The Evening Blues - 5-1-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 4:15pm
Open Thread Friday 5-1-2020
Submitted by studentofearth on Fri, 05/01/2020 - 5:33am
A Look at China Part Two
"What essences of "cultivation" can we absorb from traditional Chinese culture?"
Professor Lou Yulie, Peking University replied
Studying Confucianism, he learned the courage to do things,
Studying Buddhism, he learned to let it go
Studying Daoism, he learned he learned how to view the world.
interview with Albert Lee, candidate for Congress
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 10:11pmOkay so I can't stand to watch myself. So you're going to have to do it for me.
The Evening Blues - 4-30-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 3:43pm
Karma: Democrats' weaponizing of sexual assault allegations comes back to bite
Submitted by BayAreaLefty on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 11:43amThe allegations of Tara Reade are serious, and they highlight something that is both tragic and amazing (if one were to only pay attention to their rhetoric about Trump, Kavanaugh, etc.): democrats don't actually care about women's issues.
Hot Air
Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 04/30/2020 - 5:06am
Crisis three, have we: SARS-Cov-19, the Climate Crisis, and the disintegration of democracy.
Treatment for the Coronavirus is evolving. The disease is complicated and is not acting like influenza. They are finding that it also causes brain infections, heart infections, and neurological problems. Ventilators are generally not working. So now they are avoiding ventilators for the most part. Sixty to eighty percent of the people put on ventilators either die or end up with additional serious complications.
Instead doctors are now turning people on their stomachs and improving their oxygenation. Dr. Richard Levitan, an airway specialist who has practiced emergency medicine for over 30 years addresses these issues.
Against unity
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 8:13pmWhat set me off was this headline that I saw on a Facebook profile, "Bernie Sanders Asks Supporters to Donate to Democratic Party, 'Show Commitment to Party Unity.'" I'm against Democratic Party unity, because the Democrats at the top of the party hierarchy are a bunch of corporate commodities masquerading as politicians.
Brazil's Bolsonaro fails at being a human being
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 3:44pmImagine that you are president of a country gripped by a pandemic, and a reporter asks you to comment about the record number of deaths that day. Of all the possible responses you could think of, would "So what?" be your first choice?
The Evening Blues - 4-29-20
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 2:22pm
Pompeo’s JCPOA Insanity
Submitted by wendy davis on Wed, 04/29/2020 - 11:53am
‘To Finally Kill The Nuclear Deal With Iran The U.S. Will Try To Rejoin It’, April 27, 2020, moonofalabama.org
“On May 8 2018 the U.S. ceased its participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or nuclear deal with Iran. The New York Times now reports that the U.S. wants to be back in for some nefarious reason:
