Evening Blues Preview 4-7-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 04/07/2015 - 1:06pmThis evening's music features blues guitarist, member of the Mississippi Sheiks and co-writer of "Sittin' On Top of the World, Walter Vinson.
Diaries
The Man who lost
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 6:24pmThe Man Who Lost
Remembering GrandmaWhether forking a pie crust together or hoeing in the corn fields, she moved deliberately, her pace matching nature's. A quiet, pensive expression softly suggested that she was forever in thought; a beautiful woman, mature, old to me, even in my first memories of her.
Evening Blues Preview 4-6-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 2:25pmThis evening's music features Chicago bluesman Baby Face Leroy Foster.
Spring into action
Submitted by NCTim on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 12:16pmLent is over and Sweetie can have chocolate again. I am going to continue giving up restraint.
The weather has turned nice. Here on the Piedmont, the leaves are popping.
After a hectic weekend, with visitors, I feel like relaxing. The spring breeze is carrying the sound of a beer calling.
Why Every Politician Should Listen to our Veterans
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 9:00amI wrote this up in late July last year after a veteran and his wife stopped by our Peace vigil. I mentioned it in a post this weekend and it seem to garner some interest to read more. I did make one mistake this weekend when I said the man had three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. I had that backwards as you will read in the narrative below. I had previously posted this to a Google group we had for organizing this site, so it may seem familiar to some of you.
How did this make it through the corporate filter?
Submitted by chuckvw on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 2:03amA Big Tent Divided...
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 6:04pmIt's hard to get too excited about national electoral politics right now. At the moment it doesn't seem like much of an avenue for the sort of radical change that is needed to make the political system work for the 99% again. The game is rigged, the 1% control the parties and through the parties and a compliant corporate media, the choices available to the 99%.
Could the 99% take back the political system, purge the money power from it and flush out the politicians that form the "coalition of the bribed?"
Identity Politics and Lifestyle Branding
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 4:35pmI'm going to try something that I haven't done before. I'm going to start writing this essay without knowing how it ends.
I've lately come to realize that the Identity Politics that have come to dominate the political landscape of late, looks suspiciously like the Lifestyle Marketing that dominates the consumer culture.
Sunday Open Thread 04-05-15
Submitted by JtC on Sun, 04/05/2015 - 8:13amGood morning 99percenters and happy holiday, whatever holiday it may be that you celebrate. If you do not celebrate a holiday on this weekend then I bid you a great Sunday morning.
Today's Open Thread will be about site meta. There are plans in the works that will affect the left-o-sphere in general and very possibly and probably this website. I can't be any more specific at this time as it is very much in the preliminary stage but it will be an exciting development. I'll will keep you informed as I know more.
Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 04/04/2015 - 9:58pmif i ran this country, today would be a national holiday. 
