This evening's music features the King of the Slide Guitar, Elmore James.

Leaders in Congress, particularly John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi are preparing another bipartisan fiasco in order to reward a particularly powerful constituency and stop them from their annual screamfest.

Why the 99 percent keeps loosing - by Robert Kuttner

This evening's music features Texas blues guitarist and singer, Lightnin' Hopkins' cousin, Andrew "Smokey" Hogg.

A friend living in St. Petersburg FL sent me a link to this Politico article on Jeb Bush and the Schaivo affair.

This note is about the article and the fact that Jeb is worse than W Bush and there are too many who would champion his further destruction of the government and the environment.

I had not spent much time on Jeb but he will be out there during the presidential race

[Photo Credit: A musher and sled dog team race through the forest between Nenana
and Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday,
March 10, 2015. AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes]

Before I post a brief blurb about the results of the 2015 Iditarod, I'd like to share two more photos with readers.

NEW ZEALAND SPIED ON WTO DIRECTOR CANDIDATES - BY RYAN GALLAGHER @rj_gallagher

"war 'ought' to be instrumental, in the sense that it ought to be waged in order to achieve some goal, never for its own sake; and also in the sense that strategy and tactics ought to be directed towards just one end, namely towards victory."
- Carl von Clausewitz

Good Morning, I thought I share with you my translation of an article in "Der Spiegel". I don't know though if these are old news for you. At least it's good to know, imo. I shorten this a bit and just put up excerpts to not get accused of violating any kind of fair use rules or whatever.

Mögliches Mordmotiv: Nemzow soll USA bei Sanktionsliste geholfen haben

Good morning 99percenters!

Ever stand in the grocery store and wonder whether the fish you’re considering buying is sustainable? The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a web site, Seafood Watch, that can advise you on which seafood to buy or avoid and help you select items that are fished or farmed in ways that have less impact on the environment.

The site is easy to navigate and there is an app available for your phone so you actually check it while standing in front of the seafood counter. Or, if you’re more of a luddite there’s a downloadable PDF for each state that you can slip into a pocket, or purse.

This is an open thread, so tell us what’s on your mind today. Anyone watching some hoops?