The Evening Blues - 6-28-21
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Otis Williams and The Charms - Hearts Of Stone
“After an injunction had been judicially intimated to me by this Holy Office, to the effect that I must altogether abandon the false opinion that the sun is the center of the world and immovable, and that the earth is not the center of the world, and moves, and that I must not hold, defend, or teach in any way whatsoever, verbally or in writing, the said false doctrine, and after it had been notified to me that the said doctrine was contrary to Holy Scripture — I wrote and printed a book in which I discuss this new doctrine already condemned, and adduce arguments of great cogency in its favor, without presenting any solution of these, and for this reason I have been pronounced by the Holy Office to be vehemently suspected of heresy, that is to say, of having held and believed that the Sun is the center of the world and immovable, and that the earth is not the center and moves:
Therefore, desiring to remove from the minds of your Eminences, and of all faithful Christians, this vehement suspicion, justly conceived against me, with sincere heart and unfeigned faith I abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies, and generally every other error, heresy, and sect whatsoever contrary to the said Holy Church, and I swear that in the future I will never again say or assert, verbally or in writing, anything that might furnish occasion for a similar suspicion regarding me; but that should I know any heretic, or person suspected of heresy, I will denounce him to this Holy Office, or to the Inquisitor or Ordinary of the place where I may be. Further, I swear and promise to fulfill and observe in their integrity all penances that have been, or that shall be, imposed upon me by this Holy Office. And, in the event of my contravening, any of these my promises and oaths, I submit myself to all the pains and penalties imposed and promulgated in the sacred canons and other constitutions, general and particular, against such delinquents.”
-- Galileo Galilei
News and Opinion
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Key Witness in US Case Against Assange Changes His Story
An FBI informant upon whose information the United States based aspects of an indictment against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has now admitted that he fabricated the evidence. Sigudur “Sigi” Ingi Thordarson has told an Icelandic publication in an article that appeared on Saturday that he made up the allegation that Assange asked him to hack a government computer. That testimony played a key part in the indictment against Assange for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
Thordarson, 28, is referred to as “Teenager” in the part of the indictment that focuses on events in Iceland, where Assange was working in 2010. The indictment alleges that, “In early 2010, ASSANGE asked Teenager to commit computer intrusions and steal additional information, including audio recordings of phone conversations between high-ranking officials of the government of NATO Country-I, [Iceland] including members of the Parliament of NATO Country-I.”
Thordarson has now told the publication Stundin that this is a lie. The publication reported:
“In fact, Thordarson now admits to Stundin that Assange never asked him to hack or access phone recordings of MPs. His new claim is that he had in fact received some files from a third party who claimed to have recorded MPs and had offered to share them with Assange without having any idea what they actually contained. He claims he never checked the contents of the files or even if they contained audio recordings as his third party source suggested. He further admits the claim, that Assange had instructed or asked him to access computers in order to find any such recordings, is false.”
This is the end of the case against Julian Assange. https://t.co/bhFCfVBuq0
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 26, 2021
Thordarson’s testimony is contained in a superseding indictment filed by the U.S. Justice Department, which aimed to bolster the conspiracy to commit computer intrusion charge against Assange, carrying a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The indictment also charges Assange under the Espionage Act for unauthorized possession and dissemination of defense information, which could add an additional 170 years in prison.
[Much more at the link. -js]
BOMBSHELL Development In Assange Case, US Media IGNORES
Attorney: U.S. Case Against Julian Assange Falls Apart, as Key Witness Says He Lied to Get Immunity
If major US media outlets could bring themselves to report on this explosive development in the world’s most important press freedom case, that would likely create enough public fallout to force the Biden admin to abandon it. https://t.co/qTODucxTv9
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) June 26, 2021
Mike Gravel RIP: Watch the Senator’s Stunning 2007 Speech on How He Made the Pentagon Papers Public
Mike Gravel, former Alaska senator and anti-war campaigner, dies aged 91
Mike Gravel, a former US senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presidential run, has died. He was 91. Gravel, who represented Alaska as a Democrat from 1969 to 1981, died on Saturday, according to his daughter, Lynne Mosier. Gravel had been living in Seaside, California, and was in failing health, said Theodore W Johnson, a former aide. ...
Gravel’s tenure [...] was notable for his anti-war activity. In 1971, he led a one-man filibuster to protest the Vietnam-era draft and he read into the Congressional Record 4,100 pages of the 7,000-page leaked document known as the Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department’s history of the country’s early involvement in Vietnam.
He launched his quest for the 2008 Democratic [presidential] nomination as a critic of the Iraq war. “I believe America is doing harm every day our troops remain in Iraq – harm to ourselves and to the prospects for peace in the world,” Gravel said. He hitched his campaign to an effort that would give all policy decisions to the people through a direct vote, including health care reform and declarations of war.
Gravel garnered attention for his fiery comments at Democratic forums. In one 2007 debate, the issue of the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Iran came up, and Gravel confronted Obama, then a senator from Illinois.
“Tell me, Barack, who do you want to nuke?” Gravel said. ...
Gravel ran as a Libertarian after he was excluded from later debates. In an email to supporters, he said the Democratic party “no longer represents my vision for our great country”.
“It is a party that continues to sustain war, the military-industrial complex and imperialism – all of which I find anathema to my views,” he said.
Leaked documents confirm UK discussed possible military response by Russia to Black Sea/Crimea provocation
Classified UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) documents supposedly left accidentally at a bus stop in Kent confirm that the incursion by HMS Defender into Russian territorial waters of Crimea were a calculated provocation, planned at the highest levels of the government and the armed forces. ... The almost 50 pages of documents include emails and PowerPoint presentations of alternative routes that might have been taken by the Defender, a Type 45 destroyer that is part of the UK Carrier Strike Group led by the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, now heading to the Indo-Pacific region. They originated in the office of a senior official at the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
It was already announced earlier this month that the Defender was to break away from the larger strike group and conduct what the MoD insists was an “innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters,” with guns covered and the ship's helicopter stowed in its hangar. But the documents confirm that the UK was aware of a possible hostile response by Russia and decided to proceed anyway. ...
An official at the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), which encompasses the UK Army, Navy and the Air Force, asks, “What do we understand about the possible 'welcome party'…?” Potential Russian responses were outlined ranging from “safe and professional” to “neither safe nor professional.” The documents concluded that “neither safe nor professional” was a distinct and growing possibility. ...
Two routes were considered, including passing through “a short stretch through a ‘Traffic Separation Scheme’ (TSS) close to the south-west tip of Crimea,” or one that kept HMS Defender out of contested waters. This was rejected because it would be portrayed as “the UK being scared/running away,” when the UK’s intent was to reinforce Ukraine’s claim to the disputed waters.
UK’s HMS ‘Defender’ route was provocation, secret docs found AT BUS STOP reveal
Russia warns it will bomb British vessels next time after firing warning shots
Russia warned it will bomb British vessels next time they enter the Black Sea after firing warning shots at one on Wednesday.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned on Thursday that his country would no longer fire warning shots at British vessels that enter the waters near Crimea, Reuters reported.
"We can appeal to common sense, demand respect for international law, and if that doesn't work, we can bomb," Ryabkov said to Russian media. Future bombs would be placed “on target” and not just in the vessel’s path, according to Ryabkov.
The situation arose when a Royal Navy destroyer Defender traveled in the Black Sea in waters Russia claims belong to it but the rest of the world disputes its jurisdiction over the area. The area is disputed because Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 from Ukraine in a move that is not recognized by most other countries.
This is 100% unconstitutional. There is no imminent threat to the US and congress didn't approve it. https://t.co/PMPeeYrmhI
— Secular Talk (@KyleKulinski) June 27, 2021
US strikes hit Iran-backed militia facilities in Iraq and Syria
The US has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.
The strikes on Sunday targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
US Again Bombs Nations On Other Side Of The World In “Self-Defense”
The US is again illegally bombing nations on the other side of the planet which it has invaded and occupied and branded this murderous aggression as “defensive”.
“At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region,” reads a statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. “The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq. Specifically, the U.S. strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which lie close to the border between those countries.”
Even more absurd than the fact that we’re all still pretending this clearly dementia-addled president is “directing” anything is the claim that these actions were “defensive” in nature. It is not possible for occupying invaders to be acting defensively in the nations they are occupying an invading; US troops are only in Iraq by way of an illegal 2003 invasion, a bogus 2014 re-entry, and a refusal to leave at the Iraqi government’s request last year, and they are in Syria illegally and without the permission of the Syrian government. They can therefore only ever be aggressors; they cannot be acting defensively.
It’s like if you broke into your neighbor’s house to rob him, killed him when he tried to stop you, and then claimed self-defense because you consider his home your property. Only in the American exceptionalist alternate universe is this considered normal and acceptable.
The only actual defensive action that the US could legitimately take to protect troops in Iraq and Syria would be to remove US troops from Iraq and Syria.
There’s no legal authorization for U.S. troops to be in Iraq or Syria. Bring them home and stop bombing people under the guise of self-defense. https://t.co/EYZipHURtK
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) June 28, 2021
As former US representative Justin Amash pointed out following the bombing, there is no actual legal authorization for US troops to be in Iraq or Syria in the first place. As journalist Glenn Greenwald highlighted, there is also no legal basis for bombings on the military personnel in those nations either, no matter how “Iranian-backed” they are.
“I know it’s boring to note this but Biden has no legal authorization to bomb ‘Iranian-backed’ targets in Syria and Iraq, making it illegal,” Greenwald tweeted, adding, “But Obama bombed Libya after the House voted against doing so, and few of the Sacred Rule Of Law mavens cared.”
The legal justification the Biden administration is using for this airstrike is the same bogus one it used for its airstrikes in Syria this past February: not counter-terrorism, but an extremely weird and broad interpretation of Article II of the US Constitution.
“As a matter of international law, the United States acted pursuant to its right of self-defense,” Kirby writes in the aforementioned statement. “The strikes were both necessary to address the threat and appropriately limited in scope. As a matter of domestic law, the President took this action pursuant to his Article II authority to protect U.S. personnel in Iraq.”
This claim the Executive Branch has been leaning on lately, that Article II permits unilateral acts of war on the other side of the planet without congressional approval, has come under criticism from legal scholars across the US political spectrum. As Tess Bridgeman wrote for Just Security following Biden’s February airstrikes:
“With former President Donald Trump’s term in office over, it’s time to evaluate his war powers legacy and where it leaves the Biden administration as it begins to grapple with how and when to use force abroad in the absence of congressional authorization. The picture that emerges from Trump’s war powers reporting to Congress is one of an extraordinarily broad vision of the president’s authority to use force abroad without congressional authorization, and of a willingness to exploit loopholes in reporting requirements in a way that obscures information on the use of force from the public.”
A willingness to exploit loopholes is right. But as long as acts of mass military violence serve as the glue which holds a globe-spanning empire together, death finds a way.
U.S. Website Seizures Targeting Iran Cast Wide Net Over Dissident and Religious Broadcasters
There is no love lost between Ayatollah Sadiq Shirazi and the Iranian government. In 2018, authorities arrested the dissident cleric’s son for calling Iran’s supreme leader a tyrannical pharaoh. Soon after, Shirazi’s followers stormed the Iranian embassy in London. So it came as a surprise when the U.S. government blocked Shirazi-affiliated, London-based news websites in a crackdown on Iran’s “malign influence.”
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice seized and censored 33 websites as part of a retaliatory action on the grounds that they violate U.S. sanctions on Iran. Some of the websites belonged to Iranian propaganda networks. Others were Shiite Muslim religious outlets that appeared to have nothing to do with — or were even at odds with — the Iranian regime. One of the websites, a London-based Bahraini diaspora network, had been a refuge for exiles fleeing repression.
“We’ve seen this for years, where well-meaning efforts to address disinformation campaigns or terrorist propaganda have these serious human rights impacts, because they capture too much,” said David Greene, civil liberties director and senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a technological civil rights organization.
The crackdown is a test case for American control over the internet, as the U.S. government flexed its muscles over the information sphere in a way few states could. The choice of targets also raises questions about whether there are enough guardrails over this newfound power — and whether U.S. officials can separate their political struggle with the Islamic Republic of Iran from an ideological struggle against Shia Islam.
Helicopter carrying Colombian president and senior officials hit by gunfire
Colombia’s president, Iván Duque, said a helicopter carrying him and several senior officials came under fire in the southern Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela, in a rare instance of a direct attack on a presidential aircraft.
Duque said everyone on board the helicopter was safe, including the defense minister, Diego Molano; the interior minister, Daniel Palacios and the governor of Norte de Santander state, Silvano Serrano.
“I want to inform the country that after fulfilling a commitment in Sardinata in Catatumbo, approaching the city of Cúcuta, the presidential helicopter was the victim of an attack,” the president said in a statement on Friday. He said the helicopter’s equipment and capabilities “prevented something lethal from happening”.
A video released by the presidency showed several bullet holes in the Colombian air force helicopter. Duque did not provide the time of the attack or say who he believed carried it out, but several armed groups are known to operate in the area.
Peru election: supporters of rival candidates throng streets amid dispute over result
Supporters of Peru’s rival presidential candidates – socialist Pedro Castillo and rightwinger Keiko Fujimori – have taken to the streets amid uncertainty over a legal challenge to the outcome of the closely contested 6 June election. Thousands of Castillo supporters marched on Saturday toward Plaza San Martín in the capital Lima, a block from the headquarters of the electoral jury that will decide the outcome. They carried giant banners and photos of the socialist candidate, calling for his apparent election win to be confirmed.
A few blocks away, thousands of others supporting Fujimori paraded with Peruvian flags and banners that read “no to fraud”, arriving at the Plaza Bolognesi, where a stage had been erected ahead of the expected arrival of the conservative. Castillo holds a slender 44,000-vote lead over Fujimori with all ballots counted. But his rightwing rival has sought to disqualify votes, largely in rural areas that backed the leftist, making claims of fraud with little evidence.
Castillo’s Free Peru party has denied the allegations of fraud while international election observers have said the vote was carried out cleanly. The US state department described the process as a “model of democracy”. ...
“Electoral justice cannot be paralyzed or blocked, much less in this phase of the process,” said Jorge Salas, president of the national elections jury. “These interruptive arts will not prosper.” The jury will restart its work reviewing contested ballots on Monday, a spokeswoman for the body said. It must complete the review before an official result can be announced.
Le Pen’s far-right party suffers blow in French regional elections
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has suffered a serious electoral blow when it failed to win a regional election in its stronghold in the south of France.
The Rassemblement National (RN) had pinned its last chances on taking the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region (PACA) after emerging victorious from last week’s first-round vote, although by a small margin. However, an alliance of rival parties to form a “republican front” against the RN – including the withdrawal of the Socialist party and left-wing alliance candidate – prevented the far right taking the region.
Sunday’s result was a final bitter disappointment for the RN, which had been predicted to do well in at least five regions in the first-round vote last Sunday. In the end, the RN came first only in PACA, and then only by a narrow margin. Exit polls suggested that the Les Républicains candidate in PACA, Renaud Muselier, had polled a convincing 56.6% of votes against the RN’s Thierry Mariani’s 43.4%.
Afterwards, Le Pen said local democracy was suffering a “profound crisis” and criticised the “unnatural alliances” made between political rivals to confound a RN victory and “prevent us from showing that we can run a region”. In a brief but defiant post-election speech, Le Pen added that the abstention rate showed a “discontentment” among electors that was a “major signal for all the political class and society”.
While many saw these elections as a warm-up for next year’s presidential election, neither the supposed 2022 leadership frontrunners – Emmanuel Macron or Le Pen – have been left with much to celebrate.
Coronavirus pandemic: Surge in Delta variant cases forces global restrictions
Delta Covid variant may be edging race against vaccines
The transmission advantage of the Delta variant that is spreading at pace globally is a sign that the race between vaccination and the virus could tip in favour of the latter unless countries ramp up their immunisation campaigns and practise caution, scientists say. The variant, first detected in India, has been identified in at least 92 countries and is considered the “fittest” variant yet of the virus that causes Covid-19, with its enhanced ability to prey on the vulnerable – particularly in places with low vaccination rates.
Research conducted in the UK, where the variant accounts for 99% of new Covid cases, suggests it is about 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant, which previously dominated. It may also be linked to a greater risk of hospitalisation and is somewhat more resistant to vaccines, particularly after one dose. ...
The calls for caution come at a time when research in Australia indicates just how easily the Delta variant can potentially spread. Based on CCTV footage, health officials suspect it has been transmitted in “scarily fleeting” encounters of roughly five to 10 seconds between people walking past each other in an indoor shopping area in Sydney in at least two instances.
There were no mask mandates in place in Sydney at the time, and the individuals were unlikely to have been vaccinated given that less than 5% of the Australian population have received both doses. The city and some surrounding areas entered a strict two-week lockdown on Saturday in an effort to curb the spread of the Delta variant.
The World Health Organization is urging even fully vaccinated people to “play it safe” by continuing to wear masks, maintain social distance and practise other safety measures, to deal with the Delta variant.
Matt Taibbi EXPOSES Hubris Of Censoring Dr. Bret Weinstein
“Setback for Unions”: Farmworkers Fought to Allow Unions Access During Breaks. Supreme Court Says No
Keith Ellison urges Congress to act on stalled police reform after Chauvin sentencing
The Minnesota attorney general who secured the conviction and sentencing of Derek Chauvin said on Sunday Congress must pass stalled policing reform named for George Floyd, the African American man the former officer murdered in May last year. “We had to focus on proving a case based on evidence in a courtroom,” Keith Ellison told ABC’s This Week. “But I do believe that the larger society must grapple with the bigger issues. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act has not passed. We need it to pass.” ...
“All over the United States,” said Ellison, a former congressman, “states are looking at police reform. We need them to act. We need departments to act. We need prosecutors and we need other police officers to look inside and say, ‘What can we do to build greater trust and greater cooperation with our communities that we protect and serve every day?’
“… From a larger perspective, we have got a lot of lifting to do. And when it comes to Congress, I think they could lead the way by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. I think it’s essential, and the country needs it.”
The act named for Floyd passed the Democratic-controlled House but has stalled in the Senate. Key provisions include ending qualified immunity for police officers, which Republicans oppose, and establishing a national standard for the use of force.
Judge Threatens NYPD Lawyers With Sanctions for Foot-Dragging in George Floyd Protest Case
On Thursday, a federal judge threatened the administration of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio with sanctions if it doesn’t begin producing documents related to police conduct during last summer’s George Floyd protests.
After the New York Police Department kettled, beat, pepper-sprayed, punched, shoved, rammed, and arrested people protesting against police violence, many of the victims decided to sue, along with the attorney general of New York. Those lawsuits against de Blasio, the city, and the NYPD, including the leadership and individual police officers, have all been consolidated together and put on an accelerated schedule by Judge Colleen McMahon, who intends to have the case ready for trial early next year.
Although deadlines in the case are looming, lawyers for the city and the police have responded to only a tiny fraction of the documents requested by protesters in their discovery requests, hampering their ability to learn exactly what the NYPD did and to hold them to account. ...
Lawsuits around the behavior of police during mass protests can often stretch across years, even a decade, but in her first hearing for the consolidated cases in February, McMahon made it clear that she was taking a different approach. She was putting the cases on a “rocket docket,” she said. “I don’t like cases to hang around for a long time.”
Discovery — the production of relevant evidence — itself often takes years in cases like this, but McMahon set a December 31 deadline for all discovery production. The parties would also need to have exchanged enough evidence to name their expert witnesses by July 1, produce those experts’ reports by September 1, and file their arguments over whether the protesters can sue as a class action by September 10. With the tight deadline and the city dragging its feet, plaintiffs’ lawyers are worried they won’t have time to properly review materials ahead of each stage of the case — potentially severely damaging their efforts.
Biden Wants You To Snitch On Family & Friends
Democrats cite Ku Klux Klan Act in suits over ‘Trump Train’ Texas bus incident
A convoy of Trump supporters that swarmed a Biden-Harris campaign bus on a Texas highway last October violated the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, which prohibits violent election intimidation, two new lawsuits allege. One suit targets drivers in the self-described “Trump Train”, saying they conspired to intimidate and harass Biden-Harris campaigners. The other suit names as defendants law enforcement officials in San Marcos, Texas, saying they “abdicated” their responsibility to protect the bus “despite repeated calls for help”. ...
The FBI previously confirmed it was investigating the incident in which a pack of vehicles flying flags in support of Trump’s re-election effort besieged a Biden bus on a Texas highway.
Court documents say some members of a New Braunfels Trump Train were “identified in media reports and on social media as having taken part in the 6 January 2021 insurrection” at the US Capitol. Court papers also say Congress passed the Ku Klux Klan Act in the aftermath of the civil war and during Reconstruction “to prevent groups from joining together to obstruct free and fair federal elections by intimidating and injuring voters, or denying them the ability to engage in political speech”. The members of the Trump Train “openly and wilfully violated that statutory command”, court papers say.
US Justice Department Sues Georgia Over State's Voter Suppression Law
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday vowed "to ensure that we protect every qualified American seeking to participate in our democracy" at a press conference announcing a Department of Justice lawsuit against Georgia over the state's new voting law, which the Biden administration and civil rights advocates allege is meant to disenfranchise Black voters.
"The rights of all eligible citizens to vote are the central pillars of our democracy. They are the rights from which all other rights ultimately flow," Garland said, lamenting "the dramatic rise in state legislative actions that will make it harder for millions of citizens to cast a vote that counts."
Earlier this year, the GOP-controlled Georgia state Legislature passed, and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law, Senate Bill 202, which critics called "a vicious attack on voting rights."
The law imposed new identification requirements for voters casting ballots by mail, limited the use of absentee ballot drop-boxes, introduced new challenges to voting eligibility, prohibited mobile voting vans, barred local governments from receiving private sector grants, and even outlawed handing out food and water to people waiting in what can be notoriously long lines to vote.
"Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgia's election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act," Garland said Friday.
Krystal Ball: SCREWED Americans Turn To Socialism
Centrist Dems' New PAC Seen as Effort to Stop 'Squad' From Growing
New reporting out Saturday on the creation of a political action committee by a group of moderate House Democrats is being criticized by progressives as an effort to "protect corporate interests" and put a cap on the so-called Squad.
The new political action committee (PAC) is called Team Blue, as NBC News reported. Its May filing with the Federal Election Committee was noted last month by Politico Influence.
Team Blue, according to NBC News, "will help those who might be in safe seats for the party but facing a primary challenger," such as Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).
The PAC is being established by Democratic Caucus chairman Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who told the outlet, "This effort to protect our members is an extension of my job as caucus chair." The two other lawmakers behind the PAC are Democratic Reps. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Terri Sewell of Alabama. Gottheimer and Sewell, as NBC noted, "represent the more moderate factions of the Democratic caucus, which are more likely to see primaries from the left."
Max Berger, a political organizer who previously worked on Cori Bush's 2018 congressional campaign and with Justice Democrats—the PAC that helped elect progressive Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)—said in a tweet that it's an effort "to keep [the] Squad from growing."
Saying the new PAC should be called "Injustice Democrats," Berger said it represented "a corporate funded incumbent protection racket."
A similar assessment came from Waleed Shahid, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats. "Democratic Party leadership has launched a PAC to stop the Squad from growing any further," he wrote in a Twitter thread in which he pointed to Jeffries' own start in the U.S. Congress by "primarying an incumbent Democrat."
Both Shahid and Rana Abdelhamid—who's running for Maloney's 12th Congressional District seat—shared NBC News' reporting by referencing comments Jeffries back in 2011 when he launched his challenge to then-Democratic Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York. "The incumbent has had 29 years to make a difference,” Jeffries at the time of Towns. "At this point, it's time to move in another direction."
The group of progressive members of Congress known as the Squad grew this year with newcomers including Democratic Congressmen Jamaal Bowman and Mondaire Jones, both of New York. Their wins might be a motivating factor for the new PAC, tweeted the New York City chapter of the Sunrise Movement.
"When you can't stand that your district keeps electing Green New Deal proponents on the city and state level," the group wrote. "Primary season comes every 2 years, Rep. Jeffries."
House Passes Resolution to Reverse 'Reckless' Trump-Era Methane Rule
Progressive advocates celebrated the U.S. House's passage Friday of a resolution to reinstate federal regulations on methane pollution, while also emphasizing that confronting the climate emergency requires implementing stronger safeguards.
The resolution reversed the Trump administration's rollback last August of the Environmental Protection Agency's rules governing oil and gas companies' emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.
Twelve House Republicans joined Democrats in the chamber to pass a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution in a 229-191 vote. Because the Senate approved its version of the filibuster-proof measure in April, the resolution now heads to the White House, where President Joe Biden is expected to sign it.
"Friday's vote brings us one step closer to undoing the Trump administration's reckless assaults on vital climate and public health protections," Sierra Club deputy legislative director Mahyar Sorour said in a statement. "Now it is up to President Biden to sign this measure into law, and to build on these safeguards by instructing the EPA to act immediately to cut methane pollution from both new and existing oil and gas operations by 65% by 2025."
Given that the EPA's 2016 methane pollution safeguards only applied to newly permitted sources, Earthworks argued that "simply reinstating the Obama-era rules would not be enough for the Biden administration to meet climate goals." The environmental justice organization added that even if the Obama-era rules "were applied to existing sources," they "would only cut methane pollution by 20%."
Although Biden and EPA Administrator Michael Regan have pledged to enact regulations that are stronger than those imposed during the Obama administration, they have yet to commit to "specific methane reduction goals," Earthworks noted.
Pacific north-west heatwave continues with Idaho and Montana in line of fire
Much of the US Pacific north-west remained under an extreme heatwave as the weekend came to a close, with the National Weather Service calling temperatures intense, prolonged, record-breaking, unprecedented, abnormal and dangerous.
Daytime temperatures were in the triple digits Fahrenheit, breaking records in places where many do not have air conditioning.
Sunday’s forecasted temperature in Portland, Oregon, 112F or 44C, was set to break the all-time temperature record of 108F (42C) – a mark set a day earlier. The forecast called for another 112F/44C day on Monday.
The temperature was expected to rise to a record 104F (40C) at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Sunday and to reach 111F (43.9C) on Monday. ... Seattle’s light rail trains may have to operate at reduced speeds because of excessive heat on the tracks, causing delays that could continue into the work week, Sound Transit said.
Also of Interest
Here are some articles of interest, some which defied fair-use abstraction.
Assange Prosecution Relied On False Testimony From A Diagnosed Sociopath And Convicted Pedophile
Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment
Experts: British HMS Defender Stunt Near Crimea Was Patently Illegal
How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — And Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Right-Wing 'Spies' With Deep Pockets Infiltrated Democratic Party Across West
Blackout Risk And Electricity Prices Are Spiking In California
Florida Condo Collapse: Nobody Told Homeowners that their Building Was Sinking “at an Alarming Rate”
What Has Silicon Valley Done to Our Food?
Where the buffalo roam: world’s longest wildlife bridge could cross the Mississippi
Rattlesnakes everywhere: the odd consequences of California’s drought
Yabba dabba deal! California town settles suit over Flintstones house
Useful Idiots: Norm Finkelstein on Cancel Culture
A Conversation with Chris Hedges: Corporate Totalitarianism
Jimmy Dore: Joy Reid's JAW DROPPING Pro-War Rant
Jimmy Dore: Journalist's Killers Trained By U.S.
Krystal and Saagar: Biden Makes A GIGANTIC MESS Of 'Bipartisan' Infrastructure Talks
Krystal and Saagar: Engineer WARNED Years Ago Miami Building Had Structural Flaws
Matt Stoller: Congress Votes To BREAK UP Big Tech, Does GOP Hate Dems Or Big Tech More?
Ryan Grim: Miami Condo Collapse EMBODIES Unchecked Capitalism And Runaway Climate Change
A Little Night Music
Otis Williams and The Charms - That's Your Mistake
Otis Williams and His Charms - Gum Drop
Otis Williams and The Charms - Two Hearts
Otis Williams and The Charms - Your Sweet Love
Otis Williams And The Charms - I Got Loving
Otis Williams & His Charms - My Friends
Otis Williams & The Charms - Dynamite Darling
Otis Williams & The Charms - One Night Only
Otis Williams & The Charms - It's All Over
Otis Williams & The Charms - Don't Wake Up The Kids
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Condo Collapse is the canary
out of the coal mine and at the beach.
Ryan Grim's comments above frame the situation well. The media is focused elsewhere. Human interest, and mass death are what sells. Thanks, joe, for including a few articles about this tragedy.
Only a few outlets are deviating much from the media story, but I did catch the phrase
"soil liquefaction" in one thing I read today. That's a science-y way of saying that as the structures of buildings that are set in sand that get wetter and stay wetter every year as water levels rise, will, Inevitably, Eventually, dissolve.
Also have not seen mention of the sewers backing up and flooding Miami streets even when it has not rained.
It is very difficult to see and accept our crumbling world, so most will ignore the signs.
Not on this blog, I am guessing.
NYCVG
That's not precisely it, and likely the reason that
soil liquefaction isn't too prominently discusses. Partly or even fully saturated soil will act as if it were liquid when subjected to earthquake or other similar sudden stress. There is no known sudden change in the stress on that building or the soil under it.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I understand what you are saying.
Soil liquefaction is not, or most likely not, the cause here.
But, structures that are subjected to years of salt water erosion, suddenly failing, may very well be what is happening.
When much of Miami Beach was built, nobody predicted a constant rise of water level.
That rise has been known for at least a decade, but the damage it may cause has been ignored.
Not so different then when engineers knew the levees were weakened in New Orleans and nothing was done about it. Then, Katrina.
NYCVG
Agree on the effects of prolonged salt water and
even salt spray upon most structural materials. Coastal structures need constant maintenance.
Just overly aware of liquefaction here, that's what flattened San Francisco's Marina District during Loma Prieta and is one of the things one learns young here - check the soil structures before buying, even dry soil can suffer liquefaction under the right conditions. AS I write, my place, on adobe above rock just went through a 4.2
be well and have a good one.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
evening nycvg...
yep, florida is in for a rough time. over time i have read some articles that mention that a lot of florida sits on porous limestone (karst). when sea levels rise, so does the water under florida, which causes two problems, flooding obviously but also infiltration of freshwater reservoirs by seawater.
if i have understood what i have read adequately, it means that even if florida builds sea walls, there's a pretty good chance that seawater will rise through columns in the karst, making a big mess.
my guess is that this is not a good time to invest in florida properties.
Apparently plenty of people
really love to live in beachfront highrises. Someday -- long from now -- humans may decide that it wasn't such a good idea. However, the 6/24/2021 condo collapse loss of lives will only be approximately 160. Whereas the 6/24/2021 US Covid-19 deaths were 371.
So Galileo caved even though he was right and knew he was right.
In exchange, he was allowed to remain alive. W00t, I guess.
OTOH, not so Giordano Bruno, a martyr to free thought for all time;
be well and have a good one
EDITED to fix typoz
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
evening el...
yeah, lately i've been casually pondering the link between science and political power. i figured gallileo's apology illustrates that being right has limited utility for yourself and humankind when you are surrounded by powerful idiots.
Thank You for the EB, I have no comment, just wanted
to say hi and wish you all the heat to break- Keep your cool. The rattlesnakes are so telling, aren't they?
I say nothing no more. I am really scared about the next six months.
Be well, have a good one and survive. And thank you for Otis Williams and the Charms.
What would we be without music? May be rattlesnakes?
evening mimi...
heh:
I would think the warmer temperatures
of concrete would be more attractive to snakes ; ).
heh...
that may be true, but they show up better on the concrete.
That too might be true ; )
I hope this is good news for Julian...
...it ought to be, but the US no longer recognizes the rule of law...we are a law unto ourselves. Also evidenced by our illegal bombing in Syria and Iraq...killing civilians including children.
Sure is odd to see Alabama's moderate 80 degrees playing against the 100+ in the NW. Looks hotter in the NE than here too. I'm sure our time will come. August in Alabama is usually a scorcher. Fortunately we've been getting pretty regular rain too. Not complaining, but a bit surprised.
Been lucky with insect pressure too. Our farming buddies are getting eaten alive by Jap beetles. I used milky spore last fall and have very little damage this year. I'll reapply the milky spore again this fall (it is a soil fungus that kills the larva).
Thanks for the music and news. I appreciate your round up. Have a good evening!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
evening lookout...
well, objectively it should be good news for assange that the u.s. case against him and a significant factor in a british court's decision pretty much just got destroyed.
i guess we'll have to see, though. after all, the u.s. government makes the rules. for now.
glad to hear that the beetles are at bay. so far the only varmints that are messing with our crops are much larger - squirrels and deer.
it hit the 90's here today and started feeling a lot like summer. the mosquitos are out and very friendly. the good news is that we're getting a bumper crop of lightning bugs this year compared to recent years and our pollinator plantings are drawing lots of bees, though very few of them are honeybees.
have a good one!
Maybe in your spare time you can take up bee-keeping.
Last night I got a mosquito bite, and tonight will dip to temperatures little above freezing. That should take care of the rare mosquito still around. I know that's not very friendly, but ...
No matter the issue it's always the "leftists" fault
https://www.reddit.com/r/Political_Revolution/comments/o9mx97/gee_maybe_...
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
evening ggersh...
of course it is always the left's fault, it's the one group that the bipartisans can all agree to hate.
howdy bluesters
Hi Joe, and all!
The media silence on the Assange news says alot about complicity.
Poor Galileo. Didn't Copernicus have similar issues with those scientifically challenged bastards? Religion: screwing science for thousands of years. The problem with it is that it teaches fiction as fact. Eventually then many practitioners do not have the ability to tell fact from fiction. Science from not science. Besides Republicans and corporate neolib Democrats in the U.S., nothing holds back the progress of society like religion.
apologies if this was posted already, I thought this was good:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/28/deadly-collapse-of-illusions-in-...
Be well all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Copernicus (like Darwin)
formed his hypothesis - a heliocentric universe - when he was no more than 37 years old which is when he shared it with a few others. Then collected more data and wrote his manuscript over the subsequent twenty years. He resisted publishing it for another decade. He died as his work was published.
Galileo was born twenty-one years after Copernicus' book was published. He was charged almost sixty years after the publication. Galileo's conviction also resulted in Copernicus' book being banned for a hundred and forty years.
Dogma blinds the masses and science.
evening dystopian...
yep, the media are not exactly covering themselves in glory. if they won't stand up for assange then they deserve whatever punishment gets meted out to them when they stray from the path prescribed by the powers-that-be.
it's not so much religion as power that galileo had trouble with. power gets to define the parameters of our reality and what is permissible belief. witness the manipulation of "the facts" about covid for example. scientific inquiry, debate and discussion are only allowed within the parameters delineated by power.
same as it ever was.
great article, thanks!
Evening Joe and thanks for the news and blues!
Appreciate the climate assessment of the Greater Yellowstone area. Will have to read it more detail but it is all playing out in front of us.
All that I have been reading about the Mega drought out west and what it all portend for the future has helped me firm up my decision to sell my condo in Santa Fe while the market is still hot. There are of course other factors like the 600 mile one way trip by myself that seems to be getting longer and longer.
Santa Fe has a much nicer political/social environment than where my cabin is, but Austin is only a 60 mile journey away! I also can come and visit when I want to be there. Following advice from Lookout and others about starting to circle the wagons and work on self sufficiency. I have enough to acreage to grow some food and am looking at ways to make my living space more energy efficient.
Thanks again for all the work you do to keep me and others aware of what is really happening in our world!
Life is what you make it, so make it something worthwhile.
This ain't no dress rehearsal!
evening jb...
yeah, the article about yellowstone is kind of bracing. it's an area i really enjoy and the changes that seem to be happening really rapidly suggest that it's not going to stay the way that i remember it for long.
i hope that all of your choices work out well, have a great evening!
Biden supposedly authorized bombing in Syria and Iraq.
What could possibly go wrong?
evening humphrey...
gosh, you don't suppose that bombing people might make them uppity and want to maybe bomb the u.s. back?
i guess we'll see where the escalation goes.
Good evening Joe, hanks for the news and blues.
Iran and Iranian backed militias aren't, per se, legitimate targets. They would be for the respective governments of the countries in question if those governments objected to their persence and operations on their soil, but they cannot be for those illegally occupying some of the terrain actually belonging to those nations.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
evening el...
yep, as i understand it, the un charter rules require that the legitimate, sovereign government of a state must request the u.s. to engage with combattants on its soil for such an action to be something other than an illegal invasion.
Good evening, joe and bluzerz!
The place is falling apart! Ignore infrastructure, though. It takes too much profit away from the 1%. Fiddling while America comes apart at the seams.
Time for a new constitution - a new country! Well, I'm a little ahead of myself. It's coming, though.
Enjoy the evening!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
evening ra...
yep, infrastructure projects must not be as profitable as bombing brown people outside of our borders.
heh, perhaps we ought to write the new constitution, just to have one ready.
Great thinking,
, in fact - my thoughts exactly!!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Just had a 4.2 with the epicenter about 3 miles west of us.
About 6 miles down. No visible damage here. I assume magiamma is cool.
YeeHaw, rock and roll.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
wow...
whole lot of shaking goin on, eh?
i hope everything and everybody is well. take care!
Just gives us all something to talk about, including all
of the different magnitude calls, 4.2 original, and some 4.0s and now 3.9, but I don't know if UC Berkeley has chimed in yet. This one was probably on the Hayward fault, which runs right through campus, so their call ought to be definitive.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
In honor of all caps day, HEY, JOE!
I have to say, 2 crises, computer and phone, were resolved by TLOML. The other crisis that is yet to be resolved or determined as to it's immediacy, is a client who could not participate in a scheduled zoom mediation due to his "highness" on something. THEN, I get the info from opposing attorney my client is Aryan Brotherhood, and I already knew his beloved daughter is name Aryan.
Just so happens I will immediately withdraw from the case, and TLOML will provide me a 9 mm to put in my office desk drawer for the time being.
Life is good, while it lasts, ya know?
I watched several of your posted videos, enjoyed them to the extent that watching and being truthfully informed of our inevitable demise was so fine. I either fight back, or know why I can't, and know my death will be only slightly less painful than Bruno's. At least I damn well know.
It is unusual and unseasonally cool tonight, and I prefer the cool, on all levels.
Be well!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
evening otc...
heh, it's always good to have tech support close at hand.
good luck with your appearance withdrawl. hopefully it won't bother the client.
glad that you're getting some cool. it was hot as hades here today but this evening it's cooling down into the 70's eventually (it's about 80 with a cool breeze now) and is now fit for both man and beast outdoors.
have a great evening!
Evening all
I wonder what effect that huge navy bomb had on the building collapsed? Maybe nothing or maybe a big one. Anyone else asking about it?
I have been laughing at this since I saw it. It’s not just the traffic cone, but what are Manchin, other dude and Romney doing with their hands? Kinda weird if you ask me.
Gee I guess everyone forgot about Biden’s patriot act. This should come as no surprise to anyone.
Dawg really misbehaving on our evening walks. All training and manners go out of her head when she sees people and dawgs. She forgets to pay attention to me and jumps 3 feet straight up. Boing ..
I do make her mind but it’s not getting better. Thoughts?
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
What info do you have about the bomb?
I blame the corporatists, but always leave room for causation due to dumb ass government.
hope you are well, and that Sam is at her best!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
evening snoopy...
heh, as near as i can guess from the coverage in the miami herald, the test was done fairly far up the coast from miami, about 100 miles off of daytona beach. on the other hand, it registered 3.9 on the richter scale, so who knows?
people are apparently thinking about it, though: Could recent Navy blast off Florida coast have contributed to Surfside condo collapse?
hmmm, so the feds are after tucker carlson. heh, well, they said they wanted to collect it all, so, i guess it figures. i'll be glad to have the conservotwits go after the nsa, though, maybe the crazies can have a bigger effect than libruls.
heh, i had a dog - a big malamute that had that same problem for a while. whenever he would do that, i'd put him on a short leash (i'd pull the leash behind my back and keep his nose at my knee) and start working on his heeling, stopping and sitting for about 5 minutes. it drove him crazy because he had other things on his mind. but after we went through that routine for a few days he got the idea and stopped trying to pull my arm out of its socket whenever he saw something that interested him.
good luck!
I put the choker up higher so she does stop
When pulled tight. It’s not made from chain but cloth and relaxes on its own just so you don’t think I’ma monster. That’s when she starts jumping straight up in the air and she gets clearance. Once the dawgs and people are gone she puts on her halo and walks nicely beside me. It’s the distractions , but I’ll keep working with her. Seriously she really does want to be good, but dawgs and people are so cool. She played with a little vizla puppy yesterday and just had so much fun. One day I’ll get her a friend. Not yet because we’re having too much fun exploring.
Boy I bet there are a lot of very anxious people living on the beaches of Florida and elsewhere right now. I would be moving out of mine pdq if I did. A wife called her husband and said that she just saw the swimming pool disappear and then she screamed and the line went silent. The scream part might be optional depending on which story you read. More complaints from months to years earlier coming out too. The guy who built the towers was said to have bribed a lot of people so he could cut corners on buildings. I believe it. Look at how many houses get built only to find years later that they were built poorly or on a water table that is now leaking. I had friends who went through this and by the time they got around to suing the realtor had declared bankruptcy and moved on leaving them high and wet. How many states have done that because big relators are big business. Most of Utah’s legislators are home builders. Surprise those crack jack apartments are getting squeezed into what little space is available. I love to drive by the 14 apartments where 3 homes used to be and surrounded by older homes. It’s unreal. 14 units with 4-5 units apiece. What drought? Plenty of water….till there ain’t.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
There’s something similar in the scenario here as well.
One property that housed a single home and generous yard is replaced by multiple dwellings with no green to be seen or played in.
Except that single house on
a large lot was poor land and infrastructure use. However, that's not an argument for building high where unnecessary and lack of adequate outdoor space.
You and I must be abnormal -
Surfside realtor says deadly building collapse ' hasn't slowed down demand' on beachside condos Or this realtor is just spouting realtor hype in hopes that his market doesn't collapse along with the Champlain Towers.
A Champlain Towers condo was sold on 5/5/21 for $750,000. Two bed/two bath and 1,672 sq ft. Monthly HOA $876.
Narrative spin is not just for Govt./IC
Clickbait and celebrity gossip are also very popular. It seems many people can’t get enough of the stuff.
It’s kinda like junk food for brains, also very addictive. We really need a credulity vaccine to protect humanity from itself!
“What the herd hates most is the one who thinks differently; it is not so much the opinion itself, but the audacity of wanting to think for themselves, something that they do not know how to do.”
-Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Interesting and more
Well we humans love to be optimistic I suppose if that's the right word. Me? I see ostriches instead and this article goes well with yours.
Rescuers: Survivors could still be inside collapsed building
BB in the comments:
Seeing the picture of the condos left exposed I wonder how many others that had been there are now part of the pulverized mass of dust in the pile? How could anyone survive that? And if there are some that have.....I shudder thinking of them. It sounds like they will be moving into a recovery mode soon since more rescues will be almost impossible. So very sad.
Hopes fade for scores missing under Florida condo rubble as search enters 6th day
11 bodies have been recovered and no one has been found alive since the 1st day. I think it is around 5 days that people can survive such conditions before hope really starts to wain. I remember the guy they pulled from the Nimitz Freeway in Oakland CA 3 days after it pancaked on 53 people, but he died from his injuries.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Repair assessments on multi-story
condos can be brutal. A risk that few buyers recognize.
From the photos, didn't look to me as if there was much chance of any survivors after the first 48 hours. Guess is was very, very good living while it lasted.
Hi snoopy
Who knows who or what is to blame, there are so many possibilities and confluences of events. The fact that human ignorance is prevalent doesn't help. I hope much is learned and integrated from this tragedy, and that the families and friends of the victims are consoled somehow.
Is there a dog park for Sam in the vicinity? Would that help satisfy her desire for contact, or exaggerate it?
See my comment to Joe
on the buildings in Florida. That they were known to be in trouble for 4 years but nothing was done? Yeah that’s going to cause some huge hurt to someone. The builder is dead, but who all got the 2018 report and did nothing? The comments on my local board are always in favor of deregulation and I just shake my head because that’s why the buildings collapsed. Good bet anyway.
Yes there is a dawg park close by I can take her to. Great idea! All my other dawgs disliked them because some dawgs played too ruff. They tried but then they just came and sat on the bench with me. I’m not kidding. I will give it a try.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Oops…blush
I forgot this. Guess my comment would make sense…
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Evening all ...
Here's Aljazeera on the bombing: US carries out air raids on Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq
That last sentence:
What bullshit, what nonsense.
I am so sick of it.
"Military heroes" ?
Lower class kids with no good prospects, the poverty draft.
"Defending our freedoms" ?
From who, from what ?
The only people threatening our freedoms are Nancy's donors.
I'm sick of 20th century American pop culture, the myths, the tropes, the propaganda ...
Why does the boomer/television culture persist ?
Does anybody believe this shit anymore ?
It's so tired, so beat.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Sick of it. Don't belive it.
Tired of the script. Argue against it makes me a DVE, most likely.
I must think according to the Plan.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
evening azazello...
i guess there are people stupid enough to believe that crap, though having nancy pelosi say it might make a lot of them wonder about it.
And the music ...
The damned Boomer music.
When does it end ?
You go to about any brew pub or restaurant,
same thing every time,
Boomer shit.
If I hear the Eagles one more time,
I think I'll puke.
I ask these kids, the servers,
"Aren't you sick of that damned music ?
I'm a Boomer and I'm sick of it."
And Stevie Nicks.
Where would these Boomer radio stations do without
Stevie Fucking Nicks ?
I'm beginning to hate her.
I think I'm developing Stevie Derangement Syndrome.
Later
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
heh...
i think it's the constrained selection that drives me nuts. somebody has taken about 50-100 songs and decided that those are the ones that boomers want to hear and all of the other music from that period is utterly ignored.
Nobody here knows Nancy Pelosi, so I guess
they would not believe that crap. As if we didn't have our own crap to deal with. People are so tired of crap they will just shoot at anything and at anybody they feel fancy about shooting.
Too many tired of living. The next six months will be hell, I predict. At least over here.
I emigrate to paradise, if I can remember the route to get there.
All be well.
Start in a southerly direction ; )
It is definitely sickening n/t
Appealing to the OAS for a unbiased judgement. LOL
She is likely on their payroll.
heh...
wow, she's really pushing it. she's going to leave peru a smoking crater if they won't elect her sorry ass.
This link offers a perspective of the collapsed condominium.
The "red slider" allows one to see the before and after.
https://interactives.ap.org/beforeafter/miami-condo-collapse/?utm_campai...
Good evening joe and bluesters
Thanks for the good music, of the mostly slow-dancing variety.
Good question - What Has Silicon Valley Done to Our Food?
I’m all for real food, whatever the variety. This silicone variation is suspect.
evening janis...
yeah it does seem worth asking whether the new industrial food is healthy or if it just tastes good, like junk food. i don't trust the motives of the people pushing that frankenfood.
have a great evening!