Greek parliament capitulates - it's up to the people now
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 6:17pmPerhaps it always was. 61% of Greek voters rejected slavery in a referendum. Will they reject their chains now?
Bill passes
Diaries
Hey! Wake Up! Quick - who DO you love?
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 6:13pmYah, you got your Bernie, your Hillary, your significant other(s), your kits and fledglings, but take a little walk with me and tell me who DO you love?
Evening Blues Preview 7-15-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 3:25pmThis evening's music features one of the most influential blues harp players of all time, the original Sonny Boy Williamson, usually referred to as Sonny Boy Williamson I.
Conservation: Protecting the Boreal Forest
Submitted by MarilynW on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 10:07am
Open Thread Wednesday July 15, 2015 Tour de France Edition #2
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 7:00amIn today's Open Thread, I thought that I would give you a peek at behind the scenes of a Tour de France and the logistics involved to bring this event live to approximately 180 countries worldwide. It is really an amazing undertaking.
Here are some mind boggling statistics from the 2014 Tour to show just how large an event the Tour de France is:
The Democrat's Warhawk
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 6:04pmRepublican candidates are trying to one-up each other in the game of "Who can be the bigger Warhawk".
Evening Blues Preview 7-14-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 3:00pmThis evening's music features blues harmonica player William Clarke.
The other part of the Greek story
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 2:02pmThe meme coming out of Europe, and from conservative America, is that Greece a) lied about their debt, b) foolishly borrowed more and lived the high life, and c) now simply don't want to pay it back.
There is a grain of truth to this, but only a grain. It's important to see both sides.
Wash Post anonymous source says Greece threatened militarily during negotiations
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 07/13/2015 - 6:53pmI found this nugget (which I retitled) inside a Wapo article:
Report: Greek leader threatened with military hostilities
Greece’s dire financial straits meant it had scant leverage to push back against some of its creditors’ most onerous demands. ...
The moves are fostering a deep sense of resentment among Tsipras’s allies and a conviction that Europeans sought to humiliate him. During a pivotal meeting with Merkel, French President François Hollande and European Council President Donald Tusk, Tsipras at one point received a thinly veiled threat that if he walked away and left the euro, Greece risked going it alone geopolitically, too.
According to two officials in Brussels with knowledge of the exchange, the specter was raised of aggression from Turkey — a neighboring nation viewed in Greece as a historic antagonist.
Evening Blues Preview 7-13-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 07/13/2015 - 2:46pmThis evening's music features boogie woogie piano player Cripple" Clarence Lofton.
