Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 152
For my money, Miles Davis is the greatest jazz musician of all time. This is hardly a novel assertion.
Category Archives: Liberal Political News
Costs and Climate Be Damned, Rick Perry Seeks to Prop Up Coal, Nuclear Plants
The administration is "shamelessly trying to force electricity customers to pay billions of dollars to prop up old, dangerous, and uneconomic coal and nuclear plants," says Sierra Club's Mary Ann Hitt. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's proposal to ensure "a reliable, resilient electric grid" by propping up nuclear and coal power plants is being met with condemnation by environmental advocacy groups who says it's based on an erroneous argument and spells bad news for customers and the climate alike.
9/29/2017
One of President Trump's judicial nominees became something of a hero to religious conservatives after she was grilled at a Senate hearing this month over whether her Roman Catholic faith would influence her decisions on the bench. The nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, a law professor up for an appeals court seat, had raised the issue herself in articles and speeches over the years.
Iraqi Kurdistan defiant in face of Baghdad sanctions, threats
The Kurdistan Regional Government on Thursday rejected the decisions of the Iraqi parliament and government. It nevertheless expressed a willingness to conduct a dialogue in order to resolve the problems.
C&L’s Music Club Remembers Cedell Davis
Polio struck Cedell Davis at the age of ten causing him to have limited use of his hands. At the age of thirty, both of his legs were broken when getting caught in a stampede during a police raid at a nightclub.
Bernie Sanders Thinks War Is Overrated, And He’s Right
"Far too often, American intervention and the use of American military power has produced unintended consequences which have caused incalculable harm," the senator warned. "A heavy-handed military approach, with little transparency or accountability, doesn't enhance our security.
Puerto Rico Is Our Future
A flooded street is seen as people deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria on September 25, 2017 in San Juan Puerto Rico. Maria left widespread damage across Puerto Rico, with virtually the whole island without power or cell service.
Is It War Yet?
Is it war yet? "Little Rocket Man" seems to think so, and Trump's repeated poking the panda is inching us ever closer to nuclear war. Of course, Trump is at war with everyone now, so why be surprised? He's a psychopath, remember.
Hezbollah has launched the initial phase of the next Israel-Hezbollah War
For Israel, the initial phase of its next long predicted war with Hezbollah is focused on neutralizing Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah while destroying factories allegedly under construction to build long-range missiles. Some Israeli recently bombed sites are also claimed to have been housing chemical weapons.
When The Tunnels Go
Lots of transit nerds didn't like the tunnel plan Christie killed and weren't too upset about it. They had good reasons! But more astute observers of politics, like me, knew that it wasn't a bad plan or a better plan.
9/25/2017
Matt: We wanted somebody to go in and flip tables. We're tired of the status quo, as some people wanted on the other side.
Steve Bannon Wanted To Infiltrate Facebook Hiring Before Joining Trump Campaign
No one is surprised. Except maybe Facebook, which clearly spent 2016 entirely focused on cashing checks rather than noting their site was being taken over by Republi-Russians.
‘Those People’: Trump Plays to White Nationalism from North Korea to NFL
'Trump figures it bolsters his popularity with white Christians, his key demographic, if he is seen to be feuding with black athletes of the NBA and NFL, and if he is seen threatening genocide against North Korea.' Trump's dreary tweetstorm on Saturday was intended to gain him popularity with white supremacists and the covert racists on the right of the Republican Party, through beating up on uppity black athletes and impudent yellow peril Orientals.
Bernie Sanders Just Gave His Best Speech in 2 Years
Just a day after giving a major foreign policy speech in Wisconsin, Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a speech on Medicare for All at the annual convention for the CNA/NNOC in San Francisco. There's a lot of tsuris all over the place over the fact that Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar will be putting on a show-pony debate next week on CNN with the Clueless Twins, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, on the subject of healthcare.
Why We Must Raise Taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy, Not Lower Them
When Barack Obama was president, congressional Republicans were deficit hawks. They opposed almost everything Obama wanted to do by arguing it would increase the federal budget deficit.
And In More Pressing News
I generally disagree with the "don't talk about issue X, issue Y is more important!!!" especially as, you know, this little blog rarely controls the world, but we do have a very pressing issue and far as I can tell the federal government is doing almost nothing . "There is horror in the streets," San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz said in a raw, emotional interview with The Washington Post.
Compared to the Benefits of Peace, Spending Money on War Is Insane
While war is perceived by many as an inherent institution of the nation state, few people fail to recognize and regret the horror, death, destruction, suffering, and misery it inflicts. Another consequence of war, however, is less often considered, though it is in the long run even more damaging to the cause of human well-being.
Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like
The world is witnessing a state-orchestrated humanitarian catastrophe on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. The latest UN figures show a staggering 370,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh since August 25. An unknown number have perished.
Drug Test Can Detect Cocaine in a Fingerprint
A team of researchers has developed a simple paper-based test that can in a matter of seconds detect whether a person has recently been using cocaine. ... The technique involves a method called "paper spray mass spectrometry."
Tens of Thousands Flee for Safety as Guajataca Dam Fails in Puerto Rico
Fears had grown overnight and evacuations had begun and footage showed the dam, located in northwest city of Guajataca, failing and waters rushing downstream. A dam failure in Puerto Rico has sent tens of thousands of people fleeing the rushing waters that are threatening downstream communities in the wake of torrential rains unleashed by Hurricane Maria.