This evening's music features blues singer and piano player Roosevelt Sykes.

Good morning 99percenters!
Some morning news and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with a little Buffalo Springfield thrown in.

The American empire is over: Afghanistan, China and our new bystander status
After a decade plus of war, the U.S. can only watch as China brokers Afghan peace. Here's where we went so wrong

Praenomen's and Gulfgal's excellent articles the other day about the Occupy movement and its relation to the civil rights movement reminded me of a post that I wrote a couple of years ago but never published at the Great Orange Satan. I thought it might be of interest to folks here.

Barack Obama is the largest governmental obstacle to the continuation and completion of Martin Luther King's mission.

This evening's music features April Fools music.

Today is April Fool's Day, but I do not want to play the fool, so no jokes from me.

it looks as if some "changes" may be in the air on the middle eastern front on the long run. I hope for those.

Geopolitical Tremors: America, Nuclear Talks and the New Middle East

Complicated stuff. May be worth a look.

This evening's music features r&b and blues singer Ruth Brown.

It is hard to believe that this is the last day of March already. On this date in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was officially opened.

This evening's music features Chicago bluesman Eddie Taylor.

Good morning 99percenters!
A little news and John Prine.

MIT States That Half of All Children May be Autistic by 2025 due to Monsanto

A senior scientist at MIT has declared that we are facing an epidemic of autism that may result in one half of all children being affected by autism in ten years.