Evening Blues Preview 8-17-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 3:14pmThis evening's music features early urban bluesman from St. Louis, Clifford Gibson.
Diaries
Open Thread 08-17-2015
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 8:05amGood morning good people
Piano Concerto No. 21
Monday morning quote
"Every Voice Counts" - Important new Trans Survey.
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 8:00amThe title is from rserven's Daily Kos diary yesterday. I am republishing it here on her behalf. First a link in cse her embedded links don't work.
Mon Aug 17, 2015 at 04:00 PM PDT
Every voice counts
by rserven for TransAction
Revelation(s)
Submitted by hecate on Mon, 08/17/2015 - 4:34amBehold, I come quickly.
—Revelation 22:12
Mike Huckleberry has abandoned presidential-campaign commitments in Iowa and New Hampshire to jet off to Israel. Huckleberry says he absolutely Needs people there to know that no one—not even Jesus—is more fervent a foamer for the Israelites, than he.
Oil bust about to get serious
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 1:44pmOil prices dropping to six-year lows is already serious, but doing it in the middle of the peak season for oil should get everyone's attention.
The Evening Blues Weekend Edition Sunday 08-16-15 Preview
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 11:01amTonight's Evening Blues Weekend Edition will feature Jazz, Bop and Rock Drummer Cozy Cole.
He burst into the awareness of most of my generation with his 1958 rock single: Topsy Part 2
The Tennessee Convict War
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 10:50amIn 1997 the Tennessee branch of the AFL-CIO made an agreement with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) to support the privatization of Tennessee's state prison system. This opened the door for Tennessee's prison labor being used to compete with private industry.
Open Thread 08-16-15
Submitted by JtC on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 8:17amGood morning folks.
This will be another abbreviated open thread. Let me explain why I've been so absent for the last week.
Hollywood's Black Friday
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 1:06amMost people think the Red Scare began on February 9, 1950, when Joseph McCarthy produced a piece of paper before the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, and proclaimed...
The Great 1934 Waterfront Strike
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 08/16/2015 - 12:33amAround 8 o'clock in the morning on July 5, 1934, shop owners in the mission district of San Francisco were opening for business. Bankers and stock brokers were already at work in the financial district. Construction workers were busy building the new Oakland Bay Bridge.
