The Evening Blues - 2-14-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 2:30pm
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We didn't mean it; it was an accident; and we won't do it again
Submitted by Robyn on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 2:14pmMore than 180,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in California after an emergency was declared at Oroville Dam, the tallest dam in the United States.
Of course, local Republicans know exactly who to blame: transgender people.
--Nick Duffy, PinkNews
Oroville Dam: Dept. Water Resources ignored warnings 12 years ago – they did not want to incur the extra costs.
Instead, CA Gov. Brown and legislative Democrats have prioritized illegal aliens, inmate sex change operations, building homes for the homeless, transgender bathrooms, Eric Holder’s consulting services, and Climate change awareness, as our infrastructure is crumbling.
--Katy Grimes, Breitbart
Regime Change: Turkey and Israel Invasions of Syria and Rojava
Submitted by Alex Ocana on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 10:13amThe past couple of days the propaganda campaign against Syria and Kurdish Syrians has been on overdrive. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Atlantic Council have all issued reports accusing both Syria and Rojava (Northern Syria) of war crimes. Trump is now becoming the biggest cheerleader for regime change and extended perpetual war.
Mark Blyth refuses to let Democrats off the hook
Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 10:12pmMark Blyth is a Scottish political scientist and a professor of international political economy at Brown Universit. Blyth first came to my attention when his prediction of Trump's electoral victory--and how it was tied to the vote for Brexit--was widely shared after the USA election.
Democratic Party still can't buy a clue
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 6:33pm The Dems seem to be under the impression that the public is captured in a binary world.
The Evening Blues - 2-13-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 4:30pm
BREAKING - Oroville & Marysville CA ordered evacuated
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 9:49pmBUTTE COUNTY, CA — Fire officials have issued evacuation orders for residents in Oroville, Marysville and areas of Yuba County Sunday evening. Officials said via social media that the auxiliary spillway of the Oroville Dam expected to fail. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Oroville at 4:15 p.m.
Sanders Rejects Effort to Draft Him Into Starting a New Political Party
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 8:00pmby KAILANI KOENIG
Sanders Prefers Behind Democratic Party Reform Over a Splinter Party 1:59
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders rejected a movement to draft him into starting a new political party, telling "Meet The Press" on Sunday that his focus right now is on the Democratic Party as a whole.
Vandalism at LGBT Centers
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 5:09pmWhen employees and volunteers at the Los Angeles LGBT Center arrived at work Friday, they discovered that one wall of a Center facility at Ed Gould Plaza (near Santa Monica Blvd. and Highland) had been defaced. Between 9 and 10 pm on Thursday night someone had spray painted an outer wall with graffiti: Fuck Trannies...Fuck all y'all.
It's finally happening: The Rise Of Socialism In America
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 3:43pm I've been waiting for this my whole life, and it might finally be happening.
The CEO as Strongman rests on the absence of organized progressive forces
Submitted by MsDidi on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 10:47amThere is a perverse dialectic at work when the masses vote for a CEO as leader.
Over the past 50 years the nature of the employment contract experienced by most workers has shifted radically. With the intentional destruction of labor unions by the capitalist class as it outsourced manufacturing jobs, employees were faced with no mediation between themselves and the capitalist class.
A Progressive's Letter to the DNC
Submitted by LeChienHarry on Sun, 02/12/2017 - 10:18amThis is well written, and originally at TOP. But looks like it was pulled. Luckily this group/writer has their own website.
"Party Unity or Bust: An Open Letter to the DNC," by Chris O'Hara
Party Unity or Bust: An Open Letter to the DNC
He opens with:
The New Reality
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 02/11/2017 - 2:16pmOn the second day of Jeff Sessions the DoJ filed notice in the Fifth Circuit that it is withdrawing its request that a nationwide injunction against pro-transgender policies be limited to the states that sought the injunction.
The political compass: sense of c99, where its members stand.
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sat, 02/11/2017 - 7:33amAfter days, weeks, even months of surfing the intertubes (well, actually alligators don't surf) I have come across many websites on YouTube. Some are absolutely looney, and I am not talking about Alex Jones et.al (although he is definitely "out there"). If you like conspiracy theories, you will have your heart's delight. Now, I do frequent the "Amen Corner" such as TYT, Jimmy Dore, Humanist, Secular Talk, and the Sane Progressive.
The REAL reason to oppose Trump
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 02/11/2017 - 12:28am You can oppose Trump for being racist and sexist, and you would be right.
Then again you could have opposed Attila the Hun for not being christian, or opposed Genghis Khan for cruelty to animals, and you would be right.
You would also be missing the Bigger Picture.
Trump doesn't give a minute of his time thinking about race and gender.
Trump thinks about money. It's his raison d'être, and that's the problem.
