From Brexit to the Future
Submitted by Meteor Man on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 5:42pmStiglitz speaks. You listen.
One Law for Thee, and Another for Me - Comey actually said it out loud: if Clinton had been someone else, his decision would likely have been different
Submitted by Older and Wiser Now on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 4:05pmSo the Clinton machine is out in full force, claiming that the FBI found Clinton to be innocent. They like to boil everything down to a simple case of guilty or "hogwash"; spinning the truth is what they do. Their claims are lies, of course. Comey did not find Clinton to be innocent; no, what he actually did was find America's system of Justice to be guilty.
Jill Stein to Speak at The People's Convention
Submitted by Steven D on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 4:03pm
The Book of Kindness
Submitted by Meteor Man on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 3:31pmThis may be a good time to reflect on mankind's better nature. Five excerpts from Chapter 2: Importance of Kindness to Civilization:
Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind. Charles L. Lucas
. . . the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them. Leo Tolstoy
CA Election Update SAT 7-9-2016 – 50+ Links – DAY 32 AFTER CA Election Day - Multiple Election Lawsuits and investigations - most w/ National Ramifications
Submitted by CA Democrat on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 2:53pm
DAY 32 after California’s Election Day. Voter satisfaction with CA Election integrity at an all time low in my humble opinion. Things are heating up and new facts continue to come out about how the 2016 Elections have been handled.
Transgender discrimination group fails in Washington
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 2:00pmJust Want Privacy cancelled an appointment scheduled for yesterday morning at which they were supposed to turn in signatures calling for an anti-transgender referendum to be placed on the November ballot.
Demo Platform Committee votes down opposition to TPP
Submitted by Alex Ocana on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 1:09pmJealus, West and Turner offered a simple addition to all the Clintonesque verbiage about the TPP "Thats why we oppose the TPP." It was voted down 74-105... Now coming up the debate on the Clinton TPP verbiage. Will add in edit.
Photography assignment
Submitted by stevej on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 12:21pm
Photographs that shows the passage of time or impermanence
Some ideas - this really is just scratching the surface though:
Peeling paint
Lichen
Weeds
Weathered stone
Yellowed paper
Symbols of human aging
Demo Platform Committee Yesterday - Corporate Agenda Wins Every Round
Submitted by Alex Ocana on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 10:03amSo far in the first 2 hours of amendments the following Sanders amendments have been thrown under the bus.
Thomas Frank: Listen Liberal, Or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People
Submitted by fugwb on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 8:49amHi All, This is a video of Thomas Frank speaking on June 11, 2016 at Printers Row in Chicago. As a lifelong Democrat, a son and grandson of lifelong Democrats, this is to say the least, disheartening. He discusses what happened to the party and where it's going.
