2.18 Open Thread
đđȘđ« Good news! Perseverance is on schedule to land on Mars sometime this afternoon. đđ The Nest is swept and champagne is on ice. Space is the cosmic frontier. đđȘđ«đ
đđȘđ« Good news! Perseverance is on schedule to land on Mars sometime this afternoon. đđ The Nest is swept and champagne is on ice. Space is the cosmic frontier. đđȘđ«đ
Thanks obf! Some music to celebrate the landing. David Bowie again!
Thanks jcb! đ Another Bowie classic.
And I always liked the lyrics on this Lennon classic.
One of Bernie’s rally conclusion songs! I am old enough to remember those! đ
Am soooo happy I got to see Bowie live, him and his band were amazing.
I got to see the Station to Station tour. A great memory.
This is a better choice. It’s the actual tune, not the whole LP (tho nothing wrong with that :-))
Forgot about that one until “The Martian” was released
there is too much going on
https://progressive.international/wire/2021-02-12-lava-jato-the-cias-poisoned-gift-to-brazil/en
most will never know that we impose terrible, cruel people around the world on countries that hate them.
and we do it so well that a portion think they are wonderful. because that’s what all kinds of media tell them.
i have very little left in concrete actions to turn this around. it’s an all encompassing, uber wealthy, uber politically powerful movement.
I agree. Look what they’ve done to Haiti, of course with the collusion of a few corrupt individuals in the country. It’s why we need such massive military spending and bases in countries all over the world.
Major problem is it doesnât represent the majority of the American People. It is just a bunch of greedball, power hungry creeps who keep rising to the top. A mindset that keeps repeating itself. How do we defeat it?đđą
We’ve got to take back our govt from the corrupt corporations that have bought it. How that is to be done is another question cause we don’t have that much time. the idea that 2 self serving legislators, Manchin and Sinema (and their neolib cohorts) could stop progress for the 99% is depressing. Hopefully we continue to grow the squad and get a few progressives in the senate.
word I just learned
I added the bold
corporation as Egregore
Here is a young philosopher with strong trends to the mythical
an article he wrote in 2011 about Occupy Wall Street
Corporations are egregores (reflections on #Occupy protests)
**
heard on radio recently someone who said Neo Liberal econ died in 2008 with the crash
well, …
wonder if it’s the root of egregious.
Sounded interesting so I looked it up in Merriam Webster.
Did You Know?
Egregious derives from the Latin word egregius, meaning “distinguished” or “eminent.” In its earliest English uses, egregious was a compliment to someone who had a remarkably good quality that placed him or her eminently above others. That’s how English philosopher and theorist Thomas Hobbes used it in flattering a colleague when he remarked, “I am not so egregious a mathematician as you are.” Since Hobbes’ day, however, the meaning of the word has become noticeably less complimentary, possibly as a result of ironic use of its original sense.
ty. :o)
Not even the full extent
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/539347-life-expectancy-falls-1-year-in-biggest-drop-since-wwii-amid-pandemic?rl=1
An example from Florida
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/18/florida-vaccine-desantis-covid-clinic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics&utm_source=reddit.com
You guys (gender neutral) know what I think of DeathShitface. Hubster has already been through both inoculations. I have done my first. With my med problems, I am still set to finish the vaccination. I honestly hope I donât die here. I love this state, and have watched greed destroy it gradually year by year. Enuff said.đą
I hear ya Orl, Wi once a proud progressive state has all but been relegated to the trash bin of history. Getting rid of the gerrymander in Wi is the only hope of progressive ideals once again taking root. The R’s have almost permanent power here.
wi62, WI has never had to survive on tourism like FL. I live in a major international tourist trap. You all have a proud State Progressive history. FL doesn’t. -( The GOPukes are slowly being replaced in WI. Hopefully, that is finally starting here.
No not like Fla but we get plenty from Il. during the summer its the sole driver of the economy in Door county area and in Wi Dells. Wi does about 22 billion a year. The gerrymander is firmly in place here, the only way out is the Fed court to outlaw it. We only can vote for the state exe branch and the 2 senators that aren’t gerrymandered. Right now the progressives we do have are pretty well hemmed in by the gerrymander which makes it almost impossible to get any progressive ideas into law, Hopeful that i may live long enough to see it change but i doubt it. I had to go to cult -45 area for a business mtg last week and by the amt of his flags flying you’d think it was time for a prez election.
This is notable because 1) de Blasio is rarely, (maybe never) so direct about the Governor from Hell.
2) Ron Kim was an early important endorsement for Andrew Yang.
3) New York City voters may be coming aware that only by defeating the snarling bully barking from Albany, can we ever be the City we want to be.
Andrew Yang has the strength and presence to stand up to the Bully.
David Sirota
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/18/cuomo-gate-nixonian-scandal-nursing-homes
CNN has told Quomo that he cant interview his brother anymore on his show.
That would be quite a switch!
Charles Pierce
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a35540094/andrew-cuomo-nursing-home-deaths-coverup/
Weâll see. đ
good for him. takes guts
I sure hope heâs not a greedball wolf in sheepâs clothing.
Hello friends, management deemed mid 20s as warmer and made us go in despite the blackouts and road conditions. Its good to see the world waking up to Texas being a failed state, too bad they will forget by Saturday.
sorry you had to go in during this.
quite the skyline!
You two please take good care! Stay covered in layers! Are your pipes in danger of freezing?
Maybe Ted Cruz can help out, now that he’s being shamed to return to Texas from a vacation in Cancun (Re: see Chris Coons on the Dem Side who had to go on vacation instead of working during Recess). Ted though made good use of police escorts to get to the airport while everyone else is getting stuck on the streets.
Sen. Ted Cruz will fly home from Cancun after fury over trip during Texas deep-freeze
Ted Cruz is a piece of FRightwing corrupt sh1t. I can only imagine what Sick Rott would have pulled. đ©đ©đ©đ©
Anxo, a Washington, D.C.-based cidery, unveiled its “Cruz in Cancun” drink on Thursday. The rapid-response coconut rum concoction comes complete with ample mockery of the lawmaker’s much-panned trip to Mexico.
Does this guy take responsibility for anything? He wouldn’t even stand up for his wife when cult -45 call her ugly
He’s part lizard had to go where it was warm
lizards and turtles everywhere are rising up and shaking off these yokes of slander. :O)
One of the first MTV videos…I am also old enough to remember this one!
Great sardonic tune, Ms. Benny!! I’m on my old desktop so the emojis aren’t as convenient for me as the ones on my IPad. đ
Me too
And they’ll also forget that the R politicians caused this by kowtowing to big oil and other craprate intrests. They’ll gladly vote the R next election no matter how many thousands of $ were caused to thier homes and i’ll bet not all had proper insurance for this.
Ridiculous! Stay safe & stay warm!
Was there power at work? heat???
Minimum wage helps blue statesâ businesses
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/18/republicans-minimum-wage-small-business
He needs to get on board about reforming the Deathcare Medical System while heâs at it. MFA would save him a few $$ in biz costs.
Not red states business?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/politics/biden-immigration.html
Probably needs elimination of filibuster to pass
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/539336-biden-pushes-expanded-pathways-to-citizenship-as-immigration-bill
The Senate Budget chairman should gather a bunch of testimonial videos and post them during the debate in a couple of weeks.
Bernie is senior but the article does not say what his position on this was.
https://static.theintercept.com/amp/senate-generational-power-shift.html
Democracy and good citizenship make a rare appearance in the Senate Democratic Caucus.
And on the Republican front
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/us/trump-mcconnell-republicans.html
The orange maggot canât oust Mitchie. He just got re-elected to another 6-year term with big help from the DNC. I wish they would both drop dead like Rush Limpballs FINALLY did, but this ainât a perfect world.
Dropping dead is about the only way we’ll get rid of some of them, of course someone like Gaetz and other neolibcons may have this option in the near future so they can cause more damage
he lays it out nicely
Probably paid for moving the Christopher Columbus statues from downtown to Little Italy or other neighborhoods.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-18/u-s-initial-jobless-claims-unexpectedly-rise-for-a-second-week?
Snow across the country has slowed—or stopped vaccine delivery. Once more in NYC, vaccine appointments are being cancelled. NYC has run out. Try again next week. All those venues the gov’t has been bragging about have closed for now.
In other gloomy news, yesterday Whole Foods had few to none fresh salad ingredients on the shelves. It’s snowing again with 3-6 inches today and the same tomorrow.
What a winter. This one will live in our memories.
Should’ve been one way ticket
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/julia-salazar-andrew-cuomo-new-york-covid-nursing-homes