...he's a moderate!
Submitted by Immigrant Punk on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 7:20amBut I'll vote for him anyway. At least Bernie's a move in the right direction.
Open Tummler 05/24/16
Submitted by hecate on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 6:12am
There is a Science Man notion, that has been around for about a hundred years or so, and that is known as Dollo's law, for the fellow who propounded it—Louis Dollo, a Belgian miner, who liked to build dinosaurs. And Dollo's law, it is this: "evolution is not reversible."
Rest in Peace, Morley Safer
Submitted by WindDancer13 on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 4:05amFrom 60 Minutes' Morley Safer dies at 84
Morley Safer, the CBS newsman who changed war reporting forever when he showed U.S. Marines burning the huts of Vietnamese villagers and went on to become the iconic 60 Minutes correspondent whose stylish stories on America's most-watched news program made him one of television's most enduring stars, died today in Manhattan. He was 84.
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Why "This" Matters
Submitted by SiriusMoonLight on Tue, 05/24/2016 - 12:23amThis is a video by Canadian band, The Tragically Hip, entitled New Orleans is Sinking. The song and video were done in 1989. It was announced today that the band's frontman, Gord Downie, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He is only 52 years old.
You may say "Sirius...what does this sad story have to do with the election and Bernie in particular?"
Everything. Or maybe nothing at all.
Qualitative Difference
Submitted by Nightprowlkitty on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 8:55pmI believe we should write a lot about all of Bernie's DNC picks, as I want to know more about all of them.
Here's something from Cornel West to give a taste of his brilliance. I, for one, am very interested in what he will say at the Convention. I can learn a lot from him, and from the other choices Bernie made. I don't even want to mention the other names because I'll get sidetracked in awe over them.
Clinton declines California debate with Bernie
Submitted by UnBlinkingEye on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 7:59pmThank you Hillary. Now Bernie and Trump are free to debate and let the anti-establishment pick a candidate.
Thanks, again.
I think we're long overdue for another Banjo Interlude
Submitted by Bisbonian on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 7:55pmNot from me, this time, though. This is my friend "Whitey", and his composition "Can of Cream Corn"...only playable by him, because he is the only banjo player that plays the way he does. He invented a whole new style. I played opposite him in a jam a couple weeks ago, and was just amazed watching him play (my banjo).
I Don't Think Hillary Is Going to Act on This
Submitted by Lily O Lady on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 7:44pmToday at Truth-out.org Dahr Jamail chronicles the continuing degradation of the ecosystem which nurtured humankind from primate to homo sapiens. The title, "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration Has Passed the Point of No Return," says it all. The impacts from ocean acidification and oxygen depletion, coral bleaching and disappearing Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets as well as glacial melting occurring at unanticipated rates far ahead of predictions.
Bill as Economic Czar Confirmed + Businessman VP
Submitted by Alex Ocana on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 6:23pm"I am going to ask my husband, who has a great track record in creating jobs, putting people to work, revitalizing communities, to be in an advisory role working with me, working with our cabinet, to try to figure out what we can do," Clinton said on NBC's "Meet the Press.
When is a terrorist not a terrorist?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 05/23/2016 - 6:03pmLast month American custom agents prevented entry into the country by the founder of the Syrian humanitarian group, White Helmets. He was set to receive a humanitarian award from InterAction, an NGO based in Washington, DC.
However, he had a Muslim name.
