Evening Blues Preview 7-8-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 2:01pmThis evening's music features delta bluesman and sole pupil of Robert Johnson Robert "Junior" Lockwood.
Diaries
Open Thread 07-08-15
Submitted by JtC on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 10:13amMorning news dump and music by Al Basile.
Tsipras to EU: Greece's Days as 'Laboratory for Austerity' Are Over
In a speech before European Parliament, Greek Prime Minister says, 'We want an agreement that will give a final end to the crisis and show there is light at the end of the tunnel.'
Evening Blues Preview 7-7-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 3:30pmThis evening's music features influential blues singer, songwriter and piano player Leroy Carr.
From Popular Resistance: "Is Obama’s legacy really all butterflies and rainbow flags?"
Submitted by JayRaye on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 3:05pmWashington, DC – Following a week of impressive Supreme Court decisions, many are saying Obama’s legacy is secure. But is it really? Has all of America forgotten about the war on whistle blowers, the war on immigrants, the war on drugs, war on privacy, and the war on civilians living underneath drone aircraft? This not mention the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the continuing pillaging by Wall Street. So how exactly is Obama’s legacy secure? Well, sometimes it takes a comedy show to break all this down. Watch this clip from “Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp.”
RESISTANCE REPORT by Lee Camp
https://www.popularresistance.org/video-5-hints-obamas-legacy-will-not-b...
China's stock market crash
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 3:53pmAll eyes have been on Greece this week, but the real action is on the other side of Asia.
Evening Blues Preview 7-6-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 3:14pmThis evening's music features Memphis bluesman Rufus Thomas.
Open Thread Monday 07-06-15
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 6:41am
Good morning good people
Monday morning humor is an ode to many politicians:
Open Thread 07-05-15
Submitted by JtC on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 8:44amGood morning 99percenters!
Morning news dump and music by Janis Joplin.
Yes' or 'No'? Greece votes in crucial bailout referendum
The Greek people are voting in a key referendum that will decide if they accept or reject the harsh bailout demands of international creditors. At stake, many commentators have said, is the country’s future in the eurozone and the EU itself.
27 Centuries later, Athens has come full circle
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 10:45pmAthens at the dawn of the 6th Century B.C. was an unremarkable city. The arts, science, and philosophy that would make it great were still centuries away.
The only notable thing about Athens of the time was its relatively large size, which was also the source of its problems. Athens was too large to feed itself and this was becoming a crisis.
The Declaration of Political Independence
Submitted by poligirl on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 1:39pm(My apologies to Thomas Jefferson)
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the citizen long guaranteed by our Constitution, a decent respect to the opinions of humankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to that separation.
