I hope everyone had a peaceful and pleasant Thanksgiving. We survived but now I am stuck with a ton of leftovers. Thankfully, my husband loves leftover turkey, etc because I could care less. I do not do Black Friday or any such nonsense. But tonight is fourth Friday gallery walk and the galleries and shops downtown should do well. Have a great day all.

Just a reminder where global jihad came from.
http://original.antiwar.com/Dan_Sanchez/2015/11/23/they-sow-the-cyclone-...

It may be surprising to hear, but it is a plain historical fact that modern international jihad originated as an instrument of US foreign policy. The “great menace of our era” was built up by the CIA to wage a proxy war against the Soviets.

i'm getting ready to do the thanksgiving thing again, this time with the kids and dogs tonight. it's a marathon of turkey weekend.

here's another one to add to your drunk friday theme.

oh, by the way, the evening blues today will feature a guitarist that i think you'll enjoy.

Five Ways Sanders Could Democratize the Financial Sector That Clinton Won't Touch

Imagine we would all withdraw our savings from the banks and put it into credit unions.

1. Reinstate Glass-Steagall while encouraging individuals to withdraw their savings from big banks in favor of credit unions

As discussed above, Glass-Steagall-type separations of commercial and investment banking would greatly diminish the size of the big banks. This would greatly reduce their capacity to coordinate campaign contribution and lobbying efforts, and would make them more vulnerable to competition from credit unions and their smaller counterparts.

Additionally, with the media coverage afforded US presidents, the new president would inherit a direct line of communication with the public. In the five weeks following the Occupy-inspired "Bank Transfer Day" on November 5, 2011, roughly two-thirds of a million Americans created $4.5 billion in deposits for credit unions by withdrawing their savings from conventional commercial banks. With a president supporting such a program, even more significant transfers could likely be achieved. This would catalyze the development of a democratically managed, owned - and accountable - financial sector.

2. Establish connections between credit unions, postal banks and the Federal Reserve, bypassing the big banks.

With Congress unable to pass legislation, the US government's response to the Great Recession has largely come from the Federal Reserve's monetary programs. Through its policy of quantitative easing, the Fed directly capitalized the country's largest banks with $3.5 trillion between 2009 and 2014. The goal was to increase credit extension, thereby creating jobs and boosting consumer spending power.

Rather than hoping this indirect credit extension found its way to everyday Americans - and that the middlemen big lenders didn't skim too much off the top - the Fed could have directly capitalized credit unions. The money would have been more likely to find its way into the hands of the people who needed it, as credit unions could have put the money to work building the economy from the ground up.

One could at least dream about it ...

I'm so stiff this morning from cleaning, cooking and hauling food into the house. Even though I roasted a 7lb. chicken instead of a turkey I went full blown traditional Thanksgiving fare. The chicken was from a local farm in Canby on the outskirts of Portland and was so unprocessed that I had to pluck feather ends and clean out it's innards. Made me seriously consider going back to being a vegetarian. I was so tired that after dinner when I finally sat down and enjoyed my family I forgot the pies, tea or coffee. I did enjoy looking at my son's latest pottery creations and chatting with my wonderful daughter in law. I also got to know my granddaughter's boyfriend a little more. I learned from them how hard it is for young people who are starting out, making there way in this economy. My granddaughter has two jobs and is going to art school and carrying a pretty heavy class load. Even with 2 jobs and her boyfriends with one good job they have a hard tome getting by. She and her partner had to leave early as she was scheduled to open the store where she works at 5:00 this morning.

We had an interesting discussion about our various immigrant ancestors. We concluded we're all mutts from just about everywhere in the world. It was good to share a feast with people who are aware that this country is made up of mutts, refugees who entered the US, many times under dubious circumstances. I wish people in this country we're not so damn bigoted and frightened of 'other' as they too are other. It gave me hope to listen to 3 generations with humanistic values who respect and human rights and diversity. While none of are politically active partisan's anymore (thanks Obama) and run the gamut in the fake spectrum of right, left, center, moderate far leftie, blab blab blab, we all agree on the important stuff like love, peace and understanding. However none of us are holding our breath that change we can believe in is anywhere in sight.

We're going to see this guy on the 16th of December at a local venue that used to be a movie theater in the 40's?. I think it's going to be an acoustic set. We saw him a couple of years ago and it was one of the best shows I have ever been to. I like seeing music in smaller venues rather then stadiums or clubs and the old Aladdin Theater with its uncomfortable original lumpy seats offers a great view (if people stay seated) and good acoustics if the band isn't turned up to 11.

We saw Southern Culture on the Skids there last year with my son and daughter in law and it was so loud it distorted the sound and was kind of painful. Not only did people get out of their seats and dance they got on them.

So now other then the kitchen floor I've got a squeaky clean house a a lot of leftovers, including two pies. It's pie for me for breakfast. I'm very thankful for this community and the communities that exist in the real world I find around me. Hope you guys all have a good day.
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I posted this in the wrong OT so I moved it....Is there anyway to delete the misplaced first version of this comment? There seems to be no delete function in edit.

I just finished listening to Arlo singing Alice's Restaurant, a Thanksgiving tradition. Here's another Arlo song that's pretty funny and a lot shorter.

may be "the submissive girls" or I am sure you have some word for it from the "psychiological professional's category" scheme.

I am not sure if I like what I read or watch. I don't want to comment. I just wonder how long it will take til too many young girls are bashed for being too easily be pressured and how fast parents get blamed to not know how to prevent their girls from going "jihadi". A video to watch:

The Girls Who Fled To Syria: Groomed By The Islamic State

How One Teenage Girl Was Almost Lured Into Joining Islamic State