Moral Leadership

    By AmericanDreamer on Wed, 08/16/2017 - 10:24am |

    This 2008 documentary, "A Ripple of Hope", tells a moving story about the night of Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968. Robert F. Kennedy, then campaigning for the presidency, was scheduled to appear in a black area of Indianapolis. With rioting in cities throughout the country he was strongly advised to cancel his campaign appearance. He declined to do so and made the sort of speech that we desperately could use about now. Here is part of that not long speech:

    What Trump did during his summer vacation: crashing and burning via "Fake News." For the record, Aug. 15, 2017

    By artappraiser on Tue, 08/15/2017 - 10:47pm |

    Looked at the front pages tonight, too much bad Trump news for the "In The News" section, and not just on the Charlottesville story. Not including op-ed, only Editorial Board

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    VOX POPULI

    By Richard Day on Tue, 08/15/2017 - 10:06am |

    Dwight David Eisenhower had to deal with the racial unrest in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

    There is context here.

    There are tomes discussing this context; these tomes abound.

    This previous Supreme  Commander of the ETO and of course the principal director of the Allied DDay Invasion subsequently became the Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in WWII. 

    Ike ended up President of The United States of America.

    This great man from Texas had never been a champion of Civil Rights. He once rued the day that he had appointed Earl Warren as Chief Justice of our Supreme Court.

    But Ike had to 'step up to the plate' when Little Rock exploded whilst 'Negro Children' were attempting to enter school.

    What GOP senators said about Charlottesville

    By Obey on Mon, 08/14/2017 - 4:54am |

    Given Trump's unwillingness to clearly condemn the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, it is interesting to see which GOP senators felt inclined to distance themselves from their Nazi wing. Below I follow the statements collated by Ari Plachta of Haaretz. Updates and corrections are most welcome in the comments.

    Called the attack "domestic terrorism":

    Second Thoughts on "Three Myths"

    By Flavius on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 8:43am |

    I started this as a comment on Dr. Cleveland's brilliant piece but it goes in a sufficiently different direction that I decided it would be hijacking "Three Myths ".

    This will be taken as an affront by many of  but my reaction to the unfairness of a "legacy" taking the spot at ,say , Tulane that should have gone to a deserving minority  is like JFK's famous remark in a different context: "Life isn't fair".

    Without question everyone should have an education.

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    FANTASIES OF THE FACISTS?

    By Richard Day on Mon, 08/07/2017 - 8:54pm |

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    Okay, so I am minding my own business and I find this gem?

     

     

    And on the 7th day...

    By Flavius on Sun, 08/06/2017 - 11:01pm |

    Unemployment % 

    1929   3.2        2007    5.0       sub prime band was playing *

    1930   8.7        2008    7.3       Paulsen kneels before Nancy Pelosi

    1931 15.9        2009     9.9      GM, Chrysler,AIG and the world, saved

    1932 23.6        2010     9.3      Obamacare passed in "Reconciliation"

    1933 24.9        2011     8.5    

     1934 21.7       2012     7.9

    1935 20.1       2013     6.7

    1936 16.9       2014     5.6

    1937 14.3      2015      5.0

    1938  19.0     2016      4.7

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    I SEE DEAD PEOPLE

    By Richard Day on Thu, 08/03/2017 - 3:08am |

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    I was just viewing some rerun of NCIS-LA and I saw Miguel Ferrer. He was a major character in this long running drama.

    Miguel died recently.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ferrer

    He was a son of one of my favorite actors of all time.

    McCain was a hero. Again

    By Flavius on Fri, 07/28/2017 - 6:27am |

    The Republican attempt to kill Obamacare was instead killed by John McCain last night.

    Shortly before midnight McConnell presented the latest of his many attempts to replace Obamacare. The exact details don't matter because the intention was to pass a bill, any bill, in order to create a vehicle with which to set the stage for a House/Senate conference. With Collins and Murkowski standing firm McConnell needed all the other Republicans.

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    SCARAMOUCHE

    By Richard Day on Thu, 07/27/2017 - 9:43am |

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaramouche

     

    I was taken aback (think of the effrontery, ha!) by this new White House Spokesman?

    Of course this guy is another Goldman/Sachs piece of crap. hahahha

    Oh and with nice greasy hair (I guess Charley Sheen sets the mode for this class of idiots?)

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    A Simple Animation to Open One's Eyes

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 4:17pm |

    One must leave their bubble . . .

    To see the world around them through these eyes...

     

     

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    Kaepernick Part II

    By rmrd0000 on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 10:03pm |

    A recent discussion on Colin Kaepernick's inability to find employment in the NFL swiftly divided into two camps. One group saw the Kaepernick ban in the tradition of other black athletes who faced punishment for speaking out against injustice. Tommie Smith and John Carlos were punished for raising their fists at the Olympics. Ali was stripped of his heavyweight championship for refusing to serve in Vietnam. For the first group, Kaepernick received similar pushback as Ali, Smith, and Carlos. All were accused of disrespecting the country. 

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    Voting on Trumpcare Today - Speak Out!

    By librewolf on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 8:17am |

    Today Mitch McConnell is calling a vote on 'healthcare', though no one knows what they are going to be voting on. It is critical that we flood Washington with phone calls, emails, tweets, and if you are close enough, your bodies. Call your Senator's local offices, and stop by those home offices if you can. We MUST let them know in no uncertain terms that there are hundreds of millions of us who do NOT want this shredding of the Affordable Care Act, nor the massive transfer of wealth from those receiving Medicaid to the top of the economic structure.

    This site will give you links to both phone and email access to all of our senators:
    https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/senators_cfm

    PLEASE CONTACT THEM!

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    On n'me fait pas foutre!

    By jollyroger on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 3:27am |

    You will no doubt have heard that France's top general has rsigned in protest against Macron's cuts to the military budget.

     

    That, of course, is not the big story.  

     

    His exit line "I will not be fucked!" sets the standard for subordinates refusing to cave before what they deem bullying (ed note: I'm with Macron on the substance, but, soit.).

     

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    Is Anyone Keeping a Tail on This Weasel?

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Wed, 07/19/2017 - 8:27am |

    He's back . . .

     

    May 27, 2017 | BlueDot Daily | Patrick Simpson

    Yes, Trump’s Russian Scandal Is Real, Does It All Trace Back to One Guy

     

    June 22, 2017

    Bloomberg | By Bill Allison and Ben Brody

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    COMBINATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS

    By Richard Day on Tue, 07/18/2017 - 11:20am |

    Over the week-end, a White Australian Emigrant female was killed by the police.

    This nice lady had called 911 because she was concerned about events happening outside of her home.

    And this lady went outside to converse with someone in a car a few minutes later.

    She evidently was discussing something with the driver of a car.

    A squad car showed up.

    And one of the cops shot her dead at the scene.

    Trumpcare: Killed by Right Wing of GOP

    By NCD on Mon, 07/17/2017 - 11:13pm |

    Senator Moran, (R-Kansas) "Freedom - this could lead to single payer" "keep the government out of health care" "need innovative solutions".

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    MEANDERINGS

    By Richard Day on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 8:47pm |

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    I had the opportunity to see my son three times in 15 days time?   The first visit had to be at the end of June

    On the second meeting, on July 2nd? he produced his pixies and we all went to the park.

    Do you realize that a five year old and a two year old can feel sorry for you?

    We had a great time.

    Anyway, I called my son a few days ago to discuss nonsense.

    He put me off; he said he would call me back in an hour.

    The first letter in

    By Flavius on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 1:46am |

    the July 9 Times begins, sadly, …..”.Bret Stephens...starts off promisingly…...He cites…... Kenneth Arrow about how insurance discourages people from shopping around”

    Why “Sadly” ?

    Because this  demonstrates that  Stephens - the relatively  new  Times opeder  recruit, presumably intended   to bolster its insufficiently conservative bull pen-  got away with a shoddy journalistic trick.   

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    Trump dogged by dementia charges, ducks any unscripted scrutiny

    By jollyroger on Sat, 07/08/2017 - 7:59pm |

    Trump's unchallenged superiority during the campaigns, primary and general, was his sensitivity to the visual production values and the optics of his personal presentation. (ed note: odious as we humans found it, his voters thought differently.)

     

    Of late, between a cascade of disorientation episodes cruelly video'ed by a vicious press

     

     

     

     

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