We keep hearing how divided the public is, as if we arrived in this situation in a normal and natural way. Why is no one considering that our own government is working hard to keep us divided?
Jigsaw Puzzle
One week ago the Washington Post breathlessly ran a story with the headline “Russian hackers penetrated U.S. electricity grid through a utility in Vermont, U.S. officials say." But that was not the truth.
A bit long for a comment, so --
Please do not condemn or ignore the following link due to guilt by association thinking. That is a dangerous path to follow. Failing to acknowledge what others with different viewpoints have observed is willful blindness. The Republicans are guilty, by and large, of willful blindness to climate change--but not all of them--there are (gasp!) sane Republicans left. Consider the source is a wise caution but even more important--as Bernie has often said--consider the facts!
The following is an essay from c99p member Wendy Davis with permission to repost in it's entirety. She has problems posting essays here so I reproduced it in full upon request by dancingrabbit.
H/T: dancingrabbit
The essay and comments can be viewed here.
The author/s at massprivateI.com (as in ‘Eye’) go full-tilt Godwin, and I don’t blame them a bit. Rather than reconstruct what they’ve written, I’m going to reproduce most of their alert, although I might draw attention to a few of their links with bolds or excerpts. If this ain’t Minority Report pre-crime baseless assumptions from cradle to prison (at least in some locales using some of the related programs), I don’t know what is what is.
This evening's music features pioneering Memphis r&b singer Rosco Gordon.
