From the FAQ: About Essay Content and Sourcing

C99 is a non-partisan site. That means that the site itself takes no official stance on any political party or candidate. Users are free to support any candidate or party across the political spectrum, from left to right. You are liable to see essays and comments here that also span that political arc. We are an open discussion board that takes pride in tolerance and a lack of censorship unless it is beyond the pale of civility. Beyond the pale of civility is a blanket term but I think we all would agree that there are some things that should be out of bounds and we would all recognize them as such if they were to pop up.

"We are an open discussion board that takes pride in tolerance and a lack of censorship unless it is beyond the pale of civility. Beyond the pale of civility is a blanket term but I think we all would agree that there are some things that should be out of bounds and we would all recognize them as such if they were to pop up."

It's easy for a toe to cross the line when tap dancing close to it.

OOOOkay.

It appears the spirit of caucus99percent is dead. It took 4 years for the experiment to be done in by factionalism. I always thought that the left/right divide would be the undoing, I guess I was wrong. It was a good try though.

I now fully understand why political sites have hard standing rules.

First there was the essay accusing "us" of being enablers of racists. Then there was the essay telling "us" we must be either miserable, depressed, or lazy for voicing our un-cited belief in the various ways we will be electorally screwed again come 2020.

Can "we" not speak for everyone here in our essays anymore?

Thank you.

I tweaked some settings on the image uploader. If you've been having problems with it lately it should be working much better now. Give it a try and let me know.

Thanks for your patience.

JtC

Hello C99'ers!

As a crew member at Trader Joe's, I have dozens and dozens of conversations about food each day that have inevitably made their way back here as I promote C99 via the Tuesday Open Threads.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/19/1836025/-Kossack-divineorder-...

Happy Valentines Day folks. I've temporarily changed the thumbs up image with a picture of a rose. Since roses seem to be the new currency to curry political favor, perhaps if we give out enough of them then we too can get a spot on national TV as a talking head.

If you think I'm going to put up with this shit for another year and a half, you've got another thing coming.

This is a political board, guess what, politics will be discussed here.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Please give them space to do so.

I have actually thought about closing this site down.

That is both unfortunate and depressing.

UPDATE: Folks, I said I only thought about it. Then a squirrel ran by in the front yard and I forgot all about it.

C99 is a nonpartisan open discussion platform. We've all heard that time and time again, but what does that mean?

Well, let me try to dissect its most basic tenet, tolerance.

Several days ago the c99p Monkey Team was assembled (see photo below), with apologies, please ignore that the Team are actually apes, but that is another tail, err tailess, err tale. With an important commission in mind, the Team and myself were locked in a undisclosed location for three days, a store of libation including a 50 gallon drum of coffee for the Team leader and several drums of banana smoothies for the coalition of the willing, willing that is, as long as the smoothies flowed freely.

...and a notification of some down time.

We still haven't heard from either of them and under the circumstances that is understandable.

Since right after the recent California fires the plan has been to raise some funds with the goal of getting some supplies or whatever may be needed directly to our friends who have been affected.

In case you haven't heard, there has been a large and dangerous wildfire in Northern California that started yesterday morning. From what I've read and seen the town of Paradise has been devastated.

https://www.chicoer.com/2018/11/08/highway-70-being-shut-down-wildfire-i...

One of our dear friends and author, hecate, lives in that general area with his beloved pets. Folks, if you pray to any deity, please do. Let us bring our collective consciousness together for his sake. Cross your fingers and your toes if you think that may help. If nothing else please keep him in your thoughts.