Diaries
Krystal Ball's "crackup of neoliberalism" talk
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 12:38pmNow, I fully expect that the conversation today will be dominated by today's confirmation of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade -- but I don't really see a lot of movement on such a matter yet, for reasons I've pointed out before and will point out below.
The other Big Lie about the stolen election
Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 10:56amHere’s ten minutes of every prominent Democrat denying Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016. These same people now tell us questioning the result of a presidential election is a direct threat to our democracy. pic.twitter.com/h428LRT8Tq
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 23, 2022
Open Thread - 06-24-22 - The Day America Died
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 8:26am
Update: Roe v. Wade has been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
I was born in the mid 50s. I don't remember much of that decade except maybe at the tail end, let's say '59 or '60. I'm sure I have memories from then but I really can't associate my earliest memories with a time frame. The 60s was when my memories really kicked in.
I was nine years old and going to school in a very rural part of central Illinois, a little farming town named Heyworth. It was a Friday, not long after lunch. There was a lot of commotion going on out in the hallways. Teachers were shuffling around, some were crying, there were loud voices but not quite loud enough to understand what was being said. We classmates looked at each other with quizzical looks on our faces. This was very odd behavior for the adult teaching staff, we had no idea what had just happened.
medical debt in the US
Submitted by QMS on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 6:41amFound this not-too-astonishing article about the "for profit" healthcare system
here in the land of the burdened, home of the sick. After an accidental ladder mishap,
I found out Medicare does not cover the incidentals. So on the card it goes ..
roughly a quarter of adults (in the US) now owe more than $5000 in health care debt
“…about 1 in 5 with any amount of debt said they don’t expect to ever pay it off.”
The Evening Blues - 6-23-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 3:34pmOpen Thread - Thurs 23 Jun 2022 - Just Some Fluff
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 5:00amJust Some Fluff:
Our phone/internet/etc service went down for a day yesterday. It was weird not having internet or phone service. Thanks Century(c)link! I couldn't do my usual prep for this Open Thread. Therefore, I'm going to babble a bit about cell phones, computers, games. Just a note, I met my husband while playing an old computer game (a Mud) in the early '90's: I like me some computer games!
Ukraine is about to lose this war
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 06/22/2022 - 9:43pmThe West media has been trying to sell us that Ukraine will win their war with Russia from the very start, yet a plurality of Americans no longer believe it.
The Evening Blues - 6-22-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 06/22/2022 - 2:13pmThis Just Doesn't Look Right
Submitted by JtC on Wed, 06/22/2022 - 11:34amThis image was plastered all over the internet yesterday. Supposedly the image was taken in Washington, DC. It doesn't look real to me. Why? Read below the fold.