Simplicius covers the terrorist attack on Russia
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 1:22pmWest Desperately Deflects as Ukraine's ISIS Gambit Backfires
Simplicius' conclusion:
Open Thread - Thurs 28 Mar 2024 - Social Security and Some Fun!
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 5:00am
28 March 2024 - Social Security and Some Fun!
Back in August RJ Eskow wrote 'Social Security, FDR, and the Real Meaning of Liberty' on his substack: The Zero Hour Report: A Newsletter from Richard (RJ) Eskow.
The article is about the meaning of the 'social security' act at the time it was created and now. Eskow writes that the word 'security emphasizes its goal for individuals'. That is, it's about financial security for every man, woman and child in the country. The word social emphasizes the act's broader societal goals; everyone has to be secure, everyone has to be able to eat, to have housing, to live decently.
FDR signs the Social Security Act. From Wikimedia Commons.
As Eskow writes, Roosevelt framed this as an extension of the liberty upon which the Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc, were founded. That is, liberty for everyone, not for the rich or those in control, but everyone.
The Evening Blues - 3-27-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 4:37pm
Take Your Hands Off Haiti!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 03/27/2024 - 11:24amWe are all being told that while many are bound to criticize another intervention in Haiti, but this is the only feasible way forward in a very difficult situation.
The Evening Blues - 3-26-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 2:29pm
AIPAC vs. Progressives
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:59amI know it's popular for the online left to hate Democratic progressives even more than conservatives, but do you hate them more than apartheid and ethnic cleansing?
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Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 03/26/2024 - 10:05am
I am going to begin to collate sources of information on the post collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90s and the struggle the Russian people endured in those terrible days.
The Evening Blues - 3-25-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 5:11pm
03/25 Open Thread - Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 5:00am
~~ Slave Auction
No one wants to know who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 03/24/2024 - 1:27pmDenmark has shut down their investigation of who blew up the Russian pipeline without determining who caused it.
