Russiagate runs out of road
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 08/12/2020 - 10:43amYear after year, every time that there was an unproven, poorly-sourced rumour about Russia, Democrats demanded new sanctions.


08/12 OT: Cancel Culture isn't a thing, it's propaganda
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 08/12/2020 - 5:00amThe Evening Blues - 8-11-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 2:31pm
Another Vatican Scandal or Just Business as Usual?
Submitted by Betty Clermont on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 7:38am“Vatican prosecutors, working with Italian authorities, executed a search and seizure warrant” on July 15.
Tuesday Open Thread ~ Gone Fishing
Submitted by Anja Geitz on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 4:01am
“I thought how lovely and how strange a river is. A river is a river, always there, and yet the water flowing through it is never the same water and is never still. It’s always changing and is always on the move. And over time the river itself changes too. It widens and deepens as it rubs and scours, gnaws and kneads, eats and bores its way through the land. Even the greatest rivers- the Nile and the Ganges, the Yangtze and the Mississippi, the Amazon and the great grey-green greasy Limpopo must have been no more than trickles and flickering streams before they grew into mighty rivers.“
~ Aidan Chambers

The Biden Veepstakes! [Updated: it's Harris]
Submitted by wendy davis on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 5:59pm[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljJmrA3Nhe8]
Joe Biden @JoeBiden
'I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris
— a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate' 2:17 PM · Aug 11, 202
Just for the hella fun of it! He'd said he'd make his choice by Sunday, but: Tick-Tock, Dementia Joe!

The Miami Herald on July 31 had the Las Vegas Odds from bookie.com; here's their August 11, 2020 update: ‘Biden VP Pick Odds: Harris & Rice Top 2; Whitmer Rising Fast’
A House Divided
Submitted by phillybluesfan on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 3:14pmIs your house divided?
Does this illustrate the political divided between you and your significant others?

The Evening Blues - 8-10-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 2:45pm
How to bury a poll: a textbook example
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 2:21pmEmerson did a poll near the end of April that showed Bernie supporters were very unhappy with the Biden nomination. So unhappy that they were willing to vote for a third party candidate.



