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NEW Improved Monday Open Thread: August 27 is National Banana Lovers Day

August 27 is the 239th day of the year; as well as Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 20, 3184 YOLD
to discordians.

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3 cubed, woo hoo, a triangle of triangles. We could go all fractal from here, but it takes a lof of time,.

Sunday Open Thread: July 30 is the International Day of Friendship

World History

On July 30, 0762, Baghdad was founded
On July 30, 1419, First Defenestration of Prague went down
On July 30, 1962, The Trans-Canada Highway opened
On July 30, 1980, Israel's Knesset passed the Jerusalem Law
On July 30, 2003, In Mexico, the last 'old style' VW Beetle was produced

US History

Alternative Realities, Deception, and Defiance

So, the POTUS lies about all kinds of things, and is singularly ill-informed.

Okay, but what about the rest of them? The ones who seem to influence the debate about alternative facts.

True or False? The POTUS can count and gave to the nation and the world an accurate count of the revelers who came to the capital to celebrate his inauguration on January 20 last.

The real Democratic Party (with a nod to gjohnsit)

The Democratic Party symbol or logo should be the Montgolfier Balloon. It is an archaic contrivance dependent upon hot air to rise. What we think it is and what we think we know of it is largely myth, and the insiders, elites, and powers that be not only promulgate some myths themselves, but possibly even believe some of them.

Let's start -- the "party of the people", the liberal, or progressive party. Heh. Snapshots follow, form your own thesis.

Bernie Needs Your Help

Bernie needs some help in creating a credible foreign policy that puts America on a path to dealing with the excesses, abuses and failed policy of previous administrations. His foreign policy also has to support his economic goals. It seems unlikely that the US can continue to support the enormous costs of military engagements, the ongoing costs of sustaining the veterans of those engagements, the costs of nation building in the countries where the US has destroyed infrastructure and created political chaos as well as the costs of an oversized global military footprint to maintain US hegemony at the same time as enormous investments are needed at home to rebuild infrastructure and provide for the needs of citizens.

If you are one of the millions of people who are tired of the endless wars of choice, the war tactics and equipment that seem to keep showing up in the hands of domestic police, the encroachment of the surveillance state on virtually everybody - among other things, then getting Bernie to commit to correcting those wrongs is the right thing to do.

Politicians never listen better than when they want something from you. This is the time to make your favorite politician a better representative of your interests.

It will have the benefit of making Bernie a better candidate. Whatever you think of #BlackLivesMatter, they engaged Bernie - and his platform, his performance on the stump and his currently proposed legislation are better for the challenge.