Obama brought about the fall of Libya with Syrian rebels who then turned into ISIS and invaded Syria and Iraq using the weapons they stole from Libya and the ones the US gave them. Obama was not a great man. He was an imperialist monster.
Monday, October 15, 2018
This edition's playlist
1) Cat Powers' WANDERER.
2) Cat Powers' THE GREATEST.
3) Cher's DANCING QUEEN.
4) Ben Harper's CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
5) John Mellencamp's SCARECROW.
6) The Cowboy Junkies' ALL THAT RECKONING.
7) Alicia Keys' HERE.
8) Sting and Shaggy's 44/876.
9) Janet Jackson's UNBREAKABLE.
10) Sam Smith's THE THRILL OF IT ALL.
South Central Michigan Greens to Meet 1-3pm Saturday, October 20 at Jackson Coffee Company; Followed by Labor History Walk in Marshall at 4pm
South Central Michigan Greens
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Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties Local
People and planet over profit.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 11, 2018
For more information:
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Monika Dittmann Schwab, Local Contact/SCMiGreens
South Central Michigan Greens to Meet 1-3pm
Saturday, October 20 at Jackson Coffee Company
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Followed by Labor History Walk in Marshall at 4pm
The South Central Michigan Greens local will hold its monthly meeting
1-3pm on Saturday, October 20 at the downtown Jackson Coffee Company
(201 South Mechanic Street in Jackson).
Co-founders Monika Schwab of Jackson and John Anthony La Pietra of
Marshall will report on recent activities, including the state party's
recent public endorsement of marijuana-legalization Proposal 1.
La Pietra, the Green candidate for 63rd District State Representative,
has also been asked to host another Labor History Walk for some area
exchange students on the 20th (which will be the 92nd anniversary of the
death of labor leader Eugene V. Debs).
The walk will start at 4pm across from the VFW Hall at 800 East Michigan
Avenue in Marshall, where there are monuments to the 1863 founding of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and to the 1847 Crosswhite
incident where townspeople defended an escaped slave family from agents
of their former owners. It will go through downtown Marshall to the
spot where the union founder's house now stands on Hanover and Linden
Streets.
The local serves Calhoun, Hillsdale, and Jackson Counties. "We're also
reaching out to anyone in Kalamazoo County who's interested in Green
Party values, in case they'd like to join us -- or start up a local of
their own," noted La Pietra. The 63rd District touches parts of
Kalamazoo and Calhoun Counties.
The local meeting is an event on Facebook:
A map of the location is available at
The route of the Labor History Walk is posted at
And a map of the 63rd District can be seen at
The local's November meeting is tentatively planned for 1-3pm Saturday,
November 17 at Biggby's Coffee, 1125 East Michigan Avenue in Emmett
Township east of Battle Creek.
For more details and news about the local, please visit its Facebook page:
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The Four Pillars of GPMI:
Grassroots Democracy
Social Justice
Ecological Wisdom
Non-Violence
For our Ten Key Values, add:
Community-Based Economics
Decentralization
Feminism
Future Focus/Sustainability
Personal and Global Responsibility
Respect for Diversity
Highlights
This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub, Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.
"To be a woman in Iraq . . ." -- most requested highlight of the week by readers of this site.
"Kanye West is not a "token negro" and that's racis...," "Pete Davidson and other racists," "If Kanye's happy, good for him," "Don Lemon thinks he's Wendy Williams in male drag" and "They continue to attack Kanye " -- Ann and Elaine respond to the attacks on Kanye.
"Caitlin Johnstone is being an ass" -- Mike calls an ass out.
"Spaghetti Squash with Tomato Basil Sauce in the Kitchen" and "Mac and Cheese and Vegetables in the kitchen" -- Trina serves up two recipes.
"When a book no longer pleases" -- Betty reflects on a book.
"An Audience Is Bored" and "FIRST MAN" -- Marcia and Stan go to the movies.
"Best analysis of Chris Hayes" -- sometime short is sweet.
"Kaitlan Collins and Channing Dungey" and "That Idiot Channing Dungey" -- Elaine and Betty note Channing's destruction of ABC.
"Talk about disrespecting Americans" and "The F.B.I. owes the American people an apology" -- Ruth makes the call.
"Bye-bye Buckingham" and "Pathetic Lindsey Buckingham" -- Kat on the firing of Buckingham.
"F**k you, Joe Biden," "Michelle Obama needs to shut up" and "stop normalizing war criminal bully boy bush" -- Elaine, Marcia and Rebecca call out the normalizing of a War Criminal.
"Cher's not in the Hall of Fame" and "Maeve McDermott is part of the problem" -- Stan explains the why.
"still scary" and "scary omidyar" -- Rebecca notes the real horror.
Monday, October 08, 2018
Truest statement of the week
If Democrats cared about the Supreme Court they would have done a
better job of protecting their senate majority and the presidency
itself. Instead they hope to eke out victories while neglecting the
issues that the masses of Democrats want them to advance. Democratic
Party corruption is at the root of the Republican control of the senate
and the courts. All of their deal making has come back to haunt them and
the rest of the country.
[. . .]
Democrats routinely keep leftists in line by invoking the federal judiciary. Anyone who wants peace, a protected social safety net or anything else the Democrats don’t care about is told to think about the Supreme Court and keep voting for the party that never fights for them. Democrats are the cause of most of our problems and finger pointing about lifetime appointments is just another ruse to silence anyone who is paying attention to their treachery.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "The Kavanaugh Farce" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).
[. . .]
Democrats routinely keep leftists in line by invoking the federal judiciary. Anyone who wants peace, a protected social safety net or anything else the Democrats don’t care about is told to think about the Supreme Court and keep voting for the party that never fights for them. Democrats are the cause of most of our problems and finger pointing about lifetime appointments is just another ruse to silence anyone who is paying attention to their treachery.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "The Kavanaugh Farce" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).
Truest statement of the week II
If the promoters of the #MeToo campaign had been present at the trial of
Tom Robinson in Harper Lee’s novel, they would have denounced Atticus
Finch as a “rape apologist.” They would consider the “right” of Mayella
Ewell to be believed to be “of far greater importance” than the right of
Robinson to be presumed innocent. Finch would have been attacked for
“harping on due process” in his appeals to the jury. When Finch posed
difficult questions to Mayella and accused her of lying, the attorney
would have been slandered for having engaged in “character
assassination.” Brenner would say that Finch was helping “perpetrators”
escape being “brought to justice.”
-- Eric London, "The #MeToo campaign versus the presumption of innocence" (WSWS).
-- Eric London, "The #MeToo campaign versus the presumption of innocence" (WSWS).
A note to our readers
Hey --
Monday night. And we're done.
Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:
And what did we come up with?
Peace,
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.
Monday night. And we're done.
Let's thank all who participated this edition which includes Dallas and the following:
The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess and Ava,
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen, Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude,
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills),
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz),
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Ruth of Ruth's Report,
Wally of The Daily Jot,
Trina of Trina's Kitchen, Marcia of SICKOFITRDLZ,
Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends,
Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts,
and Ann of Ann's Mega Dub.
And what did we come up with?
Margaret Kimberley gets another truest.
So does Eric London.
Iraqi women are being targeted and killed. Can we not at least take a moment to note this? If the world is watching, something may be done.
Ava and C.I. answer the question.
A STAR IS BORN could have been so much more interesting.
Jess reviews a book.
Mr. Jerome has an empty chair waiting.
Margaret Kimberley again.
Tracking the community book coverage.
Cat Power.
A Twitter feed to watch.
Reposting Marcia's film review
What we listened to while working on this edition.
Peace,
-- Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.
Editorial: If you are silent about the targeting of Iraqi women, you don't support women
Women are yet again being targeted in Iraq.
Three well-known women involved in the beauty industry were reported murdered in #Iraq in last 30 days:
Today: Tara Fares, 22, blogger and model
Wednesday: Suad al-Ali, human rights activist
4 Weeks ago: Rafeef al-Yaser, surgeon and beauty expert.
Who will notice? Who will care?
In the US, vain assholes like Amy Siskind whine and fret over Brett Kavanaugh being put on the Supreme Court.
w-w-w-what will this mean for our abortions!!!!
Shut the f**k up you stupid bitches.
You'll either fight as women have in the past or you'll cower.
In the meantime, Iraqi women really are being targeted and you would know that if just for once in your damn lives you put someone else first.
We've always wondered if Amy was a racist. We've wondered that since 2008 and for good reason. Recently, she was called a racist online -- and for good reason. Seems she'd help women and herself if she could learn to focus on non-White women for even just one Tweet.
We've never thought Alyssa Milano was a racist. We've just thought she was incredibly stupid and eager to support and cheer on any war she could. She poses as a voice for women but even with hundreds of Tweets in the last few days, she's been unable to make time to Tweet about Iraqi women.
It's a small world in Alyssa's mind -- a small world that only includes the US.
Sunday, Margaret Griffis (ANTIWAR.COM) reports, "In Basra, gunmen killed a woman who owned a beauty shop." Nishita Jha (BUZZFEED) notes:
“All women entering public life are targets,” Hanaa Edwar, a women’s rights activist based in Baghdad, told BuzzFeed News. “Fares had more than 2 million followers. All of the women killed were courageous, ambitious women with strong personalities.”
As a consequence, Edwar said, many Iraqi women are withdrawing from public life.
“We have seen so many businesswomen in Basra stop their activities; young women in media have gone into hiding; women are deactivating or changing their social media profiles. Some of them have changed homes, are living low-key and under the radar. These killings are spreading fear and terrifying young women and feminists.”
No one's asking the vast useless women in the United States to go to Iraq and lay their bodies on the line to protect Iraqi women. We're just asking them to be aware and note what these women are going through.
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