DEAR RUSSIAN TROLLS:
YOU'VE BEEN CRAWLING ALL OVER MY BLOG FOR AGES....
DID I HURT YOUR FEELINGS BY CALLING ATTENTION TO
YOUR PRESENCE?
LOOK AROUND YOU.
YOUR NATION IS IMPOVERISHED DUE TO CORRUPTION.
PUTIN KILLS THOSE WHO CRITICIZE HIM EVEN IF THEY
HAVE FLED RUSSIA. HOW IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
HOW IS THAT WHAT YOU WORK TO IMPOSE UPON
AMERICANS?
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S WORDS:
"AS Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.… "
https://richardlangworth.com/worst-form-of-government
 07 August 18 AM
Frank Rich | In 2008, America Stopped Believing in the American Dream
 Frank Rich, New York Magazine Rich writes: "The mood in America is arguably as dark as it has ever been in the modern era. The birthrate is at a record low, and the suicide rate is at a 30-year high; mass shootings and opioid overdoses are ubiquitous." READ MORE  Rick Gates departs U.S. District Court on February 14, 2018, in Washington. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
Rick Gates Says He Lied for Years at Manafort's Request and Stole From Him in the Process
Rachel Weiner, Matt Zapotosky, Ann E. Marimow and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post Excerpt: "In his first hour on the witness stand, Gates catalogued years of illegal activity, saying most of his wrongdoing was committed on behalf of his former boss, Paul Manafort, while other crimes were for his own benefit, including the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars." READ MORE  The Netroots Nation conference. (photo: Curtis Compton)
'We Are Not a Number': Black Activists Protest at Progressive Convention
Daniel Marans, Yahoo Marans writes: "A group of black activists took the stage at the Netroots Nation conference on Saturday night to protest the marginalization they claim to have experienced at the gathering of progressives." READ MORE  Paul Ryan. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Republican Gerrymandering Wall Is Starting to Crumble
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "Even as the Supreme Court refuses to enforce the Constitution, two of the most gerrymandered states dealt severe blows to partisan election rigging this year, and a third is likely to follow suit this November." READ MORE  Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock)
Anonymous Vows to Take Down, Expose QAnon
Marrian Zhou, CNET Zhou writes: "Hacktivist group Anonymous issued a threat to QAnon conspiracy theorists on YouTube and Twitter, pledging Sunday to take down the pro-Trump movement and its creator Q." READ MORE  O'Dam women in Mexico. (photo: Native Planet)
Mexico Accused of Medical Discrimination Against Indigenous
teleSUR Excerpt: "The death of three newborns in a marginalized community in Chihuahua state has brought to light systemic failures in the medical system." READ MORE  The Olin Mathieson Alkali Works plant (seen in 1968) in the Appalachian town of Saltville, Virginia, for decades dumped its calcium chloride effluent into the North Fork of the Holston River which flowed past the plant. In 1970 the company announced it could not meet the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water pollution standards and would close the plant. (photo: Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
Here's Why the Environmental Protection Agency Was Created
Lily Rothman, TIME Rothman writes: "As the U.N. marks World Water Day on Wednesday - it's worth looking back at the moment in time when the EPA was first created, and why Richard Nixon saw a need for the agency to exist." READ MORE |
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