Open Thread - Friday, September 19, 2018 - Funk Meta
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 10/19/2018 - 3:20am
Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
~ Bill Watterson
party
Open Thread - Friday, April 28, 2017 - Galactic Edition
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 04/28/2017 - 3:20am
Open Thread - Party Edition - Friday, July 29, 2016
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 07/29/2016 - 3:20am
The long haired hippies and the afro blacks
They all get together across the tracks
And they party
~James Brown~
What a farce, taking a nice DFH word, with positive connotations, and co-opting it with political newspeak.
The Sanders campaign and the party for the people in the crowd.
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 1:29amAs I've explained before, and as I'll be explaining in a review of Jodi Dean's Crowds and Party (review forthcoming in the September issue of Capitalism Nature Socialism), there needs to be a “party for the people in the crowd.” Bernie Sanders appears to be calling off the political revolution, oblivious to the notion that the Democratic Party is about to evic
Don't start a Party. Go big. Start a Coalition.
Submitted by Pluto's Republic on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 12:55pmA coalition could have much greater power, almost immediately, than a new Party in a rigged and corrupt political system. Use the right tool and use it well.
A coalition needs a strong central vision or ultimate vision. For example, "a coalition for a better life" or for "stronger citizens" or a "people's coalition." Using its central vision as a sort of test or moral compass, a coalition could throw any election or end the political career of any candidate.
Open Thread - Friday, October 30, 2015
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 6:46amGreetings, what a great week! Yesterday was our 32nd wedding anniversary, last night my Pittsburgh Panthers played the UNC Tarheels, tomorrow is Halloween and Sunday is Sweeties birthday.
This one is one of those songs that sounds good LOUD. Turn it up @ 0:45 and let it rip.
