News about Germany - probably not written by Germans
Submitted by mimi on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 6:00am
Good Morning !
Open Thread FR 27 AUG 21 ~ Funky Friday
Submitted by QMS on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 5:00am
The Evening Blues - 8-26-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:19pm
"Killing for the sake of killing": The catastrophe in Afghanistan that the media ignores
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 1:43pmIf you listen to the media, our withdrawal from Afghanistan was a "betrayal", while our occupation of the country was benevolent and costless. That assumes the media reported on our 20-year long occupation at all.
Thursday Thoughts
Submitted by Lookout on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 6:09am
Random Wondering?
When you reach tipping points, things charge ever so slowly until they happen quickly ...sucked into the black hole before you know it. Magi's past "Hot Air" series on Thursday's emphasized the pressures tipping the climate system. The change is ever faster and it is easy to see. Yet TPTB are still hiring mercenaries to arrest and harass first nations water protectors trying to stop construction of line 3 - destined to pipe (and leak) dirty tar sands oil across their watershed...you know the lands ceded them after taking the bulk of their true tribal lands.
Cuba and Vaccine
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 7:44pmHere we are, more than a year into the pandemic and with millions dead around the globe, and still there is no waiver of intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines. It's disgusting.
The Evening Blues - 8-25-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 2:45pm
Open Thread WE 25 AUG 21 ~ melon call ya'
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 5:00am
“Friends are like melons, shall I tell you why? To find one good, you must a hundred try.”
— Claude Mermet
The Evening Blues - 8-24-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/24/2021 - 3:43pm
Verdict Is In -- Biden is a Lousy Handler of Things
Submitted by fire with fire on Tue, 08/24/2021 - 11:18amFrom the New Pravda, ie, all the main stream media platforms, this time from USA Today:
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Exclusive: Americans' harsh judgment on Afghanistan costs Biden's approval, down to 41%
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