The Evening Blues - 2-27-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 4:13pm
Add two to this year's list
Submitted by Robyn on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 3:11pm
Chyna Gibson, 31, who performed under the name Chyna Doll Dupree in the pageant and ballroom community, was shot to death outside of a shopping center in New Orleans East on Saturday evening.
Residents of the area said that they hear 8 to 10 shots. Chyna died at the scene. Her body was found between to cars parked in front of a clothing store.
A very loving person. She didn't do nothing to nobody.
--Chyna's aunt
Chyna was currently living in California but had traveled to Nola to celebrate Mardi Gras with friends and family.
Will the facts matter?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 2:43pmFormer-president George W. Bush is now demanding answers about Trump's "Russia connections", and it seems that this is all that is needed to be loved on TOP.
Who is going to pay for this
Submitted by LaFeminista on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 2:13pmSo far Herr Hair wants:
- He wants £54 billion more to the MIC so that makes a total of around $700billion including veterans affairs.
- Promised more tax cuts for the wealthy.
- Promised spending on infrastructure.
- Promised the reduction of the national debt.
- Promised not to touch Social Security or Medicare.
- Then promised to slash government spending [seriously WTF]
Who are we going to threaten to pay for all of this?
It is time for a reality check.
Submitted by don mikulecky on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 1:34pmI read blogs and news and am astounded by the apparent lack of understanding of what has happened and is happening. This was not just another election. It is a coup and it has every chance of succeeding if we fail to realize it.
We have an interesting (for lack of a better word) cast of characters starting with Trump and Bannon and going from there.
" And I knew there was no help, no help from you."
Submitted by irishking on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 6:56amDirected to all the "good Democrats" still working for the Clinton crime family.
As many have said,it would be(++)good to have an operational third party by 2018. Then on to 2020. With such a short time left, it seems we need a national figure around whom the new party would center in early stages.
Sanders showed this is possible. Had he been honest, Sanders would be President today.
Somebody needs to stand up. It is time to rock.
Uniting(?) Behind Perez ("Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys")
Submitted by HenryAWallace on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 6:44amInformational post. Please feel free to treat as an unofficial open thread.
February 27, 2017 Open Thread; International Polar Bear Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 5:00am
February 27 is the 58th day of the year. There are 307 days left.
Today's number is 27
Are you one of the "lesser breeds"?
Submitted by mimi on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 2:06amOr are you one of the "greater breeds"? Tough luck, if you had both in your family. Because "Parents (may be) separated, perhaps forever, from their children", writes Chris Hedges in his essay:
The Return of American Race Laws - Posted on Feb 26, 2017 - By Chris Hedges
Meta - Downtime
Submitted by JtC on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 12:12amWe had a corrupted database table yesterday (Sunday). I spent the whole day trying to correct it, to no avail.
The solution was to restore the database from early Sunday morning's backup. I was able to save the essays that were posted after the backup was created (about 5:00 Sun. morning), but not the comments. Sorry for any inconvenience.
