The Evening Blues - 10-9-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 2:19pm
Friday Open Thread: What are you reading? ~ October issue of THE SUN
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 5:00am
⬛ An interview with Cristina Beltrán on what unites and divides Latinos
⬛ A short story by Tanya Rey
⬛ Essays by Robert Lopez, Joe Wilkins, and Vincent Mowrey
⬛ Poems by Brionne Janae and Alison Luterman
⬛ A photo essay on “When Living Is A Protest”
⬛ Readers Write on “My Country”
We've Lifted Our Paywall
"In this time of isolation, we want to share stories about what connects us, the challenges we face, and the moments when we rise to meet them."
The Hardened Felons and SJWs of Wall Street
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 6:41pmQuick question: what do you call someone who has pleaded guilty to FIVE CRIMINAL FELONIES in the past six years?
Hardened criminal? Irredeemable? Super predator?
No, no, and nope.
On Wall Street he is called "CEO".
Pope Francis is capitalism's biggest critic
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 3:38pmI'm surprised that they haven't killed him already.
Maybe it's because they know that the Church of Capitalism is more powerful than the Church of Rome.
Remember that the last pope was literally a Nazi.
Now the Pope sounds like a socialist. One could get whiplash from the change.
In 2013
The Evening Blues - 10-8-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 2:50pm
A Debate About Debates
Submitted by NYCVG on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 1:15pma/k/a What you Want to Talk about when you are Losing.
Our flailing and ailing President has gone off the rails.
Have you see this quote from Mitch McConnell this morning?
MCCONNELL: “I haven’t actually been to the White House since August the 6th. Because my impression was that their approach to how to handle this is different from mine and what I suggested that we do in the Senate, which is to wear a mask and practice social distancing."
Kamala Harris Shows LOVE For Wall Street, Bush Neocons In Debate
Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 12:03pmThe hybrid wars against the ‘Maduro Regime’ in VZ
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 10:28amMafia Don Pompeo’s October surprise? This is a longish read, but if they succeed in toppling the Bolivarian government for their own gains, who’s next? Evo Morales has already been deposed…
‘It’s not dark yet…but it’s gettin’ there.’ ~ Bob Dylan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces the patrols alongside Guyana’s newly installed conservative president, Irfaan Ali.
Hot Air
Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 3:32am
There’s a Lot of Conjecture Flying Around
Seems like everyone is talking about COVID-19. COVID-19 in the Big House, that is. Almost everyone I encounter. Gasping for air? When was the last test? Will he die? Lung x-rays are confidential? Kabuki? Reality TV? You decide. (Is he our president or does he just play one on TV?)
Since I was busy arranging my sock drawer,
Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 9:17pmdid anybody watch the VP debate?
If so, please give us all the highlights! Describe the drama! The ID optics! The magic words and phrases!
I am on pins and needles.
Aren't you all?
