The Resurrection of Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 1:30pmIt's hard to think of a better example of Democratic Party corruption than Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Her political career should have ended in 2016.
There's a danger of peace breaking out
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 12:12pmRemember how Trump was supposed to be The Most Dangerous President Evah? And how Trump was going to start wars all over the globe?
Well, this happened today.
Lighthouses Don't Fire Cannon
Submitted by Anja Geitz on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 9:56amOne of the first lessons I learned about fire safety and burning buildings was not to call the fire department while you were still inside said burning building. This may seem fairly obvious but when your brain is being flooded with adrenaline you don't always think straight. So, after the 911 operator yelled "GET OUT!", I did.
Israel versus Jews
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/27/2019 - 4:27pmAccording to family lore, my great-aunt and great-uncle were living in Romania in 1942.
They were 12 and 14 years old at the time. It was the old country, so the house was full with extended family.
One afternoon my great-aunt and great-uncle came home from school to find the house was empty. My relatives were Jews. They were all grabbed by the Nazis and sent to a death camp.
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 01/27/2019 - 8:11amThe Cancerous Growth of the American Empire
Is There a Cure?
The United Snakes of America is spreading its poison again...this time declaring the elected president of Venezuela is a dictator, and recognizing the leader of the assembly as president. That's like Russia and China announcing Pelosi is now our president. The Carter Center stated "As a matter of fact, of the 92 elections that we've monitored, I would say that the election process in Venezuela is the best in the world." Old tiny hands, the liar in chief, is at it again. We use slightly different strategies in different countries to prop up corporate hacks as president. Both parties have been complicit. Consider Honduras and the stolen election the US recently recognized. Not to mention the coup supported by Obomber and the $hill. Brazil provides more evidence of our support of corporatists with the illegal removal of Dilma, and the imprisonment of Lula on trumped up charges. Bannon was in Brazil promoting Bolsonaro as was the CIA.
I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested.
― Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket: by America's Most Decorated Soldier
American has become a country-sized version of Burpelson Air Base
Submitted by arendt on Sat, 01/26/2019 - 11:40pmTrump's Venezuela aggression, and the media and fake-liberal Dem response to it, have pushed me to a new level of awareness of the complete failure of America as a democracy. This RANT tries to organize the collection of outrages battling for the top spot in my consciousness.
What It Is
Submitted by hecate on Sat, 01/26/2019 - 11:10pmWillie goes public
Submitted by EdMass on Sat, 01/26/2019 - 4:05pmSure, I dated Kamala Harris. So what?
Yes, we dated. It was more than 20 years ago. Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker.
And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco.
Who's Going to Say it Out Loud in Congress? Bernie? Tulsi?
Submitted by EyeRound on Sat, 01/26/2019 - 2:06pm33 days of Trump-induced government shutdown came to an end yesterday. Why did all the people (not to mention the economy) have to suffer such consequences?