Diaries
Israel is bombing almost as many countries as the U.S.
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 11:44amAmerica isn't the only country bombing Iraq, but Israel is the only country that is bombing Iraqi military forces.
terrifying numbers of fires ablaze in the Amazon rainforest
Submitted by wendy davis on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 10:41am
‘Wildfires rage throughout the Amazon rainforest’, Bryan Dyne, 23 August 2019
“Satellite imagery reveals that at least a quarter of the Amazon rainforest is on fire or covered in soot and ash across the four Brazilian Amazonian states: Amazonas, Rondônia, Mato Grosso and Pará.
Open Thread - Friday, August 23, 2019
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 08/23/2019 - 3:20am
Welcome to a content free edition of Funk Friday. The Internet, DSL, and land line both are dead and I do not have IPad editing skills.
Have a great weekend! The thread is OPEN.
Essay Title Contest
Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 11:12pmJoe Biden thanks his longfriend timefriend who's a friend and has been a friend in and out of public life. pic.twitter.com/EoUWZeW0an
— Florian (@BetaODork) August 22, 2019
Even Armando got fired from TOP
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 8:24pm[Updated the subject line]
10 years too late
@dailykos has parted ways with me. They’re good people and don’t have to answer for my views. c @markos @SusanGDailyKos
Maybe the Democratic Party establishment is just petty and incompetent
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 6:26pm“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair
The Evening Blues - 8-22-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 1:27pm
Our Forever Wars
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:59pmIn the more than 6,5oo+ days that we've occupied Afghanistan, the United States has spent $2.4 trillion and wasted the lives of 2,433 military men and women and another 1,143 allies. Not to mention the tens of thousands of civilians that we've killed.
Yet we still see headlines like this one.
Why is Hillary still a thing?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 11:48amHow much would you pay to hear Hillary Clinton speak? $5? $20?
Would you believe $50,000?

