Someone to look out for in the future?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/28/invasion-of-the-pretty-people-kamala-harris-edition/

Okay - I'll watch and see how things develop.

Seattle in the AM.

Seattle night

A little fact I wasn't aware of.

All this Russia-bashing going on in the US, and one key thing that makes it all the more hypocritical -

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-u-s-not-russia-arms-al-qaeda-worldwide/5587578

And, the major power most responsible for the rise of the Taliban and other jihadist outfits, is the United States, which teamed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to create the international jihadist network in order to force the Soviets out of Afghanistan, almost 40 years ago. Despite that history, beginning in 2009, the Russians allowed the U.S. to use Russian airspace to supply American troops in Afghanistan. It was a vital lifeline for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, which could not be adequately supplied through Pakistan.

An unpleasant time is coming over the next few weeks.

Too much work going on.

Not enough music.

Not enough money.

What else is new?

Well if they get their way, there goes the Internet, at least here the US.

I'm sure Comcast, Verizon, and others are overjoyed with Net Neutrality being tossed by the FCC Chair.

Why should anyone be surprised though?

Do something about it.

Why am I not with this 'resistance'?

Case in point -

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/04/24/the-pro-war-twist-of-the-resistance/

At first glance, it may look like corporate Democrats are about as obessed with getting rid of Assad, as much as they are about getting rid of Trump.

I think however, it has something more to do with the notion that they aren't actually resisting anything important, and that all their fauxrage is really nothing but an attempt to sucker millions of Americans (and Large Corporations) into dolling out wads of cash.

Sigh - Habs out again.

Can't blame Price - the lack of offense really did them in.

Thanks for the season - on to 2017-2018.

Happy Earth Day

Enjoy it while you still can.

Weekend reading?

http://www.monsanto-tribunal.org/upload/asset_cache/189791450.pdf

(h/t The Smirking Chimp)

Ugh - I don't like where this is going either.

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/04/20/why-not-a-probe-of-israel-gate/

Reading this made me sick.

Ugh - I don't like where this is going.

Think of it as another 'regime-change' set forth by the U.S. of A?

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/04/19/erdogans-neo-fascist-turkish-allies/

Can you imagine living in 3 centuries?

This person did.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Morano

Emma Martina Luigia Morano (29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017)

Though, how much she could actually remember when she died remains  in question.

Talk about getting something wrong.

"It implies that imperial leadership knew that they were being led by a pair of Sith Lords well before it was revealed to the galaxy en masse around the time of the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the second Death Star."

Listen carefully to the clip, at no point does Tagge refer to two Sith Lords, only one.

https://www.slashgear.com/new-star-wars-anh-extended-scene-ties-in-sith-and-rogue-one-14482123/

And, all those dumbasses can laugh all they want at David Prowse for his voice, but only he's every really looked right in the suit.

Sure it looked okay in Rogue One (and was good to see Vader out there), but it wasn't quite the same.

Congratulations T-Birds!

http://www.seattlethunderbirds.com/video/game-4-vs-everett-highlights-at-t-birds-4-silvertips-3

On to the next round against Kelowna.

When reading through this, I'm forced to ask ...

... what will become of those who survive the downfall?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/beware-the-dogs-of-war-is-the-american-empire-on-the-verge-of-collapse/5584727

Yet what most Americans—brainwashed into believing that patriotism means supporting the war machine—fail to recognize is that these ongoing wars have little to do with keeping the country safe and everything to do with enriching the military industrial complex at taxpayer expense.

The rationale may keep changing for why American military forces are in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and now Syria. However, the one that remains constant is that those who run the government—including the current president—are feeding the appetite of the military industrial complex and fattening the bank accounts of its investors.

It really makes we wonder who the real opponents of the establishment really are - the poor in other countries, or us living right here?

What a FUCKING guitar tone.

Another President, another war crime.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/07/yet-another-president-commits-the-ultimate-war-crime-of-launching-a-war-of-aggression/

" Metadata+, a drone tracking app that uses information culled from news reports, appeared in the App Store, only to disappear"

Wonder why?

Maybe a little too close to reality?

Ah Friday evening ...

... the only thing better is Saturday morning.

Congressional Review Act

Pretty messed up shit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Review_Act.

Here's why -

http://fair.org/home/it-shouldnt-be-a-privilege-to-use-the-internet-safely/

Something to always remember ...

Everybody's got an asshole in them.

If you didn't, you'd explode.

The real scandal - as perpetrated by the Establishment-controlled Democratic Party.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/04/the-real-russiagate/

Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich has dropped a bombshell about what appears to be his own illegal surveillance under Obama’s NSC.

“When the president raised the question of wiretapping on his phones in Trump Tower, he was challenged to prove that such a thing could happen. It happened to me.”

Here’s what happened, which was revealed two years after he left office in 2013 when the Democrats were overjoyed to see Ohio Republicans redraw the election district lines to get rid of his candidacy. The Washington Times asked him to authenticate a secret recording of a cell phone call “from Saif el-Islam Qaddafi, a high-ranking official in Libya’s government and a son of the country’s ruler, Moammar Qaddafi.”

Before taking the call, Rep. Kucinich “checked with the House’s general counsel to ensure that such a discussion by a member of Congress with a foreign power was permitted by law.”

“I was assured that under the Constitution a lawmaker had a fundamental duty to ask questions and gather information—activity expressly protected by the Article I clauses covering separation of powers and congressional speech and debate.”

Given the quality of the recordings was excellent on both ends of the call, Kucinich concluded that “the tape was made by an American intelligence agency and then leaked to the Times for political reasons. If so, this episode represented a gross violation of the separation of powers.”

His repeated Freedom of Information Act requests made in 2012 before leaving office have been stonewalled by the intelligence agencies for five years.

We are now in a position to see the real story behind “Russiagate.” It’s not about Russia, except incidentally. The Obama regime abused the government’s surveillance powers and spied on Donald Trump and other Republicans in order to build a dossier for the DNC to leak to the press in an attempt to slander or compromise Trump and throw the election to Hillary.

Horrible crack in segment of Larsen Ice Shelf.

Who will the world turn to for global leadership and action  on this looming problem- China?

Perhaps ...

https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/9658-Antarctica-will-test-China-s-ability-as-a-global-leader

Certainly not the US of A.

The Interview with Izzy Stradlin I remember.

Really, just years ahead of everyone else.

Well the T-Birds vanquished the Tri-City Americans in Round 1 of the Playoffs.

Hopefully they can keep the momentum going against the winner of Everett/Victoria series.