| Title | Author | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pardoning ex-Presidente Jefe because 400 tons of trafficked drugs isn't like trafficking children Short-Attention-Span Security Theatre. Installing a toll plaza on the “cocaine superhighway to the United States” Donald Trump has said he will grant a pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras who is serving a 45-year prison... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 36 |
| AntiCapitalist MeetUp - The A.I. Bubble: peak A.I. is not like 'peak oil' or peak tulip The Google A.I. Gemini sucked up to me as I applied it to this page. That's an insightful connection, and the web page you are viewing directly addresses both Karl Marx's concept of General ... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 15 |
| Museums 201: 1906 automobiles (photo diary) Automobiles were first developed in Germany in the late nineteenth century. During the first decade of the twentieth century, automobile manufacturing began moving from hand-made cars to mass ... |
Ojibwa | 11/30/2025 | 2 |
| Sleazy Slenderman and the post-war looting of Ukraine is more about oligarchic crony capitalism How do oligarchies and their crony capitalists manage to dominate our lives: Five points on the current treachery First, the WSJ story highlights all of the downsides to Trump’s brand of start-up diplomacy. Both Witkoff and the Russians had little... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 5 |
| Another Declaration of War on the Fourth Estate. The Trump Administration has launched a website claiming to debunk/disprove biased media reports on it's actions. It doubles down on the claim that the American military veterans and intelligence service members who created the now famous "refuse... |
A Pagan in Arizona | 11/30/2025 | 7 |
| Museums 501: Sewing machines (photo diary) Humans— Homo sapiens —first evolved in Africa and were biologically adapted to life in a warm climate. When humans left Africa and began their migrations north into Europe and Asia, they had to ... |
Ojibwa | 11/30/2025 | 11 |
| Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81 Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you� |
Denise Oliver Velez | 11/30/2025 | 135 |
| Making the National Guard into Mall Cops, gardeners. Trump goes fuzzy, calling reporters 'stupid' Making the military into media production extras, Trump can do things in DC he hasn’t been able to do elsewhere in the country. We deport. You decide. Original RIFF on original Nothing in her mission suggested she would die on a street corner while... |
annieli | 11/30/2025 | 37 |
| Sunday Morning Open Thread with Music by Franz Schubert Good morning, everyone. This morning’s artist is the Austrian composer Franz Schubert. Though he was only 31 when he died, he left a vast body of work. This diary only gives you three examples, ... |
Ice Blue | 11/30/2025 | 41 |
| Ukraine Invasion Day 1,380: a new Kushner-Witkoff grift resembles a 2018 "Marshall Plan" grift It’s always about the money, unfortunately US/Russian money. The war will end when Russia leaves. And crony capitalism will be all the more wealthier. Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sell out Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad... |
annieli | 11/29/2025 | 42 |
| WYFP? Trump declares a no-frass zone over Venezuela American Psycho satirizes the narcissism, greed and insecurity of the corporate world, and the murders are a metaphor for the frenzy of the territorial male. Trump is turning the nation against him. Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term... |
annieli | 11/29/2025 | 35 |