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1.30.2026 General Strike
These two fine establishments with whom I'm well familiar, and many, many others, are supporting the Minneapolis general strike in their own way. I'm closing my book business through biblio.com tomorrow. I'm small potatoes, so it's not much, but it all adds up.Please support this effort any way you can!Thank you!
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China
China's hidden camps https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/China_hidden_camps What a sweetheart country...
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SOLAT - Opinion & Order of the Court (misdated by Judge)
A Texas-based federal district judge wrote this today and I keep thinking that it is the best thing I have read to sum up a lot of my twisted and torn-up feelings about everything I am confronted with in the country that I hope will right itself again. So, I am offering it up. It is the order (temporarily) undetaining a 5…
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America’s March to Facism
This is how it happens. Top down, bottom up. Stuck in the middle with some of you. Good luck. https://www.propublica.org/article/heeding-steve-bannons-call-election-deniers-organize-to-seize-control-of-the-gop-and-reshape-americas-elections
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Politics at work?
Didn't see a thread on this, maybe because politics simply don't come up as part of the day-to-day, or aren't vital to, most places of employment outside of the political realm. I work for a financial services firm that supports a wide array of clients. This year, we signed a deal with one of the largest asset managers in…
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Songs for our times.
Post a song for these shaky times. When all else fails, play some music! Rip out the table We need room to move In a life unstable You're so easily amused Anywhere you hang Yourself is home Throw in a tape, fix the toneSomeone take the wheel And I don't know where we're going Anybody say what your feel Back home I guess…
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Special Prosecutor Smith
seems to be generating enough activity to warrant his own thread... https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-georgia-atlanta-subpoenas-07a6acf3de8ecaf50c60b32a1e653981 Capitol siege Donald Trump Georgia Atlanta Subpoenas U.S. Department of Justice Georgia state government Government and politicsTrump probe…
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RFK Jr
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1674411155303825409?t=N5R_sXPwZVCu1lOfCltLYQ&s=19
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At Davos: Turkish prime minister walks off stage over Gaza
This was awesome! The guy was like, "Fuck you. You don't let me talk. This Israel Asshole Is A Liar and A Shill. I'm not coming back. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. You're cool. I'm out." Hell yeah! Saw the video of this, it was bad ass. Among the highlights out of the Israeli propaganda factory that set Erdogan off: 1.…
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Social Media, The Good, Bad & Ugly & The Future
Some recent posts and comments regarding social media and regulation prompted me to start a thread with the following essay. I hadn't heard of the two women referenced but remember the parking lot incident. Its a challenging issue and one worthy of debate. And yes, please get your kids' pictures off of the web. From…
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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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Jan 6, FIVE Years Later...
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-capitol-siege-biden-congress-3dd8fd804c857c23f8e0fe2324c9d8a4 Biden marks year since attack: 'I will stand in this breach' By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER 9 mins ago WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered what he declared was the “God's truth”…
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Happy Holidays
I wish you the warmest greetings this season and all the best wishes for 2013!
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How we Treat the poor
Flint Is About How We Treat the Poor This water crisis could not have occurred in a rich community http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/04/23/flint-about-how-we-treat-poorDear white people: As you no doubt know, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, returned to the headlines last week with news that the state attorney…
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NATO
https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/1022602999531753472 Just in case you can't see the Tweet:
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Health, Science and Environmental News
It occurred to me that tons of really important stories around these topics don't get discussed here because there are so many of them that wouldn't have their own thread. The article that made me think this today is this story about a mass die off of elephant seals and other ocean mammals, from a strain of bird flu! First…
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The Train's Lounge Car
First drink's on me. Happy Friday everyone! :D
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Please help save the USPS!
The United States Postal Service is under attack from the Trump administration at a time when it is greatly needed. The USPS has been very helpful to my wife and I and very likely to some of you as well in providing affordable means of securing some of the goods we need that we receive via the USPS mail. The USPS also…
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Why should government bail out people in housing crisis?
i dont know about you guys but i have been researching different loans and options for buying a house for the past year and dont plan on buying for at least another year...did anyone else do this before they got themselves into these ridiculous and avoidable interest rates?? is anyone here in that situation that could put…
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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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Law Enforcement. The Good , The Bad and The Abusive
Will preface this with I do respect the multitude of men and woman who do this work with distinction. That said, I figure this will be an abuse heavy thread. I will try to also offer comments/links/stories of cops who live the usual "protect and serve". What I cannot or will not respect or defend is L E. who engage in…
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Fox News
[ORIGINAL POST FROM 2006] How many disgraced pols can these guys bring in? I think they are the highest rated 24 hour news network. Yet, it seems like every person they hire is a disgraced politician. last night they had Tom Delay on, saying he has no ethical problems. tonight it's Bernie Kerik. geez, is no one too…
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Happy Birthday Eddie Vedder!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :D
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Keeping Men out of Women's Sports
BC soccer supports inclusion. This allowed XY chromosome children (genetic males) to play on the field with my daughter at the provincial championships this weekend. While my daughter interacted with the larger XY chromosomal goalie, she suffered an injury and her vision is now impaired. I wish that I never co-founded…
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The AMT Marijuana Thread
Happy 4/20 everyone. Since the old thread was closed at the request of the OP of that thread, and since we didn't have a current MJ thread going, today seemed like an appropriate day to start a new one! For your reading pleasure today, HuffPost has compiled The Exhaustive List Of Everyone Who’s Died Of A Marijuana Overdose.
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Gavin Newsom
It's time...I love his constant harassment of trump. So far I think it is the perfect way to attack him. Put that stupid fucker on his heals every day.
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Facebook
The thread for all things Facebook related. I think it's a shithole. I will get things started with this huge story. Facebook must be broken up, the US government says in a groundbreaking lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html
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RUSSIA
The internal stuff thats played out this wek is tangential to Ukraine ino. So with that.... https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1674527506685100032?t=3d0CWrSpFDN_wPbSrb62kQ&s=19
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Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After Ship Strike
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-key-bridge-video/60304085
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Seattle Homelessness
The band has announced they are donating money to help the Seattle homeless issue. I live near near Seattle and I can see this issue first hand and it is pretty bad. There is a full tent city under the I5 just south of seattle. I feel like positive solutions are hard to reach. I’m curious to know what everyone thinks is a…