This morning, while preparing breakfast, I noticed an elderly woman sifting through the trash bin behind my neighbor’s house. She wore a broad rimmed hat; her shoulders were stooped, her back bent, and when she walked it was easy to see she could only move with great difficulty.

I was dressed in P.J.s, and by the time I had finished dressing and made it outside to see if she needed help she had moved on. But I have replayed the scene inside my head all day.

I gathered some photos and videos from the populism 2015 conference, which took place over the weekend. This is a for the record diary to gather material for you to do further research on the participants and organizers of that conference. I have my own videos, but can't get them edited and uploaded and til I am ready to do so, the event is news from yesterday. I am also tired of the issue, as I don't see, what it will bring.

This evening's music features blues, r&b and soul songwriter, guitarist, flute and organ player Johnny Heartsman.

Or, free trade explained in plain English.

The so-called "free trade" is a hot topic again. There is lots of talk about Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP), atleast in the independent/alternate media [Yeah, the media for the 99% is "alternate" while the 1%-ers' media is mainstream. Tells a lot about US, no?]

Cross-posted from the Great Orange Satan, AKA, Society of Phony Democrats

Fox News host Chris Wallace told Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday that he wished that he could put him on the “psychiatrist couch” to find out why the 59-year-old bachelor had never been married.

Last week, a Washington Post profile of the South Carolina Republican noted that Graham had helped raise his sister after his parents died while he was in college.

After reading Meteor Blades diary about the upcoming populist rally, I sifted through information about the stakeholders behind the event, and while I’ve made no definitive decision, yet, there are some red flags that can’t be ignored.

Perhaps the most alarming was an article written by Robert Borosage. Here is a rather large excerpt from the article:

4. Populist movements are an answer, not a threat.

Good morning 99percenters!
We had some changes to the site over the last week. The bug in the tag system was fixed, you can now go ape shit tag crazy.

Note: Cross-posted from you-know-where.

The time has come to face facts: Putin's Russia is going to weather the economic sanctions.