The Evening Blues - 10-3-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 2:45pm
Hey, let's threaten Russia with a preemptive military strike
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 1:04pm I don't know about you, but I think that threats of global nuclear annihilation are generally a bad idea.
Putin, Trump, and Hillary: Who is the most unpopular?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 9:39pm Vlad Putin is not a popular guy, but guess what world leader is more disliked.
The Evening Blues - 10-2-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 3:45pm
Bernie just got 350,000 low wage workers a pay raise
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 10/02/2018 - 11:00amI mean the STOP BEZOS Act is stupid, but no one cares about that.
— Armando (@armandodkos) September 12, 2018
The Evening Blues - 10-1-18
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 3:35pm
NAFTA gets rebranded, again!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 2:32pm This is a dream come true for all those blue-collar workers in the Rust Belt who voted for Trump. What more could they possibly desire when it comes to the trade deal that ruined their lives, except for a name change?
Oil prices could be THE election issue
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 12:09pm The news media has been unusually quiet about oil prices this election year, but that might change soon.
The Kavanaugh hearings and the Lack of Radical Action
Submitted by Big Al on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 10:25pm"The Republican and Democratic parties, or, to be more exact, the Republican-Democratic party, represent the capitalist class in the class struggle. They are the political wings of the capitalist system and such differences as arise between them relate to spoils and not to principles."
Naval blockade would mean ‘war’: Moscow slams US idea of hampering Russian trade
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 4:52pmWell this isn’t good.
Naval blockade would mean ‘war’: Moscow slams US idea of hampering Russian trade
Attempts to use the US Navy to block Russia’s trade would amount to a declaration of war, a high-ranking senator commented on the US internal secretary’s idea of impeding Russia’s energy trade through a blockade.
A big, blue wave. Will it matter?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 09/30/2018 - 11:47am
No Cigar For Congress, But Credit Freeze Now Free
Submitted by divineorder on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 5:13pm
Seems like eons ago when we first learned of the Equifax security breach and all the fail that followed. You know, like, the mgmt sold their stock before reporting the breach?
Trump administration on climate change: this is a thing now.
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sat, 09/29/2018 - 2:51pmThis now appears in the online journal The Week -- its headline is amusing, though the content is also in the WaPo:
U.S. forced to evacuate consulate in Iraq
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 9:16pm Last week the Trump Administration ranted against OPEC because the Iranian sanctions are driving up oil prices.
That's called blowback.
Friday Night Photos - Snow Flurries Up North edition
Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 6:45pmUgh!
Anyway:
