I don't have to explain to anyone here about the various versions of intimidation this season trying to beat progressives and other (let's call us) 'skeptical' liberals into voting for Clinton over our objections. "TRUMP!" is bullhorned into our ears, and now, in addition to all the racism and and various other-izing, now we have to listen to an assortment of sexual vulgarities.
New Scientist has a new article on the relationship of science to the concept of gender: Science is catching up with society on transgender issues.
The one consistent thing in America's attitude toward Somali lives is total indifference.
A good example of this indifference is today's NY Times article.
The role of elections in the system we live in is to distract people from the hard job of surviving the crushing imperialistic oligarchy that dominates everything. It is working very well one more time.
Let us start by recognizing that fascism and imperialism are the epitome of the reductionist philosophy. Break a complex whole into parts and lose the reality of the whole while being fascinated by the parts. Elections are but a part of this scheme, but a central part.
I would like to do a thought experiment.
I'm going to present three recent news articles, and I would like the C99P to imagine what the news media coverage would be like if the names "Hillary Clinton" and "Donald Trump" were swapped in these articles.
#1) 11-0 in CEOs
Matt's latest article is mostly a broadside against Trump and his supporters, something that is getting repetitive, but there are some great points in it.
When the event was done, as the crowd of other seething Deplorables filed past them, they and a few others remained in their chairs, staring fatalistically at the empty stage.
If you believe Hillary Clinton, humanitarian extraordinaire, she's been fighting for children all her life. Except for the occasional 12 year old rape victim, I suppose.
Hillary Clinton: "I want to defend fracking." Climate change environmentalists should "Get a life," #PodestaEmails8 https://t.co/hUR8LduvX4
Bradley Roberts is a police officer in Clark County, Nevada. He has worked for the Clark County School District for 20 years. He is also a transgender man.
Officials at the Clark County School District told Roberts, who was working for the District as a resource officer that since he was born female but identifies as male, he could not use either the men's or women's bathrooms at work, but would be required to use a gender neutral bathroom.
VP Joe Biden went on TV to talk trash about how we're going to make an example of Russia for their insolence.
"Why haven’t we sent a message yet to Putin,” Chuck Todd, host of the “Meet the Press” show on NBC, asked Joe Biden.“We are sending a message [to Putin]… We have a capacity to do it, and…”
"He’ll known it?” Todd interfered.
