Open Thread - Friday, October 6, 2018
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 10/05/2018 - 3:20am
''The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.'
Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/05/2018 - 2:23am
About those CIA democrats running for congress
Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 11:52pmCIA Democrats call for aggression against Russia, run pro-war campaigns in 2018 congressional races
The Democratic Party is widely favored to win control of the House of Representatives in the US midterm elections November 6, with projections that it will gain 30 to 50 seats, or even more, well above the net gain of 23 required for a majority.
Trump Administration restarts War on Marijuana
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 6:05pm
One state after another is legalizing and decriminalizing marijuana, and yet the drug war is charging up again.
Trump Administration now tearing up treaties right and left
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 4:06pmOn Wednesday the International Court of Justice ordered the Trump administration to lift some sanctions on humanitarian aid to Iran.
The Evening Blues - 10-4-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 3:22pm
Payback Time for the Spooks Who Cried Wolf
Submitted by arendt on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 1:06pmWe've been bombarded with this Russiagate bullshit since 2016. So that, when people started accusing China of spying a few days ago, it was a yawn. But, in fact - in the real world - the Chinese have been running an unbelievably sophisticated computer hardware spying operation. They embedded spy chips the size of a grain of rice into server boards, which were then installed by many corporations, including Apple and Amazon.
Brett Kavanaugh fight backfiring on the Democrats
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 1:00pmIf the Democrats thought that exposing Brett Kavanaugh an as entitled jerk and unqualified for the Supreme Court (both claims appear to be true) was good politics, they were wrong.
Finally! Proof of Russiagate collusion
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 12:17pmYes, we have finally uncovered actual evidence of collusion regarding Russiagate...collusion by the DNC.
I am so angry that you have not amended this section . . . you want to hurt poor and minority kids . .
Submitted by mhagle on Thu, 10/04/2018 - 7:40amMy letter to the TEA dyslexia handbook revision committee, emailed last evening:
I am so angry that you have not amended this section . . . you want to hurt poor and minority kids . .
I didn't have to go any further than reading your definition of dyslexia. You still want to have the privilege of discriminating against poor and minority children.
