DL Open Thread: Mon., Aug. 12, 2019
Cyanide: It’s Not Just For Killing Humans Now. Nope. Trump has authorized the use of ‘cyanide bombs’ to kill animals.
Epstein’s Gone, But ‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Unreleased Documents Remain. I think that both Trump and Bill Clinton have lots to fear.
Denver City Council Tears Up Contracts With For-Profit Prison Contractors. Sponsored by a Socialist Democrat. Elections matter. Both contractors operate inhumane camps created by Trump.
How Virtually All Southern Black Farmers Had Their Land Stolen. Absolute must-reading from The Atlantic. There is no justice.
Chemours Tries To Get Ahead Of Regulators. The Chemours deathwatch is back on.
What do you want to talk about?
Bad link on the story of land theft from black farmers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/this-land-was-our-land/594742/
This is another story Dana should read to understand the case for reparations. If you’re too busy to read it, it chronicles the history of federal agencies that routinely steered bigger loans on better terms to white farmers than black ones — when the black farmers could get loans at all.
“Epstein’s Gone, But ‘Thousands And Thousands’ Of Unreleased Documents Remain. I think that both Trump and Bill Clinton have lots to fear.”
One of the big differences between Democrats and Republicans. You will never hear a Republican acknowledge or admit malfeasance on the part of any Republican.
Like the pol who went after his Argentinian Hot Tamale, Mark Sanford. We are now supposed to believe he is rehabilitated, and worthy of even higher office. So much hubris.
New Zealand had one white-supremacist gun massacre. Here’s what they’re doing about it:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-zealand-10000-banned-guns-bought-during-first-month-of-buyback-plan?ref=home
Just for historical perspective, white slave owners rejected all efforts to free the slaves by paying for them, and wound up losing them with no recompense. Something for gun strokers to think about.