The Evening Blues - 1-20-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 2:45pm
Diaries
WaPo columnist endorses all twelve candidates
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 11:44amAlexandra Petri tells us:
In a break from tradition, I am endorsing all 12 Democratic candidates.
SpaceX Final Human Space Abort Test Successful
Submitted by apenultimate on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 11:31amYesterday, SpaceX successfully performed its final necessary mission to test its human-capable rocket, Dragon, before astronauts actually are inside. This abort test--to make sure astronauts can survive a high-altitude abort--was pretty cool to watch (10 minute video):
More than a Dreamer he was a Revolutionist
Submitted by Mark from Queens on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 9:18am"Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence"
Monday OT: January 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 5:00am
January 20 is day 20 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Setting Orange, Chaos 20, 3186 YOLD (Discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.7.3.6 by the Mayan Long Count
![Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking.], 08/28/1963.](https://live.staticflickr.com/1398/5102447354_9462b74b0a_w.jpg)
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New York Times Editorial Board Endorses Warren and Klobuchar
Submitted by Le Frog on Sun, 01/19/2020 - 10:24pmI. Can't.
Here's the link, but I frankly wouldn't bother:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-eli...
The TL;DR version is "Both the radical and the realist models warrant serious consideration. If there were ever a time to be open to new ideas, it is now. If there were ever a time to seek stability, now is it.
Sober reminder on just how important Adam Schiff is
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sun, 01/19/2020 - 9:50pmA sixteen second video summates perfectly the career of the individual titled above.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqiaOP7lVRo]
And so, this is fitting:
Who are the Bernie Bros?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/19/2020 - 9:41pmSince 2016 we've been hearing stories about those all-white, male, misogynistic, racist, violent Bernie supporters.
Nevermind that the smear has never been true, and is even a bigger lie now.
Hispanics and Socialism, Venezuelan view
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sun, 01/19/2020 - 9:23pmPreface: this is serious. Also, the information I derived comes from investigative efforts of my own, given my access to a great number of foreign communities. No articles are supportive or unsupportive of what I report except as may actually represent truths being to to me. In other words, the only research I do in this essay has been routine political interest viewing (mainly YouTube).
