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Open Thread - Rants, Muses, Books & Music (and Some Cooking Too).

Submitted by Mark from Queens on Tue, 01/31/2017 - 5:00am

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.

Selectivity in Trashing Trump

Submitted by Sunspots on Mon, 01/30/2017 - 2:12pm

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/01/21/selectivity-in-trashing-trump/

Investigative reporter Robert Parry, the author of this article, broke many of the Iran-Contra stories. He says there's good reason to denounce Trump's crude language, position on climate change, and if he follows Reagan and Bush's failed economic policies. However, he also mentions moving among protesters at the inauguration, and seeing signs denouncing Trump's interest in working peacefully with Putin. In other words, the warmongers were part of the crowd protesting him, too. And now Silicon Valley is up in arms and funding immigration protests (over H1B visas - they want to keep bringing in cheaper foreign IT workers).

But the current danger for Democrats and progressives is that – by bashing everything that Trump says and does – they will further alienate the white working-class voters who became his base and will push away anti-war activists.

France : PS A much needed paradigm shift

Submitted by LaFeminista on Mon, 01/30/2017 - 1:58pm

François Hollande's disastrous Presidency is nearing an end with his popularity running at around 4%, yes 4 %. Thankfully the voters in the PS [Parti Socialiste] rejected more of the same and thereby a complete election wipe out.

I supported and did some work for the campaign of Benoît Hamon, so why did I do so?

One over-riding subject:

The Bigger Issue is Not Trump's Ban, It's America's "War Against Terror" and Everything It Has Wrought

Submitted by Steven D on Mon, 01/30/2017 - 1:37pm

I understand why Trump's "Muslim ban" is a hot topic right now. We have a 24/7 media cycle that can only pay attention to one thing at a time, and it preferences outrage over substance. Trump was a divisive and polarizing figure before he was elected, and he has embraced that role making it easier for one segment of our population to hate him and anything he does or says, and another to idolize him for saying and doing what they have long wished to say and do.

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