Open Thread 10-08-2015
Submitted by smiley7 on Mon, 08/10/2015 - 7:35amNot bad for a taxi driver
Monday morning poetry
Still I rise
Not bad for a taxi driver
Monday morning poetry
Still I rise
Good Morning 99percenters!
Morning news dump and music by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
The U.S.-Russia “phony war”: How Washington warmongers could bring us from stalemate to catastrophe
One of two outcomes is likely: Another long Cold War, or a great power conflictThe Ukraine crisis and the attendant confrontation with Russia assume a “phony war” feel these days. As in the perversely calm months between the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the Blitzkrieg into the Low Countries the following spring, nothing much seems to be happening.
Hey everybody! It's hump day Friday! Today's Beastiable is Senator Ted Cruz(mel). He has said and done beastly things for many years now, and so he has earned his turn as one of Les Beastiables.
NOTE FOR NEW READERS: This series features a new Les Beastiables cartoon every Wednesday about 1:45 PM Eastern. We indulge in a little Franglish because the French are tres classy. But I digresse.
For serious discussion of the issues, please join me below the break. Then you'll be able to "cleanse your palate" with a cute photo before you leave.
Good Morning 99%'ers!
Dance me to the end of love
Monday morning poetry:
Burlington Snow
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Today we'll take a look at the 2016 Green Party Presidential Candidates.
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Morning news dump and music by Little Feat.
Revealed: The Private Firms Tracking Terror Targets at Heart of US Drone Wars
Corporate staff are reviewing top-secret data and helping uniformed colleagues decide whether people under surveillance are enemies or civiliansThe overstretched US military has hired hundreds of private sector contractors in the heart of its drone operations to analyse top secret video feeds and help track high value terror targets, an investigation has found.
Good Morning, 99%'ers! For the last three months, it seems as though I have been on the road a lot and have not been keeping up with all the news and developments in the outside world, especially on the international front. With all my traveling, I have been eating out far too often and not exercising enough. I used to run but quit about ten years ago due to chronic foot problems. Now my exercise of choice is walking, but I had not been as consistent during this traveling time.
Monday morning humor: The Wrapping Department
"Let er roll."
Monday morning headlines
Good morning 99percenters!
As promised, a tutorial on how to monitor comments here at c99p.
Monitoring Comments
I've seen it asked many times, "What's the best way to follow the comments here at c99p"? Well, there are several ways to accomplish it. They are as follows.