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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 31, 2019Aug 2019

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The Rolling Stones - Starfucker live 1973

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 30, 2019Aug 2019

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Joey Ramone - What a Wonderful World

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Politics

Aug 30, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKSupport for Biden Is An Irresponsible Gamble With Our Future | Current Affairs

"Though the Democratic field is much larger this time around, Biden has played the role of establishment frontrunner the same way Hillary Clinton did in 2016: running as a standard-bearer for the status quo with the aim of offending as few elites as possible. And, as we saw four years ago, what passes for “pragmatic centrism” in Washington can often fail to galvanize the voters—particularly in swing states—that Democrats need to capture the presidency. Trying to apply the same formula ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 30, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKIf Americans want to understand Israel, they should think of 1950s Alabama, with an air force

"If you want to think of a better metaphor for Israel, don’t think of Spartan farmer-soldiers, not just because the Spartans didn’t farm and were pretty sucky soldiers (though they did excel at PR – we’re still suffering from it), but because a better metaphor would be 1950s Alabama, with an air force. … The basic premise of Israel, as understood by many Americans, is: • It’s a Jewish country fighting for survival. • The Jews here kick ass, unlike their pale, nerdy ...

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Quotes

Aug 29, 2019Aug 2019

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"Your God's arms are too short to box with me." LanceThruster

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General & Hellos

Aug 29, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKThe richest American family hired terrorists to shoot machine guns at sleeping women and children

"The bloody history of the American labor movement has never really been taught in schools. Its antagonists are powerful entities who’d rather be remembered for their visionary contributions and largesse. Take the Rockefeller family, some of the most celebrated philanthropists in American history, whose heirs and business partners would like to be known for financial contributions to medical science — not for being responsible for the deaths of the children of striking miners who worked for ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 29, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKThe DNC Doesn’t Want a Climate Debate for a Reason

"The Democratic National Committee voted over the weekend not to hold a climate debate. Actually, it’s worse than that: they voted not to allow candidates to participate in such a debate. The move signaled that the party leadership is not serious about the most urgent matter facing humanity, and is out of touch with its own grassroots base, which is open to left ideas and increasingly worried about the burning planet. Bay Area journalist Christopher Cook described the scene at the DNC ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 29, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKA Long Memo to The DNC — It’s time to say “Uncle” to The Bernie Sanders Campaign

Democrats Must Win The 2020 Election "It is time to return to what was once known: “Democrats stand for people and Republicans stand for profits.” Sickened by eight years of Bush-Cheney, the electorate placed its hope in a self-proclaimed progressive champion, Barack Obama. But eight years of Obama-Biden continued as an oligarch feeding ground as CEO pay increased 940% since Reagan, and 95% of all wealth created during Obama went to the fat cats at the top. The same holds true with ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 27, 2019Aug 2019

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"Are you there, God? It's me, you."

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Instrumentals

Aug 27, 2019Aug 2019

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Atom - The Great Gig in the Sky

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General & Hellos

Aug 26, 2019Aug 2019

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To the surviving people of Palestine, I am truly so very sorry that you, your families, your neighbors, and your country suffer so as a brutal slaughter is waged across your land. I have tried to remain informed and active politically so that I ...

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Politics

Aug 25, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKThe Sunset of Neoliberalism

"I’ve always thought that Trump is a threat to peace in the world. In the realm of public statements pertaining to US military intervention, however, he has been more good than bad. He stirred up tension with North Korea but walked that back. He made noises about Venezuela but evidently got bored and forgot about it when nothing happened. Iran remains a concern. The point is that, at least in the primaries, we’ve seen no meaningful critique from Democratic politicians charging Trump with ...

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Politics

Aug 25, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKAs Long as Enemies of the State Keep Dying Before Trial, No One Should Trust the State - CounterPunch.org

"The official narrative of billionaire accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s death shifted faster than a New York subway rider when a homeless guy plops down next to them on a hot day. First they said Epstein had been on suicide watch, then that he hadn’t. Prisons are full of cameras yet there’s still no video of Epstein’s death. Then, suicide watch or not, they claimed he’d been checked on every 30 minutes. Then more like every three hours. The medical examiner said his injuries were ...

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Instrumentals

Aug 20, 2019Aug 2019

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Squidbillies - Outro

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 20, 2019Aug 2019

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Herp Alpert - Tijuana Taxi

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Quotes

Aug 16, 2019Aug 2019

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A poignant quote by Carl Sagan on the terrible irony of American peace and the moon landing: For me, the most ironic token of is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took to the moon. It ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 16, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKWhy Won't God Heal Amputees?

"Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself. If God is real and if God inspired the Bible, then we should worship God as the Bible demands. We should certainly post the Ten Commandments in our courthouses and shopping centers, put "In God We Trust" on the money and pray in our schools. We should focus our society on God and his infallible Word because our everlasting souls hang in the balance. On the other hand, if God is imaginary, ...

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Politics

Aug 15, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKIsrael bars Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting - BBC News

The term ZOG certainly comes to mind. Glob forbid someone be allowed into Palestine that is critical of apartheid Chosanistan. :-----: "Israel has decided to block two US Democratic lawmakers from visiting after US President Donald Trump urged the country to ban them. Mr Trump said "it would show great weakness" if Israel allowed entry to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The move comes as a reversal, after the Israeli ambassador to the US said last month that they would be allowed in....

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Quotes

Aug 14, 2019Aug 2019

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There were giants then.

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 13, 2019Aug 2019

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Drunken Sailor - Rapalje

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 12, 2019Aug 2019

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Colapso - Ode to Joy

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General & Hellos

Aug 12, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKThe Creative Classroom by Mitchell Lopate, M.A.T. - Academic Mentoring Support : "The Public Hating" - a lesson in execution

If this worked, who might be on your short list? Last I heard there's witches trying to take down a particularly loathsome target. [tccwrite.blogspot.com]

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Politics

Aug 11, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKIntroduction to “Why Bother?’ | Sam Smith's Essays

"We shade our eyes and scan the decay. We know that this place, this country, this planet, is not the same as the last time we looked. There are more bodies. And fewer other things: choices, unlocked doors, democracy, satisfying jobs, reality, unplanned moments, clean water and a species of frog whose name we forget, community, and the trusting, trustworthy smile of a stranger. Someone has been careless, cruel, greedy, stupid. But it wasn’t us, was it? We were inside, just watching. It all ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Aug 10, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKShame on Us for Flaunting Atheism? | Linda LaScola

"Christians have enjoyed majority status for so long, it’s hard for them to grasp that they are champion flaunters: it’s part of what they do! They want to be noticed, they insist on being noticed, and they spare no expense getting noticed. Atheists have a long way to go before we can match flaunt for flaunt."

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News & Links

Aug 10, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKJeffrey Epstein has committed suicide in his cell – reports — RT USA News

Suicide... or silenced? Hell of a suicide watch there, guys. [rt.com]

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Politics

Aug 10, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKБесы: The Oily Eaters of the Planet - Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque - High Crimes and Low Comedy in the American Imperium

"It doesn't matter if the planet burns and our children choke to death on dirty air. The only thing that matters is that the Koch Brothers and their cronies make a bit more money to add to their already-monstrous piles of wealth (much of it inherited) which they could never spend in a thousand lifetimes. The earth will fry, our children and grandchildren will suffer and die in an utterly degraded and destabilized world, because these bloated, well-wadded, manipulative "malefactors of great ...

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Quotes

Aug 9, 2019Aug 2019

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"It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre,...

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 9, 2019Aug 2019

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The Weirdos - We Got The Neutron Bomb

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General & Hellos

Aug 8, 2019Aug 2019

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LINK"Don't Look Away": Videos and Images of Weeping Children and Loved Ones Spread as ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi | Common Dreams News

"In total, ICE agents carried out raids in six Mississippi cities, leaving outrage and despair in their wake. According to local news reports, workers suspected of being undocumented were rounded up, placed on buses, and sent to an ICE facility in Louisiana. "Children finished their first day of school with no parents to go home to tonight," reported the Jackson Free Press. "Babies and toddlers remained at daycare with no guardian to pick them up. A child vainly searched a workplace parking ...

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Quotes

Aug 8, 2019Aug 2019

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"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." Jack Handey Deep Thoughts (1992), Berkley Publishing Group,

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 7, 2019Aug 2019

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The Highwomen - The Chain / live in Howard Stern's studio

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

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Elvis - Latest Flame Remix / Shuffle Dancing

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

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Tilt A Whirl - Jimmie Vaughan

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Instrumentals

Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

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Tilt A Whirl - Jimmie Vaughan

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Quotes

Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

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"It's important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which is distraction." Toni Morrison

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General & Hellos

Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKRussiagate: The Great Tragic Comedy of Modern Journalism

"I was not surprised to see politicians up on their hind legs, panting mindlessly about Russians. But to see journalists at CNN, The New York Times, NPR, MSNBC, competing to be even dumber … hot on the trail of a non-story, recklessly discarding fairness and professionalism … dragging us gleefully down every rabbit hole … applauding the collateral damage to bystanders, as they indulge their collective rage against Donald Trump, their hysterical certainty that he must be a Russian asset …...

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General & Hellos

Aug 5, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKWhat Will Ivanka Trump Do After She Leaves the White House?

Long, but interesting read. :-----: "The U.S. government, in Donald’s hands, is still a family business, and he’s going to run it as he likes, which means that everyone is disposable except the family. And Ivanka, more than anyone else, knows how to handle him: flatter him, tell him what he wants to hear. He’s as moody and nonsensically theatrical as a 6-year-old, but the mood will always pass. She’s playing the long game. “The jury’s still out” on how she’ll be perceived ...

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General & Hellos

Aug 5, 2019Aug 2019

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All please stand...

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General & Hellos

Aug 4, 2019Aug 2019

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A sad reality.

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Quotes

Aug 4, 2019Aug 2019

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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I...

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General & Hellos

Aug 4, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKI Don't Grieve Over His Cruelty. I Grieve Over Yours.

"I really don’t care about him. I know you think I do, but my sadness really has nothing to do with him. I know who he is—and more accurately, I know what he is. I know that he is just a mirror. He has simply revealed clearly the disfigured ugliness of the place I call home and the people I live here alongside—and that is the thing I grieve over. And this is not the mourning over a singular loss, it is a daily grieving."

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Aug 4, 2019Aug 2019

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Billie Holiday - When Yo'ure Smiling

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General & Hellos

Aug 3, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKStochastic Terrorism

"Stochastic terrorism is the use of mass communications to incite random actors to carry out violent or terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable. In short, remote-control murder by lone wolf. This is what occurs when Bin Laden releases a video that stirs random extremists halfway around the globe to commit a bombing or shooting. This is also the term for what Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, and others do. And this is what led directly and predictably...

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General & Hellos

Aug 2, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKEnd of the world: MIT prediction from 1973 is proving true - Big Think

""At around 2020, the condition of the planet becomes highly critical. If we do nothing about it, the quality of life goes down to zero. Pollution becomes so seriously it will start to kill people, which in turn will cause the population to diminish, lower than it was in the 1900. At this stage, around 2040 to 2050, civilised life as we know it on this planet will cease to exist.""

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Instrumentals

Aug 2, 2019Aug 2019

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Twisting by the Pool instrumental Technically cheating as it has background vocals, but still pretty cool

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General & Hellos

Aug 1, 2019Aug 2019

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LINKCNN Caught Blocking Bernie Supporters From Camera w/Jordan Chariton - YouTube

The fix is in (again)! WTF?!?

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Quotes

Jul 30, 2019Jul 2019

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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." LBJ

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General & Hellos

Jul 30, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKWitness for the Non-Prosecution: Mueller, Pelosi and Trump's Likely Triumph - CounterPunch.org

"So we are now where we were before: does the House want to bring articles of impeachment for obstruction of justice in the ‘Russiagate’ case, or not? Mueller cannot and never could do this for them. Of course, as I have noted here and elsewhere ad nauseam, I believe there are many other, more clear-cut grounds for impeachment that the House could bring right now, without any reference to Mueller’s investigation at all. This includes violations of emoluments clause, as Trump personally ...

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Instrumentals

Jul 29, 2019Jul 2019

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The Meters - Tippi-Toes

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General & Hellos

Jul 29, 2019Jul 2019

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Mah.Thur.Fah.Curse.

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Instrumentals

Jul 28, 2019Jul 2019

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Paul Mauriat Love is Blue ( 1968 )

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General & Hellos

Jul 28, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKSchrödinger's Impeachment Inquiry | The Mahablog

"The basic message is that the movers and shakers among the House Democrats believe the president to be a criminal who is disloyal to his country and abusive of his office, and yet somehow his conduct is not quite bad enough to justify the constitutional remedy designed to address the problem posed by such a leader. Pelosi and Schiff have both argued that impeachment proceedings are too dire a remedy to use in a situation in which the Senate would fail to convict an impeached president. But this...

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Instrumentals

Jul 27, 2019Jul 2019

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Jonny Quest Opening in Stop Motion

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General & Hellos

Jul 27, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKStinque » We Blew It All Up

"We blew it all up. We blew up the only America I had known, the one that had its problems, serious problems, mind you, but an America where we had acknowledged those problems and set ourselves to working on them. America was in Deep Shit — the Seventies were rough — but nothing we couldn’t handle with honesty and determination. That was the illusion of my childhood, my world of Aberration America, thinking we could address problems with honesty and determination. Yeah, no. Fuck that. ...

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Jul 27, 2019Jul 2019

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Keep on Dancing - The Gentrys

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Politics

Jul 27, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKHey, Democrats: Robert Mueller still isn't going to do your job for you

"As Mueller made very clear in his opening remarks, nothing he said wasn't already covered in his report. As I have previously argued, what he established there provides strong grounds for opening an impeachment inquiry — not to mention how Trump has flagrantly violated the Constitution by collecting foreign bribes and directing the White House budget into his own pockets, plus about 50 other outrageous scandals. Mueller's report was a perfect tee-up for a broader hearing into all that stuff....

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

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Are atoms perpetual motion machines?

I was watching a cosmology lecture on YouTube. The physicist stated that every proton and electron in existence came into being at the time of the Big Bang. Sagan talked about us being the product of star stuff from the heavier elements coming out of stellar explosions, but the basic components of atoms were always there. I looked up the question online, but it said they are not because the motion of electrons is not considered "work." It was my understanding that 0° Kelvin is when there is ...

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Silly, Random & Fun

Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

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It could also have gone in the "Religion" category.

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Politics

Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKMyth of Robert Mueller Exploded After Congressional Testimony – Rolling Stone

"Start with the obvious. As political theater, the Democrats’ decision to put former Special Counsel Robert Mueller under oath was a catastrophe. The Democrats believed a televised hearing would give the legalistic Mueller report a PR kick. It was said people weren’t “reading the book,” but they might “watch the movie.”"

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Politics

Jul 26, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKMSNBC’s Anti-Sanders Bias Makes It Forget How to Do Math | FAIR

When MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah (7/21/19) said that Bernie Sanders “made skin crawl,” though she “can’t even identify for you what exactly it is,” she was just expressing more overtly the anti-Sanders bias that pervades the network. The hostility is so entrenched, in fact, it seems to have corrupted MSNBC’s mathematical reasoning and created a new system of arithmetic. The cable news network has repeatedly made on-air and online mistakes about Sanders’ polling and ...

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Instrumentals

Jul 25, 2019Jul 2019

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Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins - Imagine (Lennon)

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General & Hellos

Jul 25, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKMueller Unravels! Cringe Worthy Testimony Exposes Russiagate Hoax! - YouTube

Sadly, this was touted as make or break. I don't think it had the effect they were hoping for. Sorry it's so long, but it is informative.

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Jul 24, 2019Jul 2019

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Let the Mystery Be - David Byrne / Natalie Merchant

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General & Hellos

Jul 23, 2019Jul 2019

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Just watched Trumbo. It's at times frightening how relevant this is to today. Battle lines are being drawn. :-----: "The blacklist was a time of evil. And no one who survived it came through untouched by evil. Caught in a situation that had passed...

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General & Hellos

Jul 20, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKApollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8 - YouTube

I met Buzz Aldrin 25 years ago at a tribute dinner for the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Fun fact: Aldrin walked on the moon with pee in his boot because his urine collection pouch broke when he jumped down from the ladder. The LEM landing legs were supposed to collapse upon landing, but pilot Neil Armstrong landed with a lighter touchdown than expected. [m.youtube.com]

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Instrumentals

Jul 20, 2019Jul 2019

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Erskine Hawkins - Tuxedo Junction

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Politics

Jul 20, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKRevenge of the Simple: How George W. Bush Gave Rise to Trump – Rolling Stone

"Bush’s eight years were like the reigns of a thousand overwhelmed congenital monarchs from centuries past. While the prince rode horses, romped with governesses and blew the national treasure on britches or hedge-mazes, the state was run by Svengalis and Rasputins who dealt with what Bush once derisively described as “what’s happening in the world.” In Bush’s case he had Karl “Turd Blossom” Rove thinking out the problem of how to get re-elected, while Dick “Vice” Cheney, ...

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Quotes

Jul 19, 2019Jul 2019

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Matthew Harrison Brady: We must not abandon faith! Faith is the most important thing! Henry Drummond: Then why did God plague us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the one faculty of man that raises him above the other creatures ...

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Quotes

Jul 17, 2019Jul 2019

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"Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead." Kurt Vonnegut

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Politics

Jul 15, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKHow US Policy Created the Refugee Crisis in Central America – Citizen Truth

"The modern Central American refugee crisis did not spring up in a vacuum, years of intervention by multinational corporations, and the U.S. institutions that supported them, bear significant responsibility. Despite all the vitriol surrounding immigration policy, the reasons behind the crisis in Central America are rarely examined in depth by mainstream media outlets. This article will provide a brief, and by no means exhaustive, summary of the United States involvement in the Central American ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 10, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKThe Media’s 10 Rules of Hate | Washington Spectator

"The problem we (in the media) all have is the commercial structure of the business. To make money, we’ve had to train audiences to consume news in a certain way. We need you anxious, pre-pissed, addicted to conflict. Moreover we need you to bring a series of assumptions every time you open a paper or turn on your phone, TV, or car radio. Without them, most of what we produce will seem illogical and offensive. In Manufacturing Consent, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky highlighted how the ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 8, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKPERVERSION of JUSTICE A decade before MeToo, a multimillionaire sex offender from Florida got the ultimate break.

"As evidence emerged that there were victims and witnesses outside of Palm Beach, the FBI began an investigation in 2006 into whether Epstein and others employed by him were involved in underage sex trafficking. But in 2007, despite substantial evidence that corroborated the girls’ stories of abuse by Epstein, the U.S. attorney in Miami, Alexander Acosta, signed off on a secret deal for the multimillionaire, one that ensured he would never spend a day in prison. Acosta, now President ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 7, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKFriend of Presidents and Rock Stars: 3 Things to Know About Jeffrey Epstein Amid New Charges - Sputnik International

"Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out." Claudius - "I, Claudius" :-----: "66-year-old hedge fund manager and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein was arrested Saturday on multiple counts of alleged sex trafficking and abuse of minors. The billionaire, who received a slap on the wrist sentence for his previous conviction, and is seen by many as a symbol of the corruption of the US criminal justice system. Little Black Book of Presidents, Rock Stars and Royalty The ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 6, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKThe Curious World of Donald Trump’s Private Russian Connections - The American Interest

Sure you do, Donny. :-----: “I’ve always been blessed with a kind of intuition about people that allows me to sense who the sleazy guys are, and I stay far away.” —Donald Trump, Surviving at the Top

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General & Hellos

Jul 4, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKJingoistic Military Fetishization Is as American as Bald Eagle McNuggets – Consortiumnews

"Americans are the most aggressively propagandized people in the world, and U.S. service personnel are the most aggressively propagandized people in America. That’s the group that all this special reverence and fetishization has been attached to: a bunch of kids who’ve been manipulated into killing and dying for plutocratic investments and the mommy-shaped hole in John Bolton’s heart. That’s what this parade is meant to manufacture even more support for in a culture that is saturated ...

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General & Hellos

Jul 4, 2019Jul 2019

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"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country." Kurt Vonnegut

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Quotes

Jul 4, 2019Jul 2019

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"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country." Kurt Vonnegut

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Politics

Jul 2, 2019Jul 2019

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LINKMSNBC is Controlled Opposition

"Vladimir Lenin once said, “The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.” The term “controlled opposition” isn’t widely used, but when it is nowadays, it typically refers to the likes of Alex Jones. The theory is that Jones, and other conspiracy theorists like him, by distracting his followers with paranoia and misinformation about fake conspiracies like the Sandy Hook massacre and 9/11, disempowers them and neuters their ability to effectively oppose real systemic ...

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Quotes

Jul 1, 2019Jul 2019

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Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Richard Feynman

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General & Hellos

Jun 30, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

"Democracy Dies in Darkness." <--- the unironic motto of the Washington Post.

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Quotes

Jun 29, 2019Jun 2019

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"You can judge the moral bearing of a political system, a political institution, a political man by the degree of danger they attach to the fact of being observed through the eyes of a satiric poet." Roque Dalton

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General & Hellos

Jun 29, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKGrieving the children of Palestine and the dream of Zionism | Jewish Journal

An older piece but every bit as relevant today. :-----: "The shameful apologies trying to justify the death of Arab children with trite explanations of ‘collateral damage’ and ‘use children as shields and they will die’ fill me with anger. Yes, a Jewish child’s life if precious to me but how dare anyone suggest that another child’s life is less precious, less deserving of a future? What is most frustrating is that those who place lesser values on non-Jews are supposed stalwarts...

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General & Hellos

Jun 29, 2019Jun 2019

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LINKOrwell’s 1984 no longer reads like fiction. It’s the reality of our times — RT Op-ed

Doubleplusgood! /s :-----: "Just this week, Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘private company’ agreed to give French authorities the “identification data” of Facebook users suspected of spreading ‘hate speech’ on the platform, in what would be an unprecedented move on the part of Silicon Valley. ‘Hate speech’ is precisely one of those delightfully vague, subjective terms with no real meaning that one would expect to find in the Newspeak style guide. Short of threatening the life...

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Politics

Jun 29, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINK'Spinelessness': Schumer and Pelosi Under Fire After Democrats Join GOP to Give Trump $4.6 Billion in Border Funding Without Protections for Children | Common Dreams News

Assurances that they'll give the Dems a heads-up when they kill a kid? WTF?!? :-----: "As the New York Times reported Thursday, Pelosi's decision to approve the Senate bill came after she received "private assurances" from Vice President Mike Pence that the Trump administration would "abide by some of the restrictions she had sought." "They included a requirement to notify lawmakers within 24 hours after the death of a migrant child in government custody, and a 90-day time limit on ...

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Politics

Jun 28, 2019Jun 2019

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LINKThe Day After: What if Israel Annexes the West Bank?

"Calls for the annexation of the Occupied West Bank are gaining momentum in both Tel Aviv and Washington. But Israel and its American allies should be careful what they wish for. Annexing the Occupied Palestinian Territories will only reinforce the current rethink of the Palestinian strategy, as opposed to solving Israel’s self-induced problems. Encouraged by the Donald Trump administration’s decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israeli government officials feel ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 28, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINK‘Biblical Flat Earth Society’ founder is charged with 56 counts of child exploitation – DeadState

"Fundamentalist Christian and self-proclaimed founder of the “Biblical Flat Earth Society,” Phillip Stephen Stallings, was arrested this week and charged with 56 counts of child sexual exploitation, as reported by local news station WTDV. The 40-year-old Durham, North Carolina resident is facing dozens of charges for sexually exploiting minors for allegedly downloading media that involved minors engaged in sexual situations and sharing this illegal media on social platforms. He was ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 28, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKThe Second Democratic Debate Proved That Bernie Really Has Transformed the Party | The Nation

"“First of all, I agree completely with Bernie about what the fundamental challenge we’re facing as a country is, 40 years of no economic growth for 90 percent of the American people…and the worst income inequality that we’ve had in 100 years.” Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, who has framed his campaign in opposition to Sanders’s reform proposals that he scorns as “candy,” acknowledged the force of the Sanders critique. Sanders, like Elizabeth Warren on the first night, was not ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 28, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKTulsi and Bernie Landslide to Victory in First Two Debates - JUSTICE GAZETTE

"Bernie was clear victor in Debate Number Two. This followed a landslide debate victory for Tulsi Gabbard as proven by multiple polls and Google Search Trends. In the second debate night or rather night of the second half of the debate, Bernie stayed on purpose in spite of attempts of hosts to undercut Bernie on Medicare for All and College for All. The first question against Bernie was an attack question followed by more attack questions designed to make him sound like he was taxing people...

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General & Hellos

Jun 28, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKPlanned Obsolescence: How the Products You Buy are Designed to Break | The Unbounded Spirit

"In our economic system, which is based on cyclical consumption, technical efficiency is only damaging to the market efficiency — both cannot co-exist by any means. Increased technical efficiency decreases market efficiency, which is disrupting the flow of our economy. But how stupid is it to keep on having such an economic system, knowing how technically inefficient it is as well as its tremendous negative impacts on society and the natural world? Instead of urging people to buy more and ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 27, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKJustin Raimondo, RIP (1951-2019) - Antiwar.com Original

I used to read his page quite regularly. It was reassuring to see other anti-war voices. I knew very little about his political leanings and history overall (as covered in this piece), but he tended to be great source for commentary. :----: "Justin Raimondo, former editorial director and co-founder of Antiwar.com, is dead at 67. He died at his home in Sebastopol, California, with his husband, Yoshinori Abe, by his side. He had been diagnosed with 4th stage lung cancer in October 2017. ...

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Instrumentals

Jun 27, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

Czibulka/Tobani - Hearts and Flowers

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General & Hellos

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKBishop plans to spray murder-plagued city with holy water from helicopter to 'get rid of the devil' | The Independent

"A Catholic bishop is planning to use a helicopter to spray holy water over an entire city that he claims is being plagued by demons. Monsignor Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya – bishop for the Colombian seaport city of Buenaventura – is borrowing the chopper from the navy in a bid to cleanse the streets of “wickedness” on 14 July."

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General & Hellos

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKWe Could Have Had Electric Cars from the Very Beginning

What might have been. :-----: "The electric vehicle struggles in the marketplace today because it is a pigeon being asked to swim like a goldfish."

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General & Hellos

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKLIVERPUTTY: George McGovern as a B-24 pilot

So sad to realize that this decent, thoughtful man could have been our president. He made it a point not to run on his own war record, but his attempts to get us out of the current war at the time. :-----: "The Dakota Queen descended to 12,000 feet, several thousand feet below the formation, which was pulling ahead in any case. Then Cooper yelled something "and all of a sudden the plane jumped and I knew the bomb had been cut loose." They were approaching the Austrian-Italian border. ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKTop 10 Reasons The Flintstones Is Set In The Distant Future and Not the Past - Toptenz.net

Days of Flintstones past. In the rubble of the apocalypse. Interesting premise.

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Taboo Island Atlantis

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

Istanbul (not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants

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Quotes

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

"If they come for the innocent without stepping over your body, cursed be your religion and your life." - Philip Berrigan

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Politics

Jun 26, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKThe League of Women Voters and Candidate Debates: A Changing Relationship | League of Women Voters

When the political dysfunction got its start. :-----: "The League continued to sponsor the presidential and vice presidential debates every four years through the 1984 elections. Following that election cycle, the Democratic and Republican national parties came together in a decision to move sponsorship of the debates under the purview of the parties. Between 1985 and 1987 the League challenged this move and sparked widespread public debate on the matter. The LWVEF argued that a change ...

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General & Hellos

Jun 24, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKHere's What Neoliberal Democrats Who View Bernie Sanders as an 'Existential Threat' Have Yet to Realize | Common Dreams Views

"Over the past few days, the mainstream Democrats’ war on Bernie Sanders has come out of the closet. Recent articles in Politico and the Guardian, detail how centrist organizations like Third Way have been pushing the narrative that Sanders is unelectable. The reason, according to Third Way leaders and other neoliberals, is the dreaded label of “socialist.” There’s two things wrong with this premise. First, Sanders has been a nationally known figure since 2015, and the label ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jun 23, 2019Jun 2019

Posted by WilliamCharles

LINKWhy Don’t We Hear About More Species Going Extinct? • The Revelator

"We’ve been hearing it for years: The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, with species going extinct at a rate 1,000 times faster because of human impact on the environment. Most recently a report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services estimated that as many as a million species risk extinction in the coming decades due to human-related activities. All of which raises the question: If so many species are ...

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