Fighting Fascism: "When Courage Goes Unrewarded" (Part II)
Submitted by JekyllnHyde on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 10:18pm
Fighting Fascism: "When Courage Goes Unrewarded" (Part I)
Submitted by JekyllnHyde on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 9:49pmIf a war resulting in tens of millions of casualties can be described as such, over the years World War II came to be known as the "Good War" for much of the Western world. It is often said that the victors of a war, any war, write its history. This is almost always true with perhaps one major exception.
The system is showing great stability
Submitted by don mikulecky on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 8:17pmThe system I speak about is the composite of political, economic and other facets of our world. We have seen it from a political perspective and this is myopic at best.
The latest threat to its stability was the disturbance caused by Bernie Sanders. The threat was not that he might become elected but that his words would really change people. Yes they did change people but not many in a way that really matters.
A partial realignment is already happening
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 7:41pmI suppose the inspiration for this piece is from a piece by Jake Johnson with lots of fabulous links in Common Dreams:
Polls have turned against Trump in a big way
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 6:14pmBut the polls have turned up for Stein and Johnson at the same time.
The two polls in question are:
McClatchy-Marist and NBC/WSJ.
The Evening Blues - 8-4-16
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 2:49pm
Interesting(?) Factoid
Submitted by Robyn on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 2:12pmYesterday a commenter tried to lay the creation of transgender identity at the feet of "a loving mommy" who encourages a little boy to play with make-up, nail polish, and cross-dressing while "disparaging male boding activities with a daddy she resents."
This ticked me way the Hell off. Not only does it completely ignore the existence of trans males, it has absolutely no scientific foundation.
Doctors at Boston Children's Hospital combed through their patient records and discovered that 8.2% of the young people treated at the clinic between 2007 and 2015 were being raised by adoptive families. This compares to a rate for the general public of 2.3%.
MI Bernie Volunteer Speaks About Potential Sabotage of Sanders' Campaign
Submitted by Steven D on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 12:44pmThe following testimony I received today from a MI Sanders volunteer supports my posts regarding the possible infiltration of Clinton moles in the Sanders campaign, including Ryan Hughes. The individual wishes to remain anonymous in light of the recent death of activist Shawn Lucas.
Our Revolution - A Song We've Heard Before
Submitted by Phoebe Loosinhouse on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 7:52amChapter 2 of the Bernie Sanders Story is in rough draft. The Bernster would like to take the energy and passion his candidacy generated and turn it into a longview multi-pronged entity to push the goals of the 99% and to promote Progressive candidates. Sounds good, right?
It always sounds good. It sounded good with Howard Dean's Democracy For America whose goals are to:
Going As Planned?
Submitted by LaFeminista on Thu, 08/04/2016 - 5:36amDonald Trump has insisted all is well with his campaign even as Republicans grow increasingly worried about a candidate who seems to have gone permanently off-track.
