Monday OT: November 4 is King Tut Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 11/04/2019 - 5:00am
November 4 is day 308 of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Pungenday, The Aftermath 16, 3185 YOLD (discordian),
And let us not forget 13.0.6.17.9 by the Mayan Long Count
Are We Recreating Daily Kos?
Submitted by edg on Sun, 11/03/2019 - 12:21pmIt saddens me to see some of the comments and essays here by people trashing candidates other than their preferred choice. In my view, it makes us little better than the bottom-dwellers slithering about on Daily Kos.
the 80th and 81st Great March of Return protests
Submitted by wendy davis on Sun, 11/03/2019 - 10:20am‘PCHR Gaza: 95 Civilians Shot And Injured, Including 43 Children, At 80th Great March Of Return’, By Staff, Imemc.org, Oct. 26, 2019
“In Gaza on Friday, 95 Palestinian civilians, including 43 children, a woman, 2 paramedics and a journalist, were shot and injured by Israeli forces, who fired live rounds against peaceful Palestinian protesters at the 80th Great March of Return.
Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters, wounding 36 civilians with live bullets and shrapnel in addition to other injuries in the upper body due to direct targeting with rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 11/03/2019 - 7:46am
Going Undercover and other Cover-ups
As we turn the corner (Halloween is the midway point of fall) it is time to think of covering your fall crops during freezes and heavy frosts. We'll look at some different approaches to protecting garden crops. Depending on the severity of the winter we often over winter lettuce and other leafy greens. Today we'll also look at some of the stories that are covered up and ignored. I loved Noam's explanation of COINTELLPRO to a smug BBC reporter several years ago...I've got it cued up and it last about 3 min (but the entire 30 min clip is great if you've not seen it)
Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 11/03/2019 - 5:16amHope and Change
Part I: Hope
...but that was in another country; And besides, the wench is dead.
--Christopher Marlowe
Who is behind these Latin American popular uprisings?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 11/02/2019 - 11:42pmWe all know that the millions of protesters out in the streets of Latin America couldn't possibly have legitimate grievances against neoliberalism.
Obviously it's all about Putin, but he also has evil allies.
Greta Thunberg appears on the Ellen show
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 11/02/2019 - 10:07pmCNN blatantly lying to our faces
Submitted by snoopydawg on Sat, 11/02/2019 - 4:36pmI am going to freaking lose it with this crap from CNN.
Versailles 1789 levels of corruption
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 11/02/2019 - 3:45pmPolitico had an usually enlightening article earlier this week that showed in no uncertain terms that there is only one party in Washington.