Bernie circa 1989 sounds just like many on C99P
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 1:26pmI happened to run across this speech the other day, and it sounded so familiar that I thought I would share some quotes from it.
Diaries
insane new dangers from US nuclear & space weaponization, US and France
Submitted by wendy davis on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 1:23pmLockheed Martin presented the 2nd Space Operations Squadron with a GPS Block III model satellite to celebrate the successful on-orbit testing of the new GPS III satellite at @SchrieverAFB.
Read more: https://t.co/RuU3qLQ9ny
— AF Space Command (@AFSpace) August 4, 2019
Craig Murray on Boris Johnson, Deripaska, Russian wealth among British elites
Submitted by Linda Wood on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 12:39pmBecause snoopydawg linked us to Craig Murray in an essay yesterday, I happened to see this important commentary.
Murray makes the point that much of the wealth controlling our obscenely corrupt system has come from the pillaging of Russian resources during the Yeltsin period and that the motive for demonizing Putin is to keep that wealth out of the hands of the Russian people.
It's not the 2020 Democratic clown car!
Submitted by HenryAWallace on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 12:30pmI've been referring to the gaggle of 2020 Democratic hopefuls as "clown car" because Democrats used that term to refer to the gaggle of Republican hopefuls in 2012 and in 2016, when Democrats ran only their anointee du jour. IOW, I fell victim to classic Democratic PTB framing, namely, making the more democratic way seem oh! so laughable and oh! so "less than" the undemocratic way.
Monday OT: August 5 is National Underwear Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 08/05/2019 - 5:00am
August 5 is day 217 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Boomtime, Confusion 71, 3185 YOLD (discordian),
And let us not forget 13.0.6.12.18 by the Mayan Long Count
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Russia Gate is dead...long live Russia Gate
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 08/04/2019 - 8:56pm
In The World Of 'Fact', Russiagate Is Dead. In The World Of Politics, It's Still The New '42'
Douglas Adams famously suggested that the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42.
The Pernicious Myth of White Supremacy in America, Past and Present
Submitted by Steven D on Sun, 08/04/2019 - 12:01pmLike any myth, white supremacy depends on a few basic beliefs, axioms if you will, that are foundational, and create the premises for all that follows. The first, and most fundamental, belief that all white supremacists hold is that race as a matter of science exists. The second, and the more dangerous belief they consider a fundamental truth, is that a pure white race exists, and that this pure white race is under attack by the inferior races, which are actively seeking to eradicate the white race.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 08/04/2019 - 8:40am
Failed Systems
When people tell me they plan to visit Alabama, I suggest they remember to set their watch back fifty years. Seems the rest of the country has devolved with us, and the US is in a repressive Alabama state of mind. It isn't just the social fabric that is unraveling, but also (perhaps as a result) the ecosystem, capitalism, demockracy, and civility. This week let's look at the degradation of the system, and discuss strategies of dealing with the situation in order to create and retain meaningful, fulfilling lives.
(3 min Alabama State of Mind)
Today is this year's Official Jerry Day.
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/04/2019 - 8:00am
Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 08/04/2019 - 5:23am
Come outside.
I'm not psychologically up to writing about global warming or nuclear war today. Let's talk about something else. Like, say, housework.
