The point I'm hoping to make here is that both parties suck, hardly anybody likes them, and it's mind-boggling that somebody put up by organizations that are so disliked will be elected President and that we pretty much have no say in the matter.
Dems and Repubs are both minorities
Many readers are already aware of the the new internet leak (aka info dump) from Wikileaks. This revelation is even more weighty than Edward Snowden's whistleblowing on NSA spying--no mean feat. The information revealed is sourced from Mossack-Fonseca, a single law firm based in one country, Panama--hence the title of this breaking story. Originally the leak was reported to have contained about 1+ terabytes of information.
Sharing my general NY phone banking experience:
After 2 hours phone banking, here is a relative sample of approximate results:
- 35% supporting Bernie (a good number of them wanted to volunteer)
- 35% no answer, not home, wrong number
- 10% supporting HRC (or refused to answer)
- 15% N/A (GOP, moved, etc)
Burns lies "that-a-way" a distance seven times the distance between here and Mount McLoughlin. Sigh, sometimes even 340 km is still too close for comfort.
This November we could be looking at a dismal choice of nominees and a lot of people asking how did things get this broken?
Well, we need Bernie Sanders now more than ever.
Greenland's ice sheet melt is off to an early and dramatic start as reported by Climate Central.
"Scientists at the [Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)] were at first incredulous due to the early date," reported Polar Portal.
Is it possible that we could have a day without a post about............
When Billmon and Steve Gilliard left............
I followed them over to their virtual places, and I don't remember too many continual references to their former home.
Steve died in 2007 after a wonderful run, and Billmon's place was aflame until he decided to call time.
We can survive without ............
More specifically, per this article in Common Dreams, he's asking us to support three candidates:
Balanchine knew that cats are great dancers!
Inky may not be mad as hell, but he's not going to take being held in the dark from life's mysteries anymore.
An octopus has made a brazen escape from the national aquarium in New Zealand by breaking out of its tank, slithering down a 50-metre drainpipe and disappearing into the sea.
