The Evening Blues - 6-14-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 06/14/2019 - 1:50pm

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
- Oscar Wilde -
Just in: Pentagon video of what it says is an Iranian boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the attacked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. pic.twitter.com/XSxIPcyV6Q
— Philip Crowther (@PhilipinDC) June 14, 2019
In the comments to a good article by Daniel Lazare, asking why Mueller didn't investigate the Seth Rich murder, the writers provide a fascinating discussion about Rich, and Bob in Portland does his best work. This series of comments is one of the best things I've read at Consortium News.
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/06/12/why-didnt-mueller-investigate-seth...
But it won't be this year. Tulsi is playing the long game. She is building name recognition and with that name recognition, she will be publicizing her political stances. Tulsi does agree that Trump is not ideal, but those opinions are relegated to a minor point during her campaign appearances. She is forward-looking, issue-oriented. You will not hear Tulsi mentioning Trump 76 times in one speech like Creepy, corrupt Joe Biden did last week in Iowa.
Apparently, socialism already exists in the United States....at least, it does if you listen to Bernie Sanders, or hell, any other left-leaning coward liberal. Exhibit A:

Updated at the bottom of the comment thread.
Via RT.com today:
“Britain's Home Secretary has revealed he has signed a request for the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Sajid Javid said that he signed and certified the papers on Wednesday, with the order going before the UK courts on Friday."

Something to keep in mind…
Greta Thunberg
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I must say that I have not enough knowledge to use the correct words for what I am going to ask and describe. I hope I nevertheless can describe a situation in plain words and may be some of you have some answers.

