Watching the party apparatus close the doors with a deafening clang with we are all one, Kumbaya, look it's a love in! Bleech.
The problem with revolutionary ideas is that they belong to nobody, they are not just shut down with words, they demand actions.
Matt Taibbi gets this:
Rowan Elijah Feldhaus submitted a name change petition which Columbia County Superior Court Judge J. David Roper rejected. Rowan's previous name had been Rebeccah Elizabeth Feldhaus.
The question presented is whether a female has the salutatory right to change her name to a traditionally and obviously male name. The court concludes that she does not have such right.
--Judge Roper
Lambda Legal submitted a filing to the Georgia Court of Appeals challenging the denial yesterday.
Bernie decided to run on the Democratic Ticket, Bernie decided to speak truth to power. We can see the consequences of his actions. At various times we all (each of us as individuals) have initiated actions, and those actions have effected (in large or small ways) people we know and for whom we care.
To assist in the larger effort I think we as a group (c99%) should adopt some specific action item(s) to promote during the next few months. I think this would unambiguously generate a positive message that won't be ignored or legitimately faulted.
From the conclusion of study of the Democratic Party primary elections this year by Rodolfo Cortes Barragan, Stanford University, and Axel Geijsel, Tilurg University, The Netherlands, entitled: "Are we witnessing a dishonest election?
REVEALED: Obama's State Dept has been delaying many Clinton-related FOIA requests until after the 2016 election https://t.co/BfynP4RoRd
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) June 9, 2016
Hello, deposition fans! Here is the third released Journal Watch (JW) deposition related to multiple FOIA-associated lawsuits. The batter in third place is (was) a power hitter in the Hillary line-up, Stephen Mull (SM). He was in charge of cybersecurity in the State Department (DOS) during most of the Queen's reign of terror at Foggy Bottom.
I am ashamed of myself for taking the bait eight years ago. I knew better but I shut that all down and got swindled again. There were those who saw him for what he is back then but I ignored them. "Hope and Change" turned into Monsanto people being appointed right away and then the sell out on the banks and so much more.
I deplore the republicans for their racist stupidity because if they had any integrety at all they could have nailed him legitimately so many times.
Drake posted this in twitter
Thomas Drake @Thomas_Drake1 1h1 hour ago
5 yrs ago today I faced down a 35 yr prison term in a 10 felony count Espionage Act indictment handed down against me by the US gov't. 1/195 yrs ago today I faced down a 35 yr prison term in a 10 felony count Espionage Act indictment handed down against me by the US gov't. 1/19
The Chicago City Council's Committee on Human Relations advanced an ordinance to the City Council Floor which will close a loophole in the city's human rights code which could make it difficult for transgender people to access public washrooms.
Under examination was the requirement that people be able to show a government-issued identification card that indicates that their gender matches that indicated for the washroom.
