The one issue on which I have to agree with Trump
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 5:08pm
Seattle, 19 years ago this week
why was Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested in canada?
Submitted by wendy davis on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 4:22pmNow it would be easy to breeze by the major importance of this barbaric malfeasance cover story, save for the fact that dying empires are apt to find enemies that needn’t be, in the case of the Western Imperium to exert total command and control of the world, and create enemies to pass legislation and military budgets to ‘fight the __ (fill in the blank) menace’ in this case China, no matter how administrations dress up the term, it’s still the new Axis of Evil doctrine. Also at play is OBOR geopolitics.
Why Is There No Violent Yellow Vest Uprising in America?
Submitted by leveymg on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 3:19pmWidespread social violence, extreme income inequality, and rage at perceived injustice are the classical indicators of the onset of political rebellion.
By the indicators that are commonly used to predict violent political insurrection, America, rather than France, should have been the first to erupt into widespread street protests and rebellion. There are factors at work that aren’t being taken into consideration in the standard model, as will be explained, below.
The Evening Blues - 12-12-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 1:42pm
DNC finally addresses the elephant in the room
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 1:31pmFor two years the DNC has been doing everything it could to distract people from the most critically important element of the 2016 presidential race - the Democratic Party primaries were rigged, and it wasn't because of Russia.
So quietly, while almost no one was paying attention, the DNC finally stopped pretending that the problem wasn't real.
No Confidence
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 11:17amThe Theresa May Tory government in the U.K. faces a no-confidence vote in just a few hours.
The Emmanuel Macron government in France faces a no-confidence vote tomorrow.
That's where the similarities end.
Wednesday Open Thread: Tempus is fugiting, or is it?
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 5:00am
It's Day 346 of the Year 2018 CE
So, December 12, 2018 - for my reference if nothing else.
The Lie of Non-Violent Protest
Submitted by Strife Delivery on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 6:13pmI struggled with how I wanted to title this essay. I couldn't encapsulate in an eloquent manner with what I wanted so I went with what you see before you. With that said, let's move on.
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.
Frederick Douglass
The Evening Blues - 12-11-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 11:05am


