In a previous post I was discussing the assault on freedom of speech on the internet. thanatokephaloides was helpful in suggesting I missed an important tag -- Monopoly.
Well, son of a gun, lookee what popped up on my feed today.
Overthrow the Prince of Facebook
Peggy Noonan? That Peggy Noonan?
♫ can’t get enough of that novichok, novichok, novichok...♫
Oops! New York Times corrects Skripal story, says no ‘dead ducks’ or ‘sick kids’ from ‘Novichok’, 6 Jun, 2019, RT.com
“The New York Times has corrected a report that UK officials had shared photos with the CIA depicting children and animals who’d been exposed to the so-called Novichok nerve agent after coming into contact with the Skripals.
It's no secret that much of the world wants to break away from using the U.S. dollar for its overseas trade and financial transactions. It's also no secret that Russia and China have been working together and allocating considerable resources on this project for financial independence since 2009.
Clio calls.
June 6th, 1944, it was a day. The Longest Day according to some because (of course) advance units were already in motion on June 5th.
I duly bemoan the sad state of Historical Pedagogy (minds out of the gutter folks, could have used "instruction" but I like to be obnoxious) that allows the Atlantic Powers (I'm looking at you England and France too) to imagine that it was in any way (except one I shall mention at the end) pivotal and critical to the defeat of the European Axis Powers.
Nazi Germany was already beaten and had been for years.
Comrades! Allow me to send you greetings from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Worker's Paradise! Each Independent Republic is a Representative Democracy of the Proletariat with a delegation in the United Federation. Political Parties? There is only one Political Party, just the way Madison and Jefferson intended.
WE ARE NOT RUSSIA!
Perish the thought.
Something to keep in mind…
Planting of corn, wheat, soy has been severely delayed by flooding over vast regions of the most productive farmland in the U.S.
And what has been planted is not growing well:
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Russia's manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed
Russia's infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known, from cybersecurity firm Symantec out Wednesday concluded.
the DNC bans all candidates who have participated in climate-change-focused debates from participating in future debates.
Well, the Democratic war on progressives was on full display this past weekend as Tulsi spoke at the California Democratic Convention on Saturday along with other Democratic luminaries and candidates. Tulsi's speech was messed with--of course--unlike every other person's speech.
The Fix is in.
Reporter: If your calls are ignored, do you fear that Assange could actually die in prison?
UN Expert: Absolutely. Yes. That's a fear that I think is very real.https://t.co/LaEavufv6s
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 5, 2019
There's a new career option in Denmark. It's one that sounds too good to be true: getting paid to borrow money to buy homes.
I'm taking the summer off and needed something to do along with the driving lessons I'll be taking, so last Wednesday I decided to try a free workout at the kickboxing inspired 9-Round Gym just down the block from me. By the end of the 9 'rounds' I was hurting quite a bit and was ready to vomit. Reminded me of wrestling season my sophomore year in high school, actually.
