This is imo a must read. I had mentioned it before in a comment on yesterday's EB to Shaharazade, but wanted to make sure that you don't miss it.
The Price is very high and some break paying it.
Nothing more to say, really. Read for yourself.
It's good to see you. Come on in, leave your shoes in the hallway, we've got fire on the stove preparing lunch for later. In the meantime, browse the bookshelves and plunk down on the sofa with one, or pick out some tunes from the music library or come in to the kitchen to help with the cooking. Our special blend of tea is steeping and will be right up.
In these days of corporate overreach and greed, is it any wonder that customers are treated like cattle. The recent involuntary de-planeing of Dr. Dao (resulting in injury and humiliation) is a perfect example. The CEO of United even had the temerity to blame the recalcitrant would-be passenger for not being a sheep to comply with his corporate master.
There's a short essay going around the tubes titled "Fuck the U.S.A.!" It's a good rant, an angry rant.
"I want to scream. I want to scream. To separate from this. This government, this country.
The world shouldn’t have to suffer one more day of American exceptionalism.
Electron's Mate
Tides gripping feet
in Istanbul's pollution
dash meets night
long in sight, poison grew
cue
born of Jane
vinging pleasures
in Botticelli
never rubbing Buddha's belly
selling radio
fox hides and
jelly
grabbing angels
opulentus
If Clytemnestra knew?
Sucking corn of g m o's
stalking immigrants to go
protons sinking
Last year was a bad year for Obamacare. This year Obamacare might simply stop being available in many areas.
So after getting stomped in three out of the last four elections, the Democratic Party establishment decided to reject the wishes of the progressive wing of the party, and the most popular politician in America.
Fareed Zakaria was a good analyst at the old Newsweek, but not so good on tv. I don't watch his show, but decided to see what he was going to talk about yesterday. He started with a rant about the left, for their attack on him after he expressed support for Trump's bombing spree. I don't know if any of you were involved, it looked like you got under his skin.
I know it's all the fashion in politics today to call for regime change in Syria, and who doesn't like the idea of yet another chaotic, Mad Max-style failed state, amirite?
But I'm an old-fashioned kind of guy, and one of those old-fashioned ideas is that people should chose their own government. I know that self-determination is out of style in mainstream Democratic circles, but humor me anyway.
The question is: How do we determine what the Syrian people want?
