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Wishing Americans would learn from the people of Scotland
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-8-15
lotlizard Fri, 05/08/2015 - 10:44pm 1 Fri, 05/08/2015 - 11:51pm
The “1000-year empire” bug is eating their heart and brain
From:Open Thread - Friday, May 8, 2015
lotlizard Fri, 05/08/2015 - 04:26pm 0
But-but-but Japan and Germany must remain occupied !
From:Court rules NSA spying is illegal
lotlizard Fri, 05/08/2015 - 12:48am 0
Japanese-Americans were rounded up & sent to concentration camps
From:Open Thread - 05-07-2015
lotlizard Fri, 05/08/2015 - 12:16am 1 Sat, 05/09/2015 - 10:41am
Yes, get Snowden. That's exactly what it means.
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-6-15
lotlizard Thu, 05/07/2015 - 11:19pm 1 Fri, 05/08/2015 - 01:37pm
For one brief moment in time, we thought we'd "won" the Cold War
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-6-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 09:30pm 0
Memorex was a brand of magnetic tape (as used in cassettes)
From:Wednesday Open Thread 05-06-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 04:01pm 0
"Op-ed calls on Israel to nuke Germany and Iran"
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:32pm 0
Occupy Wall Street folks groused about Ron Paul fans showing up.
From:Wednesday Open Thread 05-06-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 12:26pm 4 Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:46pm
OTOH, Chelsea Manning tried the "release it all at once" thing
From:Wednesday Open Thread 05-06-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 11:44am 1 Wed, 05/06/2015 - 12:08pm
So much for the "it's only the metadata" liars and sycophants.
From:Wednesday Open Thread 05-06-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 09:59am 1 Wed, 05/06/2015 - 10:10am
Yes—I came to Germany in the mid-70s because of a job and stayed
From:The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 09:45am 2 Thu, 05/07/2015 - 09:32am
In a sci-fi blockbuster, he would be the one who saves the world
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-5-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 07:41am 0
No, no, German friends & I have been debating this for 40 years
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 07:22am 1 Wed, 05/06/2015 - 08:19am
17a. Maintain a team of such agents to monitor & edit Wikipedia.
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 06:00am 0
Lenny Flank alone used 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, and maybe 15
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 05:29am 0
Oh! (Mental image of rats from "Ratatouille" rockin' & rollin')
From:Music: Then there was the 1957/1958 vacation
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 02:49am 0
Yay! Overengineered! Like Apple iPads.
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-5-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 02:33am 0
Indeed, congratulations!
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-5-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 02:12am 0
By the way, are you Dutch? Or did you grow up with Dutch?
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-5-15
lotlizard Wed, 05/06/2015 - 02:04am 1 Wed, 05/06/2015 - 03:26pm
Worth reading: "Counting the dead in the age of drone terrorism"
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-4-15
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 06:07am 0
Eugene McCarthy beat LBJ; RFK replaced him & got assassinated
From:Evening Blues Preview 5-4-15
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 05:57am 0
Asad AbuKhalil showed me one huge problem Arab societies have.
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 05:23am 0
Do you know "Angry Arab News Service" (Asad AbuKhalil's blog)?
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 04:57am 0
What publication or website is "DE"?
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 03:08am 1 Tue, 05/05/2015 - 03:32am
Oh, of course (smacks forehead) — Evening Blues
From:The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 01:21am 1 Tue, 05/05/2015 - 07:34am
Sorry that I have to ask — what's EB?
From:The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos
lotlizard Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:02am 1 Tue, 05/05/2015 - 12:29am
Nuthin' says a black sheep can't be the bellwether.
From:The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos
lotlizard Mon, 05/04/2015 - 11:32pm 0
It's _well past_ time to update it again.
From:The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos
lotlizard Mon, 05/04/2015 - 10:57pm 0
I know one thing—I can't recommend any mainstream German sites
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Mon, 05/04/2015 - 06:55am 2 Tue, 05/05/2015 - 09:33am
Sixties folksinger Phil Ochs had their number, all right.
From:The Duplicitous Roles of the OFA and the Daily Kos
lotlizard Mon, 05/04/2015 - 06:26am 3 Mon, 05/04/2015 - 04:29pm
You know how the Social Democrats struggle in Germany
From:Open Thread - Friday, May 1, 2015
lotlizard Fri, 05/01/2015 - 11:21am 1 Fri, 05/01/2015 - 12:35pm
Superman gives a kid a piece of advice about the world
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-30-15
lotlizard Fri, 05/01/2015 - 08:41am 0
Police go to Israel for training & come back thinking occupation
From:Open Thread - Friday, May 1, 2015
lotlizard Fri, 05/01/2015 - 08:26am 1 Fri, 05/01/2015 - 08:52am
"Pax Americana" never delivered the "pax" (peace)
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-30-15
lotlizard Fri, 05/01/2015 - 02:34am 0
Germany seems either too scared or not truly a sovereign nation
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-30-15
lotlizard Fri, 05/01/2015 - 02:10am 1 Fri, 05/01/2015 - 09:35am
Saudi Arabia & Israel dictate US policy; can Bernie change that?
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-30-15
lotlizard Thu, 04/30/2015 - 10:54pm 1 Thu, 04/30/2015 - 11:02pm
E-mails U.S. citizens get from the State Dept. / the Consulate
From:Seventeen Useful Techniques for Suppressing the Truth, Online
lotlizard Thu, 04/30/2015 - 09:57pm 2 Sun, 05/03/2015 - 12:17am
Then there's people like 9/11 survivor-hero William Rodriguez
From:Al-Qaeda now stronger than ever thanks to our allies
lotlizard Wed, 04/29/2015 - 06:53am 0
In the immediate aftermath, OBL said it wasn't him.
From:Al-Qaeda now stronger than ever thanks to our allies
lotlizard Wed, 04/29/2015 - 06:33am 0
The U.S. backed, or is backing, IS-type forces in 3 countries
From:I'm a Nobody, and you can be, too.
lotlizard Tue, 04/28/2015 - 12:36am 0
Robert Parry / Consortium News has a second post on Syria up
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-27-15
lotlizard Mon, 04/27/2015 - 10:56pm 0
At least Robert Parry of Consortium News notices
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-27-15
lotlizard Mon, 04/27/2015 - 10:49pm 0
Smells like Bible spirit: Revelation 13:11–17
From:Negative interest rate blowback
lotlizard Mon, 04/27/2015 - 10:41pm 1 Mon, 04/27/2015 - 11:12pm
Revolution Part Two = an old and actually not very radical idea.
From:Open Thread - Friday, April 24, 2015
lotlizard Fri, 04/24/2015 - 03:55pm 0
BTW, since your sig quotes Cornel West
From:Part One: Where We Go From Here
lotlizard Fri, 04/24/2015 - 03:25am 2 Fri, 04/24/2015 - 09:12am
Yes, the whole Saudi clan hasn't exactly amassed good karma
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-23-15
lotlizard Fri, 04/24/2015 - 12:41am 1 Fri, 04/24/2015 - 08:27am
Bikini was an open-air H-bomb test before it was a bathing suit
From:Saint George's Day - April 23
lotlizard Fri, 04/24/2015 - 12:36am 0
It seems the kerfuffle is over this exchange:
From:Powerful diary re: The Future of the Middle Class
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 11:35am 0
2015 version: You launch 16 drones, what do you get?
From:Reprint from almost Prehistoric Times
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 11:19am 0
Whereas every website you frequent asks you to take a survey
From:Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Part 2 - Military Industrial Complex
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:52am 0
Does that refer to the politician I think it refers to?
From:When Lies Are All You Have
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:43am 1 Fri, 04/24/2015 - 04:56am
Meanwhile, back in East Asia
From:Saint George's Day - April 23
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:34am 0
Back in the day Wavy Gravy ran a "Nobody for President" campaign
From:Open Thread - 04-23-2015
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:22am 1 Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:31am
Why Warren & Sanders are still in Congress but Kucinich isn't...
From:Open Thread - 04-23-2015
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:13am 1 Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:38am
The Dutch Republic, 1581–1795 (Wikipedia page linked above)
From:America's Mein Kampf — 20 Years Later
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 09:45am 0
Sorry, sorry, sorry, but this point simply isn't true.
From:America's Mein Kampf — 20 Years Later
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 09:42am 1 Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:06am
Go right ahead! "Atrios" has been doing that for years!
From:Open Thread - 04-23-2015
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:57am 0
Wow, I never heard about that one.
From:Part Two: Creating a Hierarchy of Leadership
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:41am 0
If Rahm Emanuel has ambitions to become a governor someday
From:Part Two: Creating a Hierarchy of Leadership
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:30am 0
Political columnist Pepe Escobar has been all over this.
From:America's Mein Kampf — 20 Years Later
lotlizard Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:19am 2 Thu, 04/23/2015 - 08:49am
U.S. isn't winding down wars, just running them at arms' length
From:Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Part 2 - Military Industrial Complex
lotlizard Wed, 04/22/2015 - 09:08am 1 Wed, 04/22/2015 - 11:16am
Tuomo with the Latebirds: Back to Day One
From:Evening Blues Preview 4-21-15
lotlizard Wed, 04/22/2015 - 04:48am 0
"Je schlimmer desto besser" ?
From:On Democracy, Justice, HRC & Circular Firing Squads
lotlizard Sat, 04/18/2015 - 12:45am 0
Ladies and gentlemen! Our corporate anthem . . .
From:Bend over bend over trade deal on the way...
lotlizard Thu, 04/16/2015 - 11:46pm 0
Chuck Shumer thinks he is Israel's Churchill or something
From:The Ghost of Chamberlain
lotlizard Wed, 04/15/2015 - 10:39am 0
The Clinton Foundation gets $millions from Saudis, Qatar, UAE
From:Part One: Where We Go From Here
lotlizard Wed, 04/15/2015 - 04:52am 0
HuffPo stopped being "alternative" when it was bought by AOL
From:Welcome to the nightmare
lotlizard Tue, 04/14/2015 - 01:17am 1 Tue, 04/14/2015 - 07:36am
Rule of law in the U.S. has left the building
From:Tuesday Open Thread - March 31, 2015
lotlizard Tue, 03/31/2015 - 09:44am 0
The world's best teacher also works in Kanazawa, Japan
From:Monday Open Thread 03-23-15 -- The 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
lotlizard Tue, 03/24/2015 - 01:59am 1 Tue, 03/24/2015 - 03:29am
Evidence that Saudis / Israel / "Five Eyes" covertly back ISIS ?
From:We are losing the war
lotlizard Tue, 03/24/2015 - 12:27am 0
Eyewitness Barry Jennings and unanswered questions re his death
From:Evening Blues Preview 3-19-15
lotlizard Mon, 03/23/2015 - 11:47pm 0
Questions & confusion, especially regarding collapse of WTC 7
From:Evening Blues Preview 3-19-15
lotlizard Mon, 03/23/2015 - 11:05pm 0
*We* have much more Iranian blood on our hands than vice versa
From:We are losing the war
lotlizard Mon, 03/23/2015 - 08:17pm 0
Besides, the joint U.S.-Israeli deep state can NEVER lose
From:We are losing the war
lotlizard Mon, 03/23/2015 - 06:27am 0
Breaking up countries has been the goal all along
From:We are losing the war
lotlizard Mon, 03/23/2015 - 02:37am 0
The Five Eyes (plus a sixth "I", Israel)
From:Why is NZ spying so much?
lotlizard Mon, 03/23/2015 - 02:20am 0
Has a new political system emerged in the U.S.?
From:Creeping Fear
lotlizard Fri, 03/20/2015 - 03:10am 2 Fri, 03/20/2015 - 10:04am
Meteor Blades has, or had, personal ties to Libya
From:Evening Blues Preview 3-18-15
lotlizard Thu, 03/19/2015 - 09:37pm 0
The U.K. has gone full-on Stasi re dissent
From:Evening Blues Preview 3-18-15
lotlizard Thu, 03/19/2015 - 09:27pm 1 Fri, 03/20/2015 - 12:00am
E komo mai ! Welcome Knuck !
From:Evening Blues Preview 3-18-15
lotlizard Thu, 03/19/2015 - 08:58pm 0
Is that a very recent development?
From:Sunday Open Thread 03-15-15
lotlizard Sun, 03/15/2015 - 10:34am 1 Sun, 03/15/2015 - 11:34am
Top o' the morning from Dresden, Germany
From:Sunday Open Thread 03-15-15
lotlizard Sun, 03/15/2015 - 08:54am 2 Sun, 03/15/2015 - 05:02pm
Vegas area TV ad asks drone pilots to refuse to fly
From:Monday Open Thread 03-09-15
lotlizard Mon, 03/09/2015 - 10:45am 0
Digital betrayal of the consumer is officially out of control
From:Evening Blues Preview 2-26-15
lotlizard Thu, 02/26/2015 - 04:16pm 0
Chicago police giving Americans the "CIA black site" treatment
From:Tuesday Open Thread 02-24-15
lotlizard Tue, 02/24/2015 - 10:51am 1 Tue, 02/24/2015 - 11:46am
How "news" works in the U.S. (Tom Tomorrow)
From:Sunnis boycott Iraqi government after Shia militia attack
lotlizard Mon, 02/16/2015 - 01:55am 0
"The Hurt Locker" beat out "Avatar" in 2010, though
From:Saturday Open Thread 02-14-15
lotlizard Sat, 02/14/2015 - 05:47pm 0
You "otter" be in pictures
From:Friday Open Thread 02-13-15
lotlizard Sat, 02/14/2015 - 04:20pm 0
'Electronic Intifada' Reporter Rattles the PC Police
From:Evening Blues Preview 2-9-15
lotlizard Mon, 02/09/2015 - 08:07pm 1 Mon, 02/09/2015 - 09:05pm
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)'s latest mailing
From:Evening Blues Preview 2-9-15
lotlizard Mon, 02/09/2015 - 07:47pm 0
My university's alumni mailing list was recently used to promote
From:Evening Blues Preview 2-9-15
lotlizard Mon, 02/09/2015 - 07:41pm 0
Watch Rob Newman's "History of Oil" - highly recommended
From:Thursday Open Thread 01-29-15
lotlizard Sun, 02/01/2015 - 07:08am 0
Heroes, heroes, heroes: Hawaii Democrats' logic of empire
From:Michigan Democratic Party Survey
lotlizard Fri, 01/30/2015 - 09:43pm 0
Our current "representatives" represent Netanyahu & Saudi kings
From:Is WW III coming?
lotlizard Thu, 01/29/2015 - 03:34am 0
US/Western elite show their true values, fawning over Saudi king
From:Wednesday Open Thread
lotlizard Wed, 01/28/2015 - 09:05am 1 Wed, 01/28/2015 - 09:12am

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