The Evening Blues - 1-24-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 4:06pm
Oil Spill in Canada
Submitted by blazinAZ on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 3:38pmAbout 200,000 litres of oil spilled near Stoughton, Sask., last week, the biggest pipeline breach in the province since the Husky Oil spill last summer.
It happened on First Nations land near Stoughton, about 140 kilometres southeast of Regina.
Quotes are from http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/stoughton-oil-spill-cleanup-1.... Emphasis is mine.
Mythconceptions
Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 3:15pmBrynn Tannehill has written about some new myths about transgender people making the rounds. They are especially aimed at harming trans kids, so don't be surprised to find that you encounter them from your right.
Brynn supplies the myths, but I will provide my own reaction.
Myth #1: Gender dysphoria can be cured by an anti-psychotic.
Emperor Trump Dictates Federal Government Hiring Freeze
Submitted by Big Al on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 2:47pmThe following is the memo released by the White House concerning the federal government hiring freeze. I can say that hundreds of high level officials in every federal government agency are spending most of this week discussing and planning for this freeze, which is expected to last at least 90 days followed by detailed guidance and direction to reduce the size of the federal government (except the military because we must fight wars and kill people).
A Meditation on Our Current Condition
Submitted by Steven D on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 2:21pmThe past year has been very stressful for a number of people. I have certainly experienced a roller coaster of emotions over the course of the election campaign, and blogged (vlogged) about my own personal issues with family, my health, and so forth.
Hedges: On how the Deep State will Turn Trump.
Submitted by Citizen Of Earth on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 12:41pmHis Cabinet picks are all tentacles of the Deep State. Hedges also talks about how how Schumer and the Dems are no better than Trump. Worth every minute of viewing.
Well You Knew These Would Happen?
Submitted by LaFeminista on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 12:23pmTrump is determined to return the US to its number one spot as the worlds biggest polluter.
Donald Trump has signed executive orders to allow construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines, a move certain to anger environmentalists and Native Americans.
Clinton Global Initiative Apparently Tanks
Submitted by dfarrah on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 11:43amHas this topic been essayed here?
I haven't seen anything about CGI here or Common Dreams.
Apparently, the Clintons are closing the CGI. Funding is down. Some excerpts from one article:
http://observer.com/2017/01/the-clinton-foundation-shuts-down-clinton-gl...
Hippocrates and the Price of Hypocrisy
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 11:20pmDonald Trump, hereafter to be referred to by a medical acronym DT ( = delirium tremens, a severe alcohol-withdrawal syndrome with occasional lethality) has already had his first scandals--even before he was in office. No, not crude language but his choices for a number of cabinet positions. The most obviously terrible is Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary. The funder of "Conversion Therapy" groups.
Another left-wing rebellion against neoliberalism
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 6:11pmThe growing domination of the populist right-wing over the mainstream, neoliberal center-left gets most of the headlines, but the building rebellion by the left-wing against neoliberalism is no less important.
The latest rebellion is in France.
