Evil Russia Strikes Again!
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 4:49pmWhy are a million protestors out in the streets in Chile?
Could they have legitimate grievances and minds of their own?
Nope. It's all the doings of Putin.
The Evening Blues - 11-1-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 11/01/2019 - 2:50pm
Critique of California
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 9:20pmSo the latest news from California is this:
New fires flared up in Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties on Wednesday and Thursday just as winds eased in the north and firefighters wrangling the state’s largest active blaze, the Kincade fire, managed to contain more than half of its 76,800-acre footprint for the first time.
Meet the anonymous CIA whistleblower
Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 7:52pmWhy the Democratic Party fears Third Parties
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 6:14pmIn New York the Democratic Party's chairman is pushing forward a bill that would make it more difficult for third parties to get candidates on the ballot.
The Evening Blues - 10-31-19
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 2:55pm
the Durham Mueller investigations of the spooks expand further
Submitted by wendy davis on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 12:50pmHappy Halloween to all…a day for Spooks to have a bit of fun at our expense; so how fitting a report this is today. Part I was here (Cafe version, C99% version). I know many of you know an order of magnitude more than I do about all this, but this issue is of prime importance to what remains of the shreds of Democracy in Amerika to me.
‘Justice Dept. investigation of Russia probe is criminal in nature, person familiar with case says’, WaPo, October 24, 2019, Matt Zapotosky
“The federal prosecutor tapped by Attorney General William P. Barr to examine the origins of the FBI’s probe of President Trump’s 2016 campaign is conducting an investigation officials consider criminal in nature, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Political Movements: the Role of Political Orientations
Submitted by Alex Budarin on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 12:39pm
Protesters march with signs along Market Street during the San Francisco Youth Climate Strike. March 15, 2019. Photographer: Intothewoods7. Cropped from the original.
What provokes political movements? They can only occur because a large number of individuals decide to cooperate with one another to obtain a political outcome they mutually value. Not everyone joins the same political movements, even if they share the same circumstances. And it’s not because some people have more information than others, or some have been “brainwashed.” Often it’s because of individual differences in political orientations and value priorities.
Hot Air Climate News Roundup
Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 5:10am
Something to keep in mind…
In 2008, after watching a series of “peak oil”,
documentary films,
...
I woke up to see that
everything,
...
including the toothbrush I used
...
and the clothes I wore,
...
was made of oil.
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Charlotte Du Cann, NYT
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Tulsi at 3 Qualifying Polls for November Debate, 2 for December Debate
Submitted by apenultimate on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 7:35pmToday, Tulsi gained her 3rd qualifying poll from a national USA Today/Suffolk University poll.
In this *National* poll, Tulsi scored 4%, topping Kamala Harris (3%), Yang (3%), Booker (2%), Klobuchar (2%), Steyer (1%), O'Rourke (0%), Castro (0%), and Bennet (0%). This poll also counts towards her December poll requirement.
