Congress has abdicated its job to SCOTUS
Submitted by snoopydawg on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 12:51pmMonday OT: Sept 21 - The International Day of Peace
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 9:40am
Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 45, 3186 YOLD (Discordian)
And let us not forget 13.0.7.15.11 mlc (the Mayan Long Count)

Peace - Public Domain
An Evacuation Can’t Be All Bad When You Have Goats
Submitted by Anja Geitz on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 4:06pmAngeles Crest Creamery is a goat ranch in the San Gabriel Mountains, developing a low-input and climate-change-resilient model for meat & dairy in Southern California, and providing educational opportunities for Angelinos interested in learning more about how food can be produced regeneratively in our local mountains. Our work is funded by our agritourism business. ~ Angeles Crest Creamery

How We Fight (or don't)
Submitted by NYCVG on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 11:52amFrom the front page of today's NY Times,
President Barack Obama, 2016 "I simply ask Republicans in the Senate to give him (Merrick Garland) a fair hearing and then an up-and-down vote. If you don't, then it will not only be an abdication of the Senate's constitutional duty, it will indicate a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond repair." Indeed.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 6:26am
CStMS will be moving her essays to Wednesday to relieve el of creating two open threads every week. So as usual please feel free to chime in with whatever is on your mind. I'm calling today's edition:
Burnt Out, Washed Up, and Blown Away
In homage to powers of nature... wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and the erosion of social cohesion. Perhaps we can find some good in the tragedies as any rational person must admit to climate chaos, a failed political system, a collapsing economy, and a polarized society. Awareness is a first step toward change. We can't force societal change, but we can as individuals select a better path to survival. I'm fine, but the young people deserve our best effort.
Stephen Cohen's death is the loss of a singular Voice of Sanity
Submitted by Linda Wood on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 3:30pmCaitlin Johnstone expresses what has been most important about Stephen Cohen's hard work against the merchants of death.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2020/09/19/stephen-cohen-has-died-remember-...
Caitlin Johnstone
September 19, 2020
Why are democrats helping McConnell turn the courts right?
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 12:38pmHere are the democrats that voted for Trump's latest judges:
Fascist Police State Run Amok... Forevermore?
Submitted by wendy davis on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 12:10pmWho will stop it? Those who must…and can. Stay tuned.
‘Colorado police conduct militarized arrests of Party for Socialism and Liberation members’, Jacob Crosse, 19 September 2020, wsws.org (with permission)
“In an alarming escalation of state retaliation against opponents of unending police violence and murder, at least six protesters, four of whom are members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), were arrested by police and SWAT officers with the Aurora, Colorado police department on Thursday.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died
Submitted by WoodsDweller on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 6:43pmJustice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died — Trump to get another Supreme Court nomination
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died, the Supreme Court announced on Friday.