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The U.S. is building yet another military base in Syria, and it just happens to be in middle of Syria's biggest oil field.

Yesterday was primary election day in Illinois. It was a day of "Oh! So close!"

As the snow now steadily falls in NYC for perhaps the last winter storm of the season (always fine by me, the storms that is), I find myself ruminating a little on the flickers of hope within the darkness of despair of this bizarre time of media and government propaganda.

According to RT this morning:

“US President Donald Trump brought several pictures of American weapons to a meeting with visiting Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. He boasted of multibillion-dollar sales of arms to the kingdom.

Showing a sign to journalists at the meeting that read “12.5 billion in finalized sales to Saudi Arabia,” Trump boasted about all the money that US defense contractors would be getting for their products.

I'm beginning to think it is since the never ending gift of 9/11. Since then we have lost most of the First Amendment, the Third, definitely the Fourth and what is left of the 4th is taking another hit if congress passes the legislation that they are contemplating.

There is a serious problem in the American economy today: Too many jobs and not enough people.

Here it comes:

As of now, the Pentagon and US leadership are in denial and not ready to face reality. The people of the United States, in solidarity with people of the world, must act now to end the war culture and convince US leadership that a new path is necessary.

Join the days of action!

April 14-15 – National Days Of Action to End the Wars at Home and Abroad.

Hahahaha. Fuckerberg has been selling and ‘allowing’ data mining of Facebook for years. Cambridge Analytica is dirty dirty dirty. And now we find out Obama & Co. did the same. (That’s just a couple of ‘organizations’ to which Fuckerberg sold or gave it’s bread-and-butter subscribers personal information.)

I don’t know if The Clinton Creature got our personal info directly from Farcebook, but she certainly had access to it through the Obama organization.

Edward Snowden, winner of the Sam Adams Award, Right Livelihood award, Ossietzky Prize, and the Bjornson Priz

It's no secret that the Democratic Party would rather lose to a Republican than win with a progressive. The Democrats prefer to at least pretend that they embrace progressive values, and thus get those progressive votes...until now.

Being acutely aware of their dim chances to retake either houses of Congress, the Dems have begun their fight for even more censorship on FaceBook. Zuck's "algorithms" (i.e., censorship tools) apparently weren't strong enough to stop those 13 Russian operatives, working feverishly in St. Petersburg, disseminating ads for puppies and other sinister things AFTER the election. Nope. Not good enough.

Dems want Zuck on the House floor to explain...you know, explain, explain what?

The latest figure is 76.65%. He won 92.14% of the vote in Crimea which shows the tremendous support Crimean's have for him.

March 16 (alternately 18^th, according to some) marked the four-year anniversary of the 2014 referendum in Crimea that resulted in reuniting with Russia.

Yes, this is longish, but I believe that if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.

Legitimation crisis refers to a decline in the confidence of administrative functions, institutions, or leadership.
- Wikipedia

Blooming Idiots

Spring has sprung in Alabama. It's the deep flush of sudden color...an orgy of botanical porn. Amidst this explosion of life is the insanity of our government, economic system, and environmental degradation. It is the nature and power of life to be hopeful...positive about ourselves and our future. But I don't see how we manage the transition to a sustainable global system. However, I thought it would be a worthwhile topic and I hope you will share your views.

The difference in the news media coverage of East Ghouta versus Afrin looks a whole lot like Aleppo versus Mosul.

Do you remember the rhetoric about Aleppo and Russia?

of Neoliberalism and the Democratic party:

They don’t convene separate conferences or publish a journal teeming with rationales for Democratic failure. But their methods are strikingly uniform—as are their arguments. They share a stolid insistence that statistical analysis of a handful of quantifiable facts from past elections can predict with scientific confidence voter behavior in the next one.

Teresa May gets to play the role that our country usually plays when wars are being planned and she is thinking about which steps to take to push the world into another war.

UK to 'consider next steps' after Moscow announces expulsion of British diplomats - May

mr. wd and i grew all the flowers, cannabis, and veggie flowers.  given that butterflies and bees have been so scarce over the past few years, i try especially hard to get photos of those glorious and helpful critters.  you’ll notice that i’m blown away by the reproductive parts of flowers, including the wee flowers within flowers within flowers…in some varieties.

NFL fans are turning off their TV's and not buying tickets.
Why? Because football players dared to take a knee during the national anthem.

Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook
By Paul Grewal, VP & Deputy General Counsel

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Friends are due to arrive very soon, so this is rushed.

Anyway, here's Purfleet dreaming of Spring (aren't we all):

And Fred doing his interpretation of a talk show host (via a cheap point and shoot):

Why do the leaders of 'Five Eyes' now come across as clowns? None of these people are statesmen in the normative sense. Whenever we see them placed in contrast to their Russian counterparts, they come across as truly ignorant buffoons giving knee-jerk responses to matters of international law. They treat leaders of foreign nations as if they were the opposition in their local elections - with disrespect and disdain.

Cross our fingers the third time's the charm. After two snow-outs we're hoping the weather gods shower us with anything except snow and ice on Apr. 7th! Rain check April 14.
Same place and time, Doug's Fish Fry, 5-7pm.
So, if you're in the area stop by and say hello to Steven D and riverlover!
Doug's has a fabulous fish fry and sea food! And cold beer, natch.
Hope to see you there!

So a brand new ScaryRussia! came out today.
This time they hacked our power grid.