter and guitarist from New Orleans, Earl King.
Slaying the Sacred Cows: Identity Politics, Outrage Porn, and Lifestyle Branding
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 04/13/2015 - 11:33amHere's a quick question: What was the progressive community outraged about last week? How about last month?
I'm not talking about real issues, like inequality or the Forever War we are engaged in.
I'm talking about the never-ending serious of petty outrages that the online community loves and can't do without. You know what I'm talking about.
Welcome to the nightmare
Submitted by chuckvw on Sun, 04/12/2015 - 10:38pmSaudi Arabia, Turkey Discussing Unlikely Alliance To Oust Syria's Assad
Turkey and Saudi Arabia, two nations with a long history of rivalry, are in high-level talks with the goal of forming a military alliance to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
Sunday Open Thread 04-12-15
Submitted by JtC on Sun, 04/12/2015 - 7:59amCaucus99percent site history and site meta. Please read this all the way through, folks, especially the end, it's important for the future of this site.
Good morning 99percenters!
First up, a little site meta. The autoplay problem with the Video button in the editor toolbar has been corrected, you can now embed videos easily and quickly by clicking the "Insert Video" button and enter the video url in the top box, select "OK" and you're done, give it a try. It also works with many different sources (Youtube, Vimeo, etc.). When I get some time I'll write a FAQ explaining all the various functions of the toolbar. Most of the buttons work by simply highlighting the text that you want wrapped with HTML code and then selecting the appropriate button in the toolbar, it will automatically wrap the text. It's very easy once you get used to it. Open a diary and just play with the buttons and then just cancel the diary or leave the page, that's the best way to learn what each button does.
