You've probably read the Philip K. Dick book, Minority Report, or saw the hit movie of the same name. He wrote it in 1956. I seriously doubt that he expected something like it to become a reality.
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Wednesday March 8, 1916
From the Appeal to Reason: Comrade Debs on the Judicial Crime Against Pat Quinlan
The incarceration of Pat Quinlan, one of the leaders of the Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, continues and is declared a judicial crime in no uncertain terms by Eugene Debs in the latest edition of the Appeal:
The Crime Against Quinlan
BY EUGENE V. DEBS
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Pat Quinlan, Carlo Tresca, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Adolph Lessig, and
Big Bill Haywood at Paterson, New Jersey 1913
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Whomever you support in the primary, it’s difficult to deny that there is a correlation between turnout and results thus far. Where turnout has been better than 2008, Sanders wins. Where turnout has dropped less than 20%, Sanders usually wins. When turnout has dropped more than 20% Clinton always wins. This table shows the relationship between turnout and results thus far:
"I've been watching politics a long time and I've never seen anything like the Hillaryites' incapacity to make an argument for their candidate." -- Doug Henwood
So how lucky can you little bloggers be that I have arrived at your little blog?
And how can I proclaim myself Queen?
I call it.
I am bringing back the age-old most primal power play in the book.
I encountered it as a child and frankly haven't found anything more ubiquitous in our grand culture.
I shall give an example.
I was probably around 7 or so, and my brother was around 13. We were playing Monopoly and I was winning.
While you weren't watching, Edward Snowden moved closer to being recognized as an international hero.
Michael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.
Sam: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.
Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization? - The Big Chill
This evening's music features two early bluesmen, one from the Piedmont region and the other from Texas, Barbeque Bob and Texas Alexander. Enjoy!
Barbecue Bob - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Mayor Bill DeBlasio today signed an executive order declaring that all city-owned buildings that have single-sex facilities would allow transgender people to use the facility of the gender with which they identify. That order includes schools, city offices, gyms and recreation centers, public parks and some museums.
People will not be asked to show identification or otherwise prove their gender, the city said, and employees will receive training to assist them in meeting the requirements.
The city’s public hospitals and public housing buildings, which are not technically covered by the order because they are run as independent authorities, have also agreed to implement the rules.
Today, the executive order will make loud and clear that New York City is a city for us all: cisgender, transgender, non-binary.
--Carmelyn Malalais, chairof the NYC Human Rights Commission
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Tuesday March 7, 1916
Washington, D. C. - Mother Jones Speaks to Striking Street Carmen
The street carmen of Washington, D. C., conducted a two-day strike, March 5th and 6th. Negotiations are ongoing and a settlement is expected soon. The article below from The Washington Herald of March 6th describes a mass meeting held by the strikers at which Mother Jones appeared unannounced and was greeted with great applause.
Four Unions, 6,000 Strong, Pledge
Support to Strikers
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Strikers Give "Mother" Jones Ovation as She Makes
Unannounced Appearance at Meeting-
Mob of Hundreds Jeer at Passing Conductor,
Calling "Scab."
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