We're at the point now --
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 10:00pm-- where any change at all that looks like it might simulate real change starts to look really good.
America
Happy Fourth of July!!!
Submitted by ban nock on Sun, 07/03/2022 - 4:08pm
The official beginning of summer and a three day weekend, the fourth means my dog is a little skittish and the celebration is for something good for a change.
The fourth of July celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence and one of the most famous sentences ever written.
Signal Wave
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Wed, 10/14/2020 - 5:44am
Not a lot to say this week.
I'm reading these books about architecture, design, and urban planning, which are amazing. I hope to write about them as soon as I'm done.
Signal Wave
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 10/13/2019 - 5:19am
Good morning, everybody!
My partner, Kate, was hospitalized again last week. She's home, and doing reasonably well, but that didn't happen till last night. It was a hell of a week. So today this is just an Open Thread. No essay.
The masses standing by and doing nothing
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 04/14/2019 - 1:10pmYeah, that's the ticket.
Well here's the show the ticket got us into. Here's Ian Welsh:
Key passage:
The obviousness of revolt
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:59pmAmerica, great calamity of the world.
American normalcy
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Sun, 01/20/2019 - 5:42amWe're the country that believes that charging enormous amounts of money for pills and for medical services and taking advantage of medical bankruptcies counts as "hard work and dedication."
Okay someone actually did something.
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:06amAmerica's "Soft Underbelly" is rotting--a diminishing empire unaware of its ills.
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sun, 07/15/2018 - 4:32amThe reference to "soft underbelly" arose from Winston Churchill's appellation of Italy being Europe's soft underbelly during WW 2.
The American Empire at War.
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Wed, 05/30/2018 - 10:14am(A lecture in the "Introduction to The American Empire" class at the Cascadian National University)
