Hillary might be in real trouble
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 9:48pm[Update] It's getting real for Hillary.
Clara Lemlich and the Uprising of the 20,000
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 8:06pmOn November 22, 1909, thousands of New York shirtwaist textile workers met at the Cooper Union building to meet with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union’s Local 25 leaders to discuss working conditions and wages. Like most organizations in those days, the ILGWU was led by men.
Evening Blues Preview 8-20-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 2:45pmThis evening's music features west coast r&b singer Johnny Fuller.
A little history on the road to Burning Man
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 1:35pmUnless you are coming in from the north, then chances are you will drive up highway 447 on your way to Burning Man. Along that highway you will pass Pyramid Lake, a 112K acre, freshwater lake in a very dry state.
The 100% Renewable Energy Plan
Submitted by MarilynW on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 10:11am
In Tradition With The Family Plan
Submitted by hecate on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 6:37amElton John and his lover David Furnish (at last, finally, able, allowed, to be married, on December 21, 2014, in Britain) became in 2010 the parents of a baby boy, courtesy of a surrogate mother, who birthed Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, that year, on Christmas Day.
Here's your OT people
Submitted by shaharazade on Thu, 08/20/2015 - 6:00amThe farce of American politics. Politics just don't move me no more. They are useless here there and everywhere.They have been captured for lack of a better definition. They are gone daddy gone if you actually care or look at what is going down. It isn't like we got here over night, They took a long time to evolve this latest global fuckatude. We are all trapped by the powers that be. Bernie? Nothing seems to be able to put this Humpty together again.
Trump's Biggest Lie: "I'm the Biggest Warmonger"
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 5:41pmOK. The Donald didn't actually say that specifically. What he said was, “I’m the most militaristic person there is.” But that's what he was getting at.
Evening Blues Preview 8-19-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 2:28pmThis evening's music features blues piano player Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery.
Open Thread - Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 08/19/2015 - 7:00amThere are many times when a single act kindness can make a lasting impression. But often you may not know it. It is not about the immediate feedback that you might get from an act of kindness, but how your acts of kindness affect someone else.
