What does democracy look like?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 11:20pmBack in January the United States received a bit of humbling news.
Joe Lieberman's nightmare
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 6:07pmBack in December former Sen. Joe Lieberman gave what he probably considered a dire warning.
The Evening Blues - 4-18-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 3:30pm
European Rights Court calls for striking down sterilization requirement
Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 2:23pmThe European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling in the case of A.P., Garçon and Nicot v.
Can we talk? *Really* talk? Talk the real? Dying Parties? edition
Submitted by HenryAWallace on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 11:27am
....the report of my death was an exaggeration.1
Duuuuuude! Ours, too!
Out today --
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 11:25am(or at least according to Amazon) is a new book, Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign. This book is no doubt for those who are still amazed at what a loser Clinton was and is.
For Every Rant There is a Reason
Submitted by Big Al on Tue, 04/18/2017 - 12:53am
There's a short essay going around the tubes titled "Fuck the U.S.A.!" It's a good rant, an angry rant.
"I want to scream. I want to scream. To separate from this. This government, this country.
The world shouldn’t have to suffer one more day of American exceptionalism.
Obamacare still collapsing
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 6:39pmLast year was a bad year for Obamacare. This year Obamacare might simply stop being available in many areas.
The Evening Blues - 4-17-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 4:22pm
Why don't we let the Syrian people decide?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 04/17/2017 - 2:13pmI know it's all the fashion in politics today to call for regime change in Syria, and who doesn't like the idea of yet another chaotic, Mad Max-style failed state, amirite?
But I'm an old-fashioned kind of guy, and one of those old-fashioned ideas is that people should chose their own government. I know that self-determination is out of style in mainstream Democratic circles, but humor me anyway.
The question is: How do we determine what the Syrian people want?
