The Evening Blues - 7-20-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 2:47pm
Woot! Pedro Castillo Has Won the Peruvian Presidential Election
Submitted by wendy davis on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 11:10am
From sputnikews.com, July 19, 2021 (h/t Mr. wd)
‘Peru's Election Jury Names Castillo Winner of Presidential Vote, Fujimori Calls Loss 'Illegitimate'’
“On Monday evening, Peru's National Jury of Elections (JNE) formally named Pedro Castillo, a socialist from the Peru Libre party, the winner of the June 6 election.
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 5:55am
Something/Someone Old 
My Something Old this week is the world's oldest recipe. Well, maybe. It's from 6000 B.C., which is pretty damned old. It's definitely the oldest recipe from Britain!
The Evening Blues - 7-19-21
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 2:50pm
Los Angeles County reinstates mask mandate
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 7:09pmHere's the video:
Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 6:16pmStop what you're doing and read this. This leak is going to be the story of the year: (LINK: https://t.co/zhC0LN4TlC) pic.twitter.com/doo4HDDzxt
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) July 18, 2021
An Opus Dei Supreme Court
Submitted by Betty Clermont on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 7:06amOn July 1, the Supreme Court decided two major cases. In both, the 6-3 majority – of whom 5 of the 6 are Catholic – dealt a grievous blow against democracy by increasing the power of the Republican minority and the plutocracy. This is a reminder that Opus Dei has a malevolent influence over the judicial branch of our government.
Increasing the Power of the Republican Minority
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 7:04am
Pick a Pair of Presidents
We ended up with FDR...
and Jimmy Carter
What they actually mean when they say "Russia hacked us"
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 07/18/2021 - 12:56am"Russian hackers."
What is actually implied is that the Russian hackers were really working out of the Kremlin.
MSNBC and CNN will come out and tell you that Putin personally hacked our computers, while Washington will never correct them.
But they know better. They always knew better.
Name Luke Harding's Brand of 'Journalism' ; )
Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 7:43pmJust for the abject hilarity of it:
‘Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House; Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy’, Luke Harding, Julian Borger and Dan Sabbagh, Thu 15 Jul 2021
“Vladimir Putin personally authorised a secret spy agency operation to support a “mentally unstable” Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election during a closed session of Russia’s national security council, according to what are assessed to be leaked Kremlin documents.
