Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 04/04/2015 - 9:58pmif i ran this country, today would be a national holiday. 
Evening Blues Preview 4-3-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 1:16pmThis evening's music features blues harp player Charlie Musselwhite.
Morning Open Thread 4/3/15
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 7:00amWelcome to the Good Friday edition of Morning Open Thread. Today's topic is the justice and penal systems.
The American Injustice System works well for the elite and privileged.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/7/affluenza_defense_lands_wealthy_tee...
The rest of us are at the mercy of the courts.
Evening Blues Preview 4-2-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 2:10pmThis evening's music features blues singer and piano player Roosevelt Sykes.
Thursday Open Thread 04-02-15
Submitted by JtC on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 7:54amGood morning 99percenters!
Some morning news and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with a little Buffalo Springfield thrown in.
The American empire is over: Afghanistan, China and our new bystander status
After a decade plus of war, the U.S. can only watch as China brokers Afghan peace. Here's where we went so wrong
Barack Obama, Occupy Wall Street and Martin Luther King's Mission and Legacy
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/01/2015 - 7:15pmPraenomen's and Gulfgal's excellent articles the other day about the Occupy movement and its relation to the civil rights movement reminded me of a post that I wrote a couple of years ago but never published at the Great Orange Satan. I thought it might be of interest to folks here.
Barack Obama is the largest governmental obstacle to the continuation and completion of Martin Luther King's mission.
Evening Blues Preview 4-1-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/01/2015 - 2:14pmThis evening's music features April Fools music.
Wednesday Open Thread - April 1, 2015
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 04/01/2015 - 6:00amToday is April Fool's Day, but I do not want to play the fool, so no jokes from me.
Just a link to an article
Submitted by mimi on Tue, 03/31/2015 - 10:00pmit looks as if some "changes" may be in the air on the middle eastern front on the long run. I hope for those.
Geopolitical Tremors: America, Nuclear Talks and the New Middle East
Complicated stuff. May be worth a look.
Evening Blues Preview 3-31-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 03/31/2015 - 1:15pmThis evening's music features r&b and blues singer Ruth Brown.
