The Evening Blues - 5-3-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 05/03/2017 - 4:18pm
(Things that make you go "Hmmmm") Hillary Clinton Will Launch a PAC
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 05/03/2017 - 3:47pmYep, I just bumped into a headline that gave me the equivalent of an ice cream headache. No, it's worse than that. Maybe it's what getting smacked in the forehead with a two-by-four is like.
Hillary Clinton Will Launch a PAC.
https://politicalwire.com/2017/05/03/hillary-clinton-will-launch-pac/
*sigh* well just kill me now.
The biggest bankruptcy ever by a U.S. state or local government
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 05/03/2017 - 1:40pmPuerto Rico filed for bankruptcy today on about $73 Billion of debt. This is more than seven times the size of the previous record municipal bankruptcy, Detroit.
Puerto Rico doesn't have access to Chapter 9, like most municipalities.
Evanston District passes pro-transgender policy
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 05/03/2017 - 12:55pmThe Evanston (IL) Township High School District (District 202) school board voted 6-1 on Monday to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity.
Hillary takes "ABSOLUTE responsibility" for her winning campaign!
Submitted by HenryAWallace on Wed, 05/03/2017 - 10:25amYep, winning campaign.
Trump wasn't Turned by the Deep State, He's just a Fricking Liar
Submitted by Big Al on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 11:42pmAfter the fifth online article I read today claiming how Donald Trump has been "turned (by the deep state), persuaded (by the deep state), has had a change of heart", etc., I decided to go on a rant. Confucius say, "rants are good for the soul".
What is Our Recourse? Or, Punching Down is American Tradition
Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 9:17pmDebbie from Sane Progressive posted a 2 hour long rant which she soon deleted. From the half-hour I was able to catch before then it was obvious she was....tired. She wasn't the only one. Many other activists have thrown up their hands and quit because they feel like they have no way to fight back.
The Evening Blues - 5-2-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 3:25pm
College sets up Trans* Pride Scholarship
Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 2:27pmMiraCosta College is a public community college in San Diego County with two campuses in Oceanside, plus a campus in San Elijo and a Technology Career Institute in Carlsbad.
The college has announced that it will award a $1,000 scholarship annually to a student who identifies as transgender or is actively involved with the transgender community.
American Ruling Class, Killing Children as "After Dinner Entertainment"
Submitted by Big Al on Tue, 05/02/2017 - 8:47amEvidently one of Trump's billionaire cabinet buddies, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, told an audience at an economic conference in California on Monday that the illegal missile strike in Syria was “after-dinner entertainment”.
His remark drew laughter from the audience.
