Open Thread
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 8:37amI have been unable to make my Open Thread publish. And yes, I checked to make sure "Open Thread" is in the tags. It keeps telling me "this node cannot be updated." I then tried re-editing it and setting a different publishing time. Then it told me it was unpublished and would be published on 7/18 at 9:34. Which it now is. I dunno, maybe it will eventually publish.
If it doesn't publish, I'll publish it next week, since it's the next installment in my Outside the Asylum series.
The Hills Are Alive With The Sound of "Anti-Russian Jingoism"
Submitted by divineorder on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 2:32am
Norman
Soloman recently wrote about the growing insanity of the use of anti-Russia language in the press as well as by individuals, and about a move to counter this.
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Perhaps many of you have seen what Caitlin Johnstone has written:
Does Trump know more about this country than you do?
Submitted by don mikulecky on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 9:30pmBefore you answer think about what your answer will tell about you. He did get to be president didn't he? To do that he had to be free of many of the myths that conventional politics has made part of us.
Let me give an example. On July 4th someone "over there" pointed out the wording in our Declaration of Independence about things like "freedom" and "all men created equal", etc. and that it was written by slave owners and people who would commit genocide.
The Evening Blues - 7-17-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 3:14pmCrooked Establishment and Corrupt Media Meltdown over Peace Summit
Submitted by FreeSociety on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 1:52pm.
What the Helsenki is going on?
Hysterical howls of hated, vilification, and even demands for removal from office aimed at President Trump by the crooked Neocon-Establishment and their agents within the U.S. Media after he and Vladimir Putin completed a Peace Summit for improving relations and cooperation between the World's two Nuclear Powers.
Mueller Grand Jury Indictment Does Not Prove Russia Hacked DNC
Submitted by Steven D on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 1:37pm[video:https://youtu.be/WbXX6Nyn9rs]
My new vid re: #12Russians indictment with textual discussion below:
The Logos of Hermes
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 9:37amIt has been a busy and frustrating day
For no sooner than I guided one soul
to the soft sands and warm fire
than another did summon my attentions
Back and forth I strode across the world
my labors unceasing as each wished to talk
upon the journey and relay such truths
as any who would hear will learn.
Tuesday Open Thread
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 5:30amWhat does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart?
Thomas Frank is a historian and columnist and the author of such books as What’s the Matter with Kansas and Listen Liberal. His latest book is a collection of essays called Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society.
Prime Day: Amazon Offers DNA Testing at Bargain Basement Prices
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Mon, 07/16/2018 - 10:07pmOh lovely. Jeff B. has found another cash cow and boy howdy, it gives him everything anyone could ever want (but not need) to know about us, including whether or not we’ll even be around to collect on that 401k.