MLK Day, 2017.

UnkaWillbur Jan 16, 2017

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The Neoliberal Stranglehold on the American Public University.

Marcy “emptywheel” Wheeler, On “Fake News.”

Sadly, I don’t even have a positive enough opinion of Obama to think he’d take even this most elementary of moral action: White House Justifies Chelsea Manning’s Possible Commutation.

Facebook rolls out fake-news filtering service to Germany.

Barack Obama’s Legacy of Impotence.

David Brock Is Ready to Monetize the Resistance. To quote Chumbawamba, “Let’s do The Revolution… 6 for record, 7 for the tshirt.”

I’m suspicious that it won’t last long… How indigenous people and the Left can continue to win in the wake of Standing Rock.

Japan just tried to launch the world’s smallest orbital rocket.

Captivating GIFs Reveal the Magical Special Effects in Classic Silent Films.

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Your Weekend of Weekends.

UnkaWillbur - May 26, 2017

Here' some links to nosh on, to start of your weekend. I hope everyone's weekend is great; me, myself, I'm planning on jumping out of a perfectly…

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Your Song of the Day…

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Twitter Users Slam WaPo’s Attempt To Re-Write Al-Qaida History

Despite the United States’ clear history of supporting extremists and provoking instability in the Middle East, the Washington Post recently attempted to blame Russia for the rise of al-Qaida in the region.

http://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-users-slam-wapos-attempt-re-write-al-qaida-history/224072/
- Dosido3
  
  FFS
- kreskin
  
  They’re making the Soviet Union’s PRAVDA look legit .
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.The results are in: Nobody trusts anyone anymore

For nearly 20 years, communications group Edelman has been gauging the public’s trust in key institutions like business, government, and the media. You don’t need a survey of more than 33,000 people in 28
countries to know that there is an anti-establishment mood sweeping the globe, but the numbers are even more stark.

In short, there has been a “global implosion” in trust, Edelman says. This year’s survey recorded the largest-ever drop of trust in business, government, the media, and NGOs. A majority of people in two-thirds of countries surveyed now distrust these institutions, with all-time low levels of trust recorded in a number of places.

https://qz.com/886054/the-results-are-in-nobody-trusts-anyone-anymore/
- notisaidthepig
  
  This is great to hear. Change is coming…
Dosido3

Hi guys. I have to say it’s a real treat to read Marcy Wheeler. So intelligent and logical. Ahhhh…
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But….But….what are we going to replace it with?!
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/16/how-pure-is-your-hate/
- Dosido3
  
  “news” over covers the political game, never actual policy.
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Season Standings for the NPL (National Party League)

GOP Fasicsts 1-0
DNC NeoLiberals 0-1

Sorry only two teams allowed in this league. Which do you root for?
- EdgarHF
  
  NPL is also known as the National Patrician’s League
  - Dosido3
    
    How about I don’t join the league? My grandfather was right when he said “vote the bums out”. Sometimes he says “vote the bums out, they’ve had their turn” when he was feeling chatty. I’m on the VTBO team.
    - kreskin
      
      I will no longer be voting for the lesser evil , I can promise you that .
      - notisaidthepig
        
        I’m done with all this foolishness. No more Dims for me. If you want my vote, you have to share my principles.
      - kreskin
        
        Same here , Noti .
notisaidthepig

Oink!
- Dosido3
  
  Hey Pig, I recommend Marcy Wheeler’s fake news piece.
  - notisaidthepig
    
    Okay. I’ll check it out…
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Jimmy’s last sentence says it all. “let’s see how the Democrats fuck it up”
https://youtu.be/2d5eSbnm7zs
- kreskin
  
  I have complete faith in the step on a rake party .
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Newborn baby dies in frigid cold after being found with his homeless mother at Portland bus stop .
http://usuncut.com/class-war/n…

Portland has also seen the deaths of four other homeless people by hypothermia so far this year, for an average of at least one homeless person freezing to death in Portland every four days, as of this writing. That’s more hypothermia-related deaths in a span of less than three weeks than Portland has seen over the last five years, combined.

One of the most widely covered hypothermia-related deaths was Karen Lee Batts, a 52-year-old woman who died of exposure shortly after being evicted from her apartment for owing just $338 in late rent.

Portland is in the midst of a punishing shortage of affordable housing. The Portland Housing Bureau reported that rents had risen across the city BY AN AVERAGE OF 34 % between 2010 and 2015.

Capitalism , ain’t it great ?
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