The Evening Blues - 3-3-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 03/03/2023 - 3:00pm
Diaries
Open Thread - 03-03-23 - Unalienable Rights
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 03/03/2023 - 8:35am
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Remember that? I had to memorize the Declaration of Independence back in grade school. Then I had to recite it in full in front of the class. We all did, I bet you did too. I wonder if that is still taught in school today? Or has the Declaration of Independence been censored too.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were meant to be unalienable rights, I used the word "were" because I don't know if they are still tenable or not. As far as that goes I'm not sure that "rights" are a thing anymore either. Unalienable rights are kind of a quaint notion in light of how quickly the world has changed in just a few short years don't you think?
Unalienable rights are rights that, no matter what happens, may never be taken away from an individual. As long as you toe the line, an arbitrary line at that.
Losing an important voice
Submitted by QMS on Fri, 03/03/2023 - 7:45amDaniel Ellsberg diagnosed with cancer.
So far as I can find out, this scientific near-consensus has had virtually no effect on the Pentagon’s nuclear war plans or US/NATO (or Russian) nuclear threats.
The Evening Blues - 3-2-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 3:47pm
Who's winning the culture war?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 3:43pmAsk any Republican and they'll say that they are losing the culture war in practically every battle.
Are they right?
According to Republicans it's liberals who are on the offensive, and the things they are pushing are unpopular and will alienate working class America.
It Took Me Awhile
Submitted by Tall Bald and Ugly on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 1:01pmto respond because a) I’m really fucking slow and
b) it’s Really hard to type with your thumbs on a dumb phone when you’re laughing so hard
Step below the fold, but, be warned it could get ugly(my last name!) :
So we have this;
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 8:47am
Let's compare
@Tall Bald and Ugly
So I'm the one being offensive, huh? I'm the one trolling, huh?
Let's look at your comments to my last essay.
Open Thread - Thurs 02 Mar 2023 - They Knew It Would Happen, Didn't They?
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 5:00amThey Knew It Would Happen, Didn't They?
Max Alvarez, on Breaking Points, had a really good discussion two weeks or so ago about the Ohio train wreck in East Palestine and what rail workers thought about it.
The Derailment in East Palestine: from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2023_Ohio_train_derailment.jpg
The Evening Blues - 3-1-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 3:00pm
Open Thread WE 1 MAR 23
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 03/01/2023 - 5:32am~
artificial intelligence
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Take your weapons and go home. The Monroe Doctrine no longer applies to Brazil.
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The Plan To Wreck America
Submitted by snoopydawg on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 9:59pmIn America, we have an oligarch problem, and it’s much bigger than the oligarch problem that Putin faced when he became president in 2000. The entire West is now in the grips of billionaire elites who have a stranglehold on the media, the political establishment and all of our important institutions. In recent years we have seen these oligarchs expand their influence from markets, finance and trade to politics, social issues and even public health. The impact this group has had on these other areas of interest, has been nothing short of breathtaking. Establishment elites and their media not only stood foursquare behind Russiagate, the Trump impeachment, the BLM riots and the January 6 fiasco, they also had a hand in the Covid hysteria and the host of repressive measures that were imposed in the name of public health. What we’d like to know is to what extent this group is actively involved in the shaping of other events that are aimed at transforming the American Republic into a more authoritarian system?
