The Evening Blues - 3-14-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 2:36pm
Tulsi Gabbard doesn't want to arm terrorists, and Dems hate her for it
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 2:21pmRep. Tulsi Gabbard and Sen. Rand Paul introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act on Friday.
Are stocks expensive? Yes they are
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 1:38pmThe stock market has been on a record run. So should you jump on the bandwagon?
Consider a few charts measuring stock values in different ways.
This is what hate looks like
Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 1:34pmResidents of Casa Ruby, a LGBT youth community center and shelter in Washington, D.C., were preparing to turn on a movie on Sunday afternoon to distract themselves from the cold late-winter day.
But before they could settle down in their warm, safe space, a visitor stood up, assaulted a staff member, threw a brick, shattered the glass door, and threatened to return to kill someone.
Depression is a Sane Response to Our Times
Submitted by Steven D on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 1:33pmI haven't been posting any essays of late. There are a number of reasons for that, some personal. But the prime cause of my absence here can be summed up in one word: depression. Since last year, I have been struggling with that condition on a daily basis. One could call it a mental disorder were there not so many reasons, so much that has happened and continues to happen. To my mind it is a sane response to an insane world.
Open Thread - Rants, Muses, Books & Music (and Some Cooking Too).
Submitted by Mark from Queens on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 6:00am
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.
Single Payer, Time to Crash the Gates
Submitted by Big Al on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 10:45pm
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report for Trump and the Republican's "American Health Care Act" has come out.
Brain hacking, part 3: sensing
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 7:48pmBefore we get into this, I came across an article which brought home to me the complexity of the information I present and try to explain. The particular article had nothing to do with what this effort is about. It was, instead, a tirade (?) about how Wikileaks was actually colluding with the Russians by presenting lines of code which the author said definitely proved her point. In so doing she presented lines of code, first in full, and then simplified for us illiterate hicks.
The Evening Blues - 3-13-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 4:32pm
Vox as neoliberal propaganda for "intellectual" narcissists
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 3:38pmEven though, as I pointed out in my previous diary, the "Left" is at best a point of pride on a few Facebook profiles, the Right feels obliged to restrain any sort of deviance because, you see, austerity planning has its beneficiaries. So they run articles in places like Vox warning us that phenomena like Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn are not the solution to our problems.
