More like interdependence.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/31/indian-independence-forged-in-washington/

That is the corporate establishment and India.

'not be easily replaced' - pretty weak words to describe Andrei Markov.

https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/analysis/2017/7/27/16049962/instant-analysis-andrei-markov-will-not-be-easily-replaced-montreal-canadiens-defence-marc-bergevin

More like serious error, much like the one last year.

Fracking and Global Warming? Two things your insurance companies won't cover you on.

http://inthesetimes.com/rural-america/entry/20361/fracking-earthquakes-insurance-policies-farms-climate-change-security-risks

Culture Vulture chick hatched

Little guy was more like Donald Duck than a vulture.

Anyways, both he and Mrs. CV are doing well.

Evidence Clinton Campaign Invented Trump/Russia Story To Cover Their Failures - INTERESTING.

Another corporate establishment stenographer I won't trust.

And to think, I actually used to work here -

http://fair.org/home/reuters-vs-un-cancer-agency-are-corporate-ties-influencing-science-coverage/
 

Chlorpyrifos

Somehow I feel like this would've happened regardless of who 'won' last year's election.

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/22/farmworkers-protest-epas-pesticide-ruling/

Snippet below from the article above -

DB: So the EPA was set to pass a ban on this, right? Until the new folks came in?

LC: Yes, exactly. The EPA was set on a deadline to revoke the tolerances of this chemical on March 31, 2017, and just a couple of days before that date our new EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, reversed that ban. So what we’re doing now is going to the State of California. As a big user of chlorpyrifos, we are demanding that the State of California impose a ban on this chemical. And, as I mentioned the science before, a lot of it is coming out of California. We have the UC Berkeley CHAMACOS study, which stands for the Center for Health of Mother and Children of the Salinas Valley, right where Safe Ag Safe Schools is located. That study has been going on for almost 20 years, showing the connections between prenatal organophosphate chlorpyrifos exposure and lowering IQ, and respiratory issues as well.

Brand New Congress - a group to watch out for.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/20341/brand-new-congress-progressives-republican-party-democrat

Tax the Rich - works for me.

Key words of wisdom -

We didn’t win this because Seattle’s Democratic establishment suddenly began to care about the crushing impact that decades of budget cuts and regressive taxes have had on working people and people of color in our city. It was the growing might of our social movements that led to this major victory. The establishment may have ultimately voted ‘yes,’ but not because they genuinely support taxing the rich. Mayor Murray and establishment Councilmembers like Tim Burgess and Lorena Gonzalez voted for it because we built a powerful movement over a number of years which made their continued opposition politically unviable.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/19/how-seattle-voted-to-tax-the-rich/

War in Iraq: The nightmare that never ends.

Unless you are slaughtered.

https://www.amnestyusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Iraq-report-At-Any-Cost-The-Civilian-Catastrophe-in-West-Mosul.pdf

(Thank you FAIR.)

HFCS and Canada? The connection is ....

... NAFTA

http://m.cmaj.ca/content/189/26/E881.abstract

RIP George Romero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Romero?wprov=sfla1

Thank you for Night Of The Living Dead.

Hydroponics is NOT Organic Farming.

Another example of how corporate establishment's interests co-opt government institutions for their profits.

http://inthesetimes.com/rural-america/entry/20332/organic-farming-debate-soil-hydroponics-nosb-corporate-influence-cornucopia

Another good summary of why I don't trust and won't back the US Democratic Party.

"From single payer healthcare and student loan forgiveness, to increasing the minimum wage and affordable housing programs, movements have adopted demands for justice. The #Resistance borrows the language of these movements. They impersonate leftists challenging Trump, and then reveal their phoniness by lapsing into nationalist expressions as they respond to sensational allegations swirling around Trump and Russia.

No matter how much more authoritarian government has become under Trump, what has not changed is the inveterate charade of Democrats, and their liberal allies in the pundit class, who sabotage energized movements built around the unwavering conviction that communities deserve more, should demand more, and in fact, can achieve more."

https://shadowproof.com/2017/07/13/resistance-roleplaying-liberal-grifters-age-of-trump/

What a fucking surprise - those people at Salon and ThinkProgress espousing establishment views on behalf of their corporate overlords.

Why Palestine is Still the Issue

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/11/why-palestine-is-still-the-issue/

Read it and never forget.

Reel Bad Arabs author passed away.

https://shadowproof.com/2017/07/13/a-tribute-to-jack-shaheen-and-his-groundbreaking-work-on-reel-bad-arabs/

Reading this really makes me question my own devotion to such films as Gladiator, Network, and Lawrence of Arabia.

Another interesting weekend.

Only this time it's not work related.

The baby is overdue by a few days - yay us.

We'll see what happens.

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Larsen Ice Shelf

Holy fucking shit!

A giant iceberg, covering approximately 5,800 km² (2,200 sq mi), breaks away (separation pictured) from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

"On 12 July 2017, Project MIDAS announced that a large, 5,800-square-kilometre (2,200 sq mi) portion of Larsen C had broken from the mainland at some point between 10 and 12 July.^[5][31] The iceberg weighs more than a trillion tonnes^[32][33] and is more than 200 m (700 ft) thick.^[34] The final breakthrough was detected in data from NASA’s Aqua MODIS satellite instrument, which images in the thermal infrared at a resolution of 1 km, and confirmed by NASA’s Suomi VIIRS instrument.^[35][35] The iceberg is not expected to be an immediate danger to shipping, but it could pose a threat if it moves significantly northwards.^[34]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larsen_Ice_Shelf#Larsen_C

As much hype as those Corporate Democrats want to spout on ...

... one can always push back - and harder - with facts.

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/09/ten-problems-with-anti-russian-obsession/

And yes, the DNC/Podesta emails were leaked, not hacked.

Two more apologists for the corporate establishment in one video.

Thank you Jimmy Dore!

Hey CounterPunch ...

... do yourself and your readers a favor and stop providing links to Scamazon in your online articles.

You only help the 21th Century version so Sprawl-mart thrive and exploit more people.

An interesting book worth reading.

http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/how-i-lost/

Sigh - a very painful and expensive day.

For me at least.

I was accosted today by one of the usual 'people' who enjoy their authority and are, well, psychopaths in IT.

Expensive car repair bill.

More work tonight.

Well, at least I can try play some music tonight.

Resilience - the key to the Progressive Movement.

Thank you Nina Turner.

It almost seems like these two arena proposals moving concurrently would be the best bet.

One for hockey, the other for basketball.

https://nhltoseattle.com/2017/06/30/stacking-up-the-potential-arenas/

You have to wonder if the actual people being controlled by the Corporate Establishment really think for themselves?

Specifically those in the Democratic Party.

https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/03/the-democratic-partys-deadly-dead-end/

Dead end indeed.

Abby Martin - a journalist I respect.

Here's why -

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=19279

Happy Canada Day - 2017.

Never thought I'd see the day where I wished I was back living in Canada, after over 18 years in the US.