Open Thread WE 23 JUN 21 ~ the Maine idea
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/23/2021 - 4:00am
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"There's a quality of life in Maine which is this singular and unique. I think. It's absolutely a world onto itself." -- Jamie Wyeth
Who is Tucker Carlson?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 3:38pmI try not to listen to this piece of sh*t, but so many people do listen to him that he can't be ignored.
So I thought I would slap together a quick essay as a reminder of what human garbage he really is.
The Evening Blues - 6-22-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 2:36pm
Mr. Universe's Revolutionary Roundup
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 5:14amFor those who weren't here last week, Mr. Universe is a character from the science fiction movie Serenity. It's from him that I get my name "Can't Stop the [Macedonian] Signal:"
The Evening Blues - 6-21-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 06/21/2021 - 3:35pm
06/21 is summer (winter) solstice
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 06/21/2021 - 5:00am
Today is day 172 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Boomtime, Confusion 26, 3187 YOLD (discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.8.11.4 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
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This day usually marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, which is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere and the fewest hours of daylight in the Southern Hemisphere.
Boomtime, Confusion 26, 3187 YOLD (discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.8.11.4 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)
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This day usually marks the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, which is the day of the year with the most hours of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere and the fewest hours of daylight in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Just 10 days from an economic disaster
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 06/20/2021 - 9:11pmThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium endss on June 30.
How many people will be evicted in the coming months is hard to say exactly, but it will be in the millions.
Capitalism must end somehow
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 06/20/2021 - 11:34amI remember reading about this individual Mark Lynas. I guess at some point he started writing books, and as someone who was born in Fiji and who grew up in Peru and the UK (I am going by the Wikipedia article here -- his "About" page on his personal website doesn't say anything about this -- his first book was a natural.
Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi elected President of Iran
Submitted by wendy davis on Sun, 06/20/2021 - 10:52am
E. Raisi votes in Tehran[/caption]
‘Hardliner Raisi wins Iran’s presidential election’, 19 Jun, 2021, RT.com
“Conservative judge Ebrahim Raisi has been declared the victor of Iran’s presidential election. Iran’s Interior Ministry announced the final results on Saturday, showing that Raisi had won in a landslide victory.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 06/20/2021 - 7:15am
Tumbling Toward the Tipping Points
We sit at a convergence of tipping points. Climate chaos is already upon us, just ask the folks out west who are in a megadrought. Ecosystem collapse is evident in the disappearing insect and bird populations, as well as deforestation and environmental degradation. The US is on the verge of empire failure as China becomes the new world leader (empire). The US collapse is driven in part by the failure of our currency to have any real intrinsic value other than our military threat to those countries which try to circumvent the use of the USD. So on multiple levels and in many dimensions we are experiencing a cascade of change. We simply must prepare as best we can for the rapid changes ahead.
