The Evening Blues - 6-1-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 3:32pmI am fed up with the narrative of the media
Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 1:13pm"Rioting and Looting" is how the media is selling this story instead of overwhelming and unnecessary police force against the protesters is fueling the violence. We have seen that time and time again starting long before Ferguson, but that is one of the first places I remember the cops starting to use the military equipment. Who can forget that scene where a cop is on top of a bearcat pointing his rifle at a group of unarmed people standing there with their hands up? The protests were mostly peaceful UNTIL the cops showed up and starting stirring shit up. Why? Because they could. And if the militarized outfitted cops weren't enough many states sent in the national guard. Yeah cuz that has always turned out well.
Caitlins Cool To-Do List
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 12:17pmI have a habit of batch processing a lot of my e-mail, letting it fester and then dealing with it. I especially do this with Caitlin, because I let my phone read it to me when I'm out doing stuff that takes little attention. So, on the 21th Caitlin Johnstone posted this funny yet gritty to do list which I thought would provide some entertainment for the assemblage here.
To-Do List
by Caitlin JohnstoneLaundry
Vacuum
Roar at sky
Monday OT: June 1 is Childrens' Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 06/01/2020 - 5:00amWhy are so many US Kops Killers?
Submitted by wendy davis on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 8:58pmThere are likely other reasons as well, especially psychological ones, including sociopathic levels of need for extreme control ‘the other’, even when ‘the other’ is the same color or ethnicity. Of course black cops kill other blacks, including unarmed ones, and as an honest black Chief of Police had said a decade ago: ‘When a cop zips on the uniform of the security state, he becomes what the Police Chief demands’. I wish I could remember his name; he’d not allowed his force to carry guns, and back then, it was working to cut down on actual crime.
Russia is not responsible for racism in America
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 5:44pm.
Susan Rice on unrest and violence at the George Floyd protests: "This is right out of the Russian playbook as well." pic.twitter.com/WlKwPcq98J
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 31, 2020
From Lockdown to Police Curfew
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 5:44pmThe United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020
This is OUTRAGEOUS!
Submitted by RantingRooster on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 11:31amI am beside myself with anger. I seriously want to punch the fuck out of someone. I am so pissed off, I can't see straight. This is totally, and utterly un-acceptable.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 8:06am
Ebb and Flow
Life's patterns continue. It's been a time of harvest and processing this week. As summer heat encroaches spring greens will turn bitter. So it's been harvest, wash, blanche, and freeze while they are the tastiest. We had a few nice cabbages too which are fermenting to kraut. Crops come and crops go. So do empires. Not all is ideal. After 33 years we had to pump our septic system which involved digging up the flowerbed on top of it to pull the lid and clean it out. What a mess, but I've reseeded and mulched the bed and it too will flow (grow) back. Managed to put in a new gas tank on the tractor last week, but am still awaiting a reordered fan blade. One step forward, one step back. It's the nature of things.