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Roger Waters - Song For Palestine
Roger Waters' song for Palestine - 'We shall Overcome' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z46JhT0RQ0w "Over the New Year 2009-2010, and international group of 1500 men and women from 42 nations went to Egypt to join a freedom march to Gaza. They did this to protest the current blockade of Gaza. To protest the fact that the…
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Nassau Has Risen
Zohran Mamdani's historic victory as New York City’s mayor, making him the city’s first Muslim and youngest mayor in over a century, has been hailed as a major win for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing. Capping a stunning ascent, Mamdani's victory delivered a strong mandate for change within the five boroughs. The…
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New York City Has Fallen
* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747. It’s official. Like Seattle, it’s gone. All gone.
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Capitalism V Communism
Just wondering which is REALLY the ideal? I was watching a nice little German film the other night, Goodbye Lenin, which was about an East German boy whose mother went into a coma after suffering a heart attack. While she was in the coma, the wall came down and the whole world changed for them. When she awoke the doctor…
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Media Hypocrisy
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SllMPM-iqpY
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Two more weeks on AMT
Hey folks. My subscription is set to expire November 4th, and I won't be renewing at this point. Pearl Jam hasn't been my band for ages, and this discourse has become too toxic for a person with far too little resilience at this point in time. To the folks who have made this a stimulating, fun, educational, moving,…
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RFK Jr
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1674411155303825409?t=N5R_sXPwZVCu1lOfCltLYQ&s=19
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Indiana Lt Gov Beckwith
A few interesting things in Indiana politics recently. https://indianacitizen.org/arrest-made-pastors-son-charged-with-child-sex-crimes-draws-scrutiny-to-life-church-lt-gov-beckwith/ First...a few days ago the 24 year old son of a mega-church pastor was arrested for child porn. Reports are that there is some pretty sick…
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The all-purpose heavy duty Climate Chaos thread (sprinkled with hope).
I'm not asking to be bating, or to be right (I wish I were wrong about all this), or put anyone down. I really don't get it. Greta Thunberg asks this questions in this very direct, almost confrontational talk seen here: https://www.ted.com/talks/greta_thunberg_the_disarming_case_to_act_right_now_on_climate?language=en She…
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Oh Canada!!
Buffalo River Dene Nation: Canada Opposed the United Nations Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights 2006-10-02 On June 29, 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights. The Declaration affirms the right of self-determination of Indigenous Peoples, including the right to…
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#46 President Joe Biden
https://reut.rs/2U3Q4YH ·NOVEMBER 7, 2020, 3:13 PM Factbox: Biden could change these key policies on 'Day One' in the White House Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden has been keeping a long wish list of actions he would take if had a chance to reverse the policies of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump. FILE…
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Jim (Gym) Jordan
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/482802-ex-ohio-state-wrestler-claims-jim-jordan-asked-him-to-deny-abuse-allegations?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0AVKycT22LS5OIglBUnLnhSJAwCJJv7DS8EyTKwR-SpfP4NcxOK9g-TeI Fucking piece of shit
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Moved: Ace Frehley
This discussion has been moved.
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Syria
Can everyone please call their Representatives and tell them that we do not want to get involved...we do not support another war. Otherwise if they are so intent on going to war have Congress draft legislation that declares war.
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The Pope and the Vatican
We have a new Pope. He's American. That's a first. Robert Prevost from Chicago and will go as Pope Leo.
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Christian Nationalism
We really should talk about this. Pretty much everything (and then some) that I've thought about for some time about this subject is all right here. And you don't have to be religious, or you can be any number of religions to appreciate this. For me, it's great content, excellent delivery. Right on. James Talarico Delivers…
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Abortion-Keep Legal, Yes or No?
I figured since it’s currently a hot topic in the gun thread, I’d start an abortion topic thread. I’ll begin by responding to benjs’ last post in the gun thread: who says a woman is obligated to carry until term? Why shouldn’t that be her decision and hers alone?
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Socialism
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation without ever knowing how it happened." – Norman Thomas, American socialist
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The Second US Civil War / National Divorce
As Margie goes, so goes the (current) USA. When will the national divorce officially be underway? I personally feel that it's time for a national divorce but the problem is that even the reddest or bluest states have voter splits of like 70/30. So it's not the will that's in our way, but the logistics. Nevertheless, I…
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WOKE
woke /wōk/ Learn to pronounce verb * past of wake1. adjectiveINFORMAL•US adjective: woke; comparative adjective: woker; superlative adjective: wokest alert to injustice in society, especially racism. "we need to stay angry, and stay woke" The cover of the New York Post made me revisit this word. Now the Post isn't a very…
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All Things Transgender
A thread for the politics, healthcare, treatment of and experiences of transgender people.
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Screw Free Speech
Screw Free Speech, NPR Fires Juan Williams for Muslim Remarks http://bigjournalism.com/pjsalvatore/2010/10/20/screw-free-speech-npr-fires-juan-williams-for-muslim-remarks/
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Nepal Protests
There is a pretty big uprising going on in Nepal. If the videos I saw were real then its really wild. The Gen Z demographic organized and literally pushed out the current government. Here is 1 article. I am shocked that more reporting isnt being done on this?…
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Middle East ......
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyCairo/status/1710996521666199709?t=XM-fQ5yr39YbOgouWb_C3A&s=19
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New format change
I'm posting this hear because this is where I spend most of my time on the forums. Another damn confusing format change. I'll be turning 74 next month. Life get hard at my age. I don't need more confusion in my life. I'm paid up here through next March, so won't be leaving soon, but I have enough difficulty going on in my…
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Tom Homan $50,000 cash bribe
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n08.tWoc.fQw2sXY-9QYv&smid=url-share Gift article Baseless accusation? WTF?
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Cancelled!
so, over the past few days, more people have been cancelled for various transgressions. Most notably, Gina Corano for her remarks on social media comparing the current republican to that of jews in nazi germany. She's been dropped from future Mandalorian episodes. And now Matt Good. His ex went on instagram accusing him of…
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USA Authoritarianism
So I was watching something and I got triggered so I decided to do my own research and this is what I found. Now, granted, it doesn’t mean shit to you but for me, able to connect the dots? You better be part of that 35 +\- %. We’re so fucked. And it’s too late, way too late. PS: I literally just looked up, via Google,…
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Senator Tom "I'm A Warrior, Hear Me Roar" Cotton Sold his Soulless Self
To the Devil, Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/politics/trump-immigration.html