2016 Postmortem

Octafish

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19. Glen Ford is a real journalist.

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 05:36 PM

Jun 2016

On Detroit:

“What is emerging in the second decade of the 21st century is a new version of American Apartheid, in which the inhabitants of largely Black urban centers are denied a meaningful vote or the legal capacity to safeguard their collective and individual property from the grasping hands of the rich.”

http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/detroit-nexus-new-american-apartheid

One can hear him explain in his own voice at the link.

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Four Points make me FOR Bernie [View all] Octafish Jun 2016 OP

I'm sure Bernie Sanders will be able to bring these issues up when he's back in the Senate. brooklynite Jun 2016 #1

I hope Hillary does if she's the nominee. Octafish Jun 2016 #4

Hillary agrees with all those. YouDig Jun 2016 #2

Not when it comes to NSA domestic spying. Octafish Jun 2016 #5

That article has nothing to do with your OP. YouDig Jun 2016 #6

Here's help. Octafish Jun 2016 #9

That article still has nothing to do with your OP. What does the NSA have to do with YouDig Jun 2016 #10

Yes it does, esp. considering how much NSA work is done by private contractors. Octafish Jun 2016 #13

Octafish... brentspeak Jun 2016 #29

Truer words were never spoken (about the entity and praising Octafish's efforts)! nt 2cannan Jun 2016 #32

Swoon.. Ah, Octafish! Melissa G Jun 2016 #36

Here's detail on how NSA spying helps the well-to-do. Octafish Jun 2016 #11

I'm about conspiracy theoried out. YouDig Jun 2016 #12

Profound for you. Octafish Jun 2016 #14

You've only been here for about 60 days, I dig that. bobthedrummer Jun 2016 #15

Stratfor via WikiLeaks saw problems from the beginning for Clinton Foundation... Octafish Jun 2016 #18

I like your taste in westerns, Octafish. senz Jun 2016 #27

Thanks, senz! Sergio Leone and Jethro Tull all day long. Octafish Jun 2016 #33

Interesting, Octafish. senz Jun 2016 #42

Uh-huh. The USA is a Reaganomic Republic. immoderate Jun 2016 #3

Trickle Down Voodoo has WASTED 7/8 of all the wealth in history on the rich. Octafish Jun 2016 #7

The rat exercising the trap laserhaas Jun 2016 #25

K&R bobthedrummer Jun 2016 #8

The Good Shepherd Octafish Jun 2016 #16

Why doesn't that important OP have a "permalink?" I thought all comments did. senz Jun 2016 #30

Interesting article. Xyzse Jun 2016 #17

Glen Ford is a real journalist. Octafish Jun 2016 #19

I don't want to hear his voice unless it says...I concede. nt. Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #22

Your attitude explains your level of awareness. Octafish Jun 2016 #31

It is customary for the loser of any election or primary to concede. Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #37

I'm for my nextdoor neighbor, Stan...but he's not on the general election ballot either. nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #20

Is Stan a Democrat? Here's some of what one Democrat managed to do in only 1,037 days in office. Octafish Jun 2016 #23

Have you ever heard about a little altercation called the bay of pigs? Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #38

JFK stood up to the warmongers. Every time. Octafish Jun 2016 #39

for who? Oh yeah Bernie ...well he lost. So who cares? Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #21

Who's the real loser, Demsrule86? Octafish Jun 2016 #24

The corporate Red states laserhaas Jun 2016 #26

Agents for Bush Octafish Jun 2016 #34

WOW...I've read 'Crossing the Rubicon' 4 times laserhaas Jun 2016 #35

Concise and well put felix_numinous Jun 2016 #28

That's an excellent list, I couldn't agree more. Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #40

Not long ago = still does today. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #41

A Dr. Strangelove for the 21st Century (Steve Breyman May 9, 2014) kick bobthedrummer Jun 2016 #43