What are you reading? (WAYR) is a weekly book club, posted Wednesday mornings by plf515. Fiction and Non-Fiction, not necessarily political.
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- The Biden administration announced sanctions on two West Bank settler outposts on Thursday (3/14/24). This is the first time that Israeli settlements, rather than individual settlers, have been hit with economic sanctions. These sanctions might seem...49 comments 220 Recs
- As you’ve probably heard, Trump is claiming he can’t pay the $454 million bond for his fraudulent business practices in New York. The time has come for the State of New York to collect. I believe there is a right way, and a wrong way to go about this....240 comments 426 Recs
- As many of you know (especially night owls or Kossacks in later time zones), Daily Kos is being regularly hit with spam diaries advertising towing companies. The ads are all similar, with a photo, a short blurb, a list of services offered, and contact...113 comments 159 Recs
- When your 'Allies' Sell Ammunition to Czechia for use by Ukraine Against your own Army -- Priceless!Ever wonder just who Czechia has been hitting up to buy artillery ammunition from for Ukraine? This report from RBC Ukraine and the WSJ has some potentially surprising answers: Czechia is using its Cold War contacts to obtain much-needed ammunition for...28 comments 133 Recs
- Big bavovna. A self-propelled howitzer goes bavovna. Electronic warfare is about more than just jamming the enemy’s drones. It’s absurd that Russia should be able to do this. The drone attack on the oil refinery in Slavyansk was a great success. More...52 comments 274 Recs
- The news that Trump cannot produce the $465 million bond needed to appeal the civil fraud judgment against him in New York has led to a collective nodding of sage heads — “We knew he was full of net-worth shit.” For proof, the financial solons of the...111 comments 266 Recs
- People said Elon Musk might rescue him. Maybe Saudi Arabia—heck, Jarvanka could even shave off some of those sweet, sweet billions they got while working in the White House doing the kind of grifting Republicans claim Hunter Biden and his Pappy engaged...68 comments 145 Recs
- The NYT and rest of the mainstream media (MSM) are acting as if it’s business as usual. They think that subtlety (or not so subtley) bashing and catastrophizing Democrat's chances in November is ...173 comments 436 Recs
- For the first time in record history, temperatures reached a scorching 144.1 degrees Fahrenheit. The Alerta Rio weather system reports what a temperature feels like, taking into account humidity combined with the actual temperature. Record keeping of...110 comments 269 Recs
- A couple of nights ago, I watched the filmed version of Heidi Schreck’s play What the Constitution Means to Me. It’s a highly recommended, thought provoking piece of theatre, a mostly one woman show in which Schreck recounts her experience as an...29 comments 141 Recs
- Biden HYSTERICALLY ROASTS 'Mentally Unfit' Trump and Honors the Free Press at Annual Gridiron DinnerThe Gridiron Club is a renowned organization comprised of journalists and other media professionals that hosts a dinner every year featuring pundits and politicians delivering humorous observations of the state of the media and the nation. Among the...143 comments 755 Recs
- Dollar store Nietzsche did mean a national bloodbath beyond 100% tariffs on foreign auto imports. Chaos counts, as conman asks “whaddya have to lose?” “Now if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole... country.” In Ohio over the...82 comments 250 Recs
Recent Diaries
- To the surprise of no one and the disappointment of millions of Americans who were counting on the judicial system to ensure Donald Trump never sets foot in the White House again, every criminal case brought against the insurrectionist-in-chief is...1 comments 0 Recs
- It certainly is obvious that the Republican nominee for president has been nuturing a co-operative for dictators. It may already be fully functioning and it’s also possible that it’s been around ...1 comments 0 Recs
- The New Democratic Party of Canada put forward a motion in the House of Commons this evening to officially recognize Palestinian statehood. After extensive debate and a total of 14 amendments by the governing Liberal Party, the non-binding motion...2 comments 9 Recs
- As we all know by now,� Donnie needs ~$464M, real quick. �And besides the fact that finding someone willing to pony up even $100M is rare so $464M is damned near impossible, finding anyone willing ...16 comments 17 Recs
- Our fur friends would like to remind us that recycling is good for the environment, and that includes them! sometimes it takes the form of art made of old stuff.12 comments 21 Recs
- The big excitement here on the front range was the snowstorm that started Wednesday of last week and finally ended some time after midnight on Friday morning. I went out around 3AM and there were no more snowflakes coming down, though I don’t know...14 comments 6 Recs
- Guest: Labor journalist, author Steven Greenhouse Also: Putin steals another election Trump tries to avoid coughing up $450M in NY... On today's BradCast: Given all of the ongoing madness, this story has not yet broken through all of the noise. But...3 comments 2 Recs
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- So this past Saturday during yet another rambling, disjointed, bewildering "speech," the disgraced twice-impeached two-time loser former pres*dent Donald Trump cried out "If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath...5 comments 15 Recs
- I subscribe to Roger Eberts newsletter. It’s not a newsletter from the dead, his wife has gathered many movie critics, and they do weekly reviews of new movies coming out. None are in the same category for sure, but it’s a good way to keep up with new...64 comments 23 Recs
- I’ll post more editorial cartoons and intertnet memes as I find them online. I’ll try to post Part 2 of this diary at some point tomorrow evening. Thanks for supporting this diary series. In case you missed some of my recent diaries, here are the...22 comments 25 Recs
- Boy, this is a big topic! From classics of Science Fiction through contemporary novel both highbrow and “popular”��there runs a common thread. It goes something like this: Humans are creatures ...7 comments 10 Recs
- W E L C O M E TO THE SHADE YOU WILL FIND in the DIARIES a LOT of POLITICS AND EVEN MORE CATS THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CATS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CAT RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that...149 comments 31 Recs
- The history of the West’s behaviour towards Palestinians is one of betrayal of legitimate hopes. The Husain-McMahon correspondence shows Britain luring the Emir of Mecca, Sharif Husain, into entering WW1 on the Allies side by promising falsely that...36 comments 4 Recs
- When your 'Allies' Sell Ammunition to Czechia for use by Ukraine Against your own Army -- Priceless!Ever wonder just who Czechia has been hitting up to buy artillery ammunition from for Ukraine? This report from RBC Ukraine and the WSJ has some potentially surprising answers: Czechia is using its Cold War contacts to obtain much-needed ammunition for...28 comments 133 Recs
- President Biden Made America Great Again * After Donald Trump nearly destroyed us. * Best economy in the world. Best economy ever. What is your slogan for this year’s campaign?17 comments 6 Recs
- All across the Western world, there is a great realignment happening, and working class voters are leaving the political left. This has been presented as irreversible, and even as the product of bad education, but the truth is, to borrow from James...8 comments 7 Recs
- It is not easy to tell people that they’ve become addicted. It is also hard to tell other people that they’re enabling that addiction. Supporters think they’re helping. They try their very best to prop up a person who is wrestling with a disease. It is...9 comments 4 Recs
- As many of you know (especially night owls or Kossacks in later time zones), Daily Kos is being regularly hit with spam diaries advertising towing companies. The ads are all similar, with a photo, a short blurb, a list of services offered, and contact...113 comments 159 Recs
- People said Elon Musk might rescue him. Maybe Saudi Arabia—heck, Jarvanka could even shave off some of those sweet, sweet billions they got while working in the White House doing the kind of grifting Republicans claim Hunter Biden and his Pappy engaged...68 comments 145 Recs