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Thanks for the history, @larryB. The most vicious nastiness we see where I live is toward Jewish people and Native Americans (more or less a tie, I'd guess). Just recently had another spate of ridiculously hateful and stupid printed garbage spread a…
@Crash: And Bernie is rocking as the voice of reforming Dems to be anti-oligarchy and pro-regular people. He refers to the pro-corporate, pro-oligarchy "centrists" as fossilized. (All the $ that section of the party spent on the NYC mayoral primary …
A discussion on Here and Now earlier today went to the more difficult route of getting a class certified for a class action suit on the matter, as a workaround. Otherwise, the decision (referred to as "preposterous" by a knowledgeable interviewee) s…
Bill was also a thoroughly decent human being, as well as brilliant in all the different capacities and roles he served in his life. I doubt we'll see his like again. It makes me sad to the core to know he's gone.
One of the comments on the Sanger piece from the NYT:
What a horrible take. The situation now is a direct result of Trump's shunning of diplomacy by exiting JCPOA in 2018, not some brave gamble out of necessity due to his predecessors' failure to a…
Word of the day. Extortion:
The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
Such a gracious bunch of folks in that D.C. town.
Extortion + The Art of the Grift is Dump's entire life model. Without it, he'd be luc…
@Old_Joe: I wonder if any of the betting sites are giving odds and taking bets on whether he survives four years, or devolves into drooling and raving incoherently* and is removed by his cabinet.
Yep, there's a good argument to be made he's already…
I went north to south partly because I was doing it later in the season, and partly to cross paths with thru hikers pretty close to finishing. I think where you are and what time of year it is sort of dictates how many thru hikers you'd cross paths …
@larryb: I did the WA section north to south years ago and the disconnect with the wider world was a huge gift. Next campsite, water, and what's for dinner took up most of the bandwidth. Glorious.
Years later, during the days of the "Coalition of t…
Good link, @Mark. The Rick Steves Iran program is so good; every once in a while, it comes up on the PBS Create channel, so at least the PBS audience has a chance to see it.
Rick should be the official global ambassador for the decent streak in th…
Ukraine scores big time. And they were smart enough not to tip off the Dump administration beforehand. Wonder what idiocies are being spouted on Lies Social.
A lot depends on how the Senate Parliamentarian comes down on compliance with the reconciliation rules. The S.P. has been in the job since 2012, appointed by Harry Reid. The MAGAs could try to fire her and put in an Aileen Cannon clone.
It's amazing how quickly (in geological time) the environment started to recover.
Isn't that the truth! I went there five years after the eruption, and there were already small fir trees poking out of the ash on the north side of the mountain. The…
@AndyJ- I had no idea that TNR was still alive... we subscribed for many years.
Yep, @Old_Joe, they're still alive and kicking, and with loads of no-BS, no-sugarcoating language in their reporting on this godawful administration.
Some of their reps in Congress do see it that way. Not because it's not fossil, but because they have constituents who(m) the law is helping a great deal.
On top of the attacks on the IRA climate provisions, current status here ...
So the idiocracy is trying its damndest to kill the only near-term shot at 'returning' manufacturing to the U.S.
Killing Energy Star should be a capital offense.
In other words the UK will now admit US beef and chicken except when they still wont.
Yep, you got it. I bet the EU would love a deal like the UK's.
I still don't get what these "we're gonna buy xx billion of your xxxx" trade "deals" accomplish. A…
Good BBC piece. One thing I've been wondering about:
Crucially, there will be no weakening of UK food standards on imports as part of this deal, the UK government statement said, insisting that American hormone-treated meat will not seep onto the U…
Yep, it's a fantastic place with no border BS; well, up till now anyhow. I've been near enough for nearly three decades to make frequent visits, from backpacking days to day trips while hanging out here and there at the beautiful park lodges. Love, …
Here's hoping none of his minions know about Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park and World Heritage Site. Dump would not approve.
Straddling the international border, Waterton-Glacier symbolizes goodwill and cooperation between Canada and the …
I wonder if they'll compile a report like they did for the covid crisis. That could be rich.
Very good odds they will. Probable title: Climate Anxiety.
