Open Thread - Thurs 22 Dec 2022 - Just Stuffs
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 12/22/2022 - 5:00amJust Stuffs
Today, Thurs, 22 Dec 2022, is dastardly cold in the PacNW.
Measuring just how hostile the Democratic Party is to Progressives
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 4:10pmLet's compare two sets of headlines. One set from September, at the end of the 2022 primaries...
...and one set from mid-November, at the end of the 2022 general election.
An unusually good in-depth article about the CIA
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 3:08pmYou don't often see well-researched, deep-dive journalism anymore, so I thought I would bring this one to your attention. It's called "The Night Raids" by Lynzy Billing.
She spent years researching what was essentially murder squads created by CIA as they committed one war crime after another.
The Evening Blues - 12-21-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 3:00pmOpen Thread WE 21 DEC 22 ~ solstice
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 12/21/2022 - 5:00amThe Evening Blues - 12-20-22
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 6:06pmAhoy Ashore
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 11:03amWell , my first cruise ship experience is over and I can say with conviction that I'll not do another. There was plenty to do aboard ship besides spending money. I actually got away with zero balance on my shipboard account by eating at all the complimentary buffets and attending the free shows.
Why anti-abortionists think they are kewl
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 1:20amAbout a month ago I wrote a diary in Caucus99percent which discussed an important argument offered by David Rovics.
Class War in Peru
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 12:38amTourists visiting Machu Picchu had to be evacuated by helicopter because protesters had used rocks to block trains that run to Cusco since Tuesday.