Article: Time replaces its logo for the first time in its history. Now, it says 'Vote'

For the first time ever, Time magazine's logo will be replaced with an imperative -- "VOTE." It's both a call to action for readers and a mission statement for the November 2 double issue, which covers the final days of the 2020 presidential election. "Few events will shape the world to come more than the result of the upcoming U.S. presidential election," Time editor-in-chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal wrote in a note to readers.

- CNN

cnn: greenland is melting

[eyeroll]

My schadenfreude cup runneth over.

the emperor has no clothes

"This spell will eventually break. That is my belief." Senator Flake is an American hero.



The best thing that occurs to me about the world's current bristling political climate is the concept that it's always darkest before the dawn. Maybe, just maybe, we are experiencing the labor pains and the birthing process of a New Age/New Earth. Earth 2.0. One can hope.

Right, President Obama?

the truth is hard

funny stuff : bill maher : new rules

fareed's take

One of his most profound statements ever.

"the only morally justifiable reaction is disgust"

Tuesday was a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere. The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs.

When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19, Americans of goodwill mourn and demand justice. When this is done in the context of a rally where swastikas are borne and racist and anti-Semitic epithets hurled, the only morally justifiable reaction is disgust. When the nation’s leader does not understand this, the nation can only weep.

- Washington Post Editorial

internet meme of the day

The latest meltdown. My maternal grandfather's merchant ship was torpedoed in the Caribbean by white supremacists during WWII. Although he's now transcended, Mr. Evans Cooper survived to tell the story. We must all act to smother and suffocate fascism wherever and whenever it begins to manifest its evil head. History is counting on us.

video: ana navarro: "stop acting like a mean girl!"

LOVE her! Ms. Navarro's rant is in response to this latest Twitter meltdown. (It's noteworthy that she's a Republican.)

video: "those were lies. plain and simple."

Former FBI Director James Comey's opening remarks in his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

quote of the day

"Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world."

- Elon Musk

Them be fighting words. It's comforting to know this brilliant man is on the side of Truth.

i'm with her!

Perilous times for Our Mother.

wow

"I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally -- and that's the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system -- and I think as well our institutions are under assault internally," Clapper told anchor Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." Pressed if he meant US institutions were under assault internally from the President, Clapper responded, "Exactly." Clapper called on the other branches of the federal government to step up in their roles as a check on the executive. "The founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and balances," Clapper said. "I feel as though that is under assault and is eroding."

-  Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CNN

mike luckovich

My favorite editorial cartoonist from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is at it again.

Meanwhile, this is me watching the current political "telenovela" unfolding in the United States. For better or worse, reality TV has come to the White House. What will be tweeted next?

progressive vs conservative

Someone recently expressed discomfort with the progressive slant of the My Roatan blog. Specifically, this person wrote: "My wife and I were strongly considering coming back to your resort. But I would feel bad insulting your dignity and sense of superiority by asking you to accept any of our conservative Trump supporting money." In responding, I reminded this client that the blog specifically states "opinions expressed in this blog are solely my own," and that I have respectful and lively debates with conservative guests all the time. We agree to disagree. I live on the edge of the ocean. I can sense the sea level rising. My biggest gripe is with conservatives who claim global warming/climate change is a hoax. Donald Trump is one of those people. However, in an effort to be more "balanced," here are two men of arguably equal standing, one progressive and one conservative, having a respectful and lively debate about current issues in the political realm.

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"a declaration of war"

We’re already past the point, probably, of reversing what climate change has done to this planet. Some say we’re on the precipice, some say we’re too late, some say we’re going to be too late very soon. For him to tear up every single regulation instituted by President Obama on climate change and for him to say that that will no longer be a concern when they make their decisions, is not just a fuck you to the rest of this world, but it’s a declaration of war against the actual planet.

- Michael Moore

the internet is SO funny!

Source: Comments section of Wonkette's Kellyanne Conway Not Certain Microwave Is Listening To Her, BUT MAYBE IT IS

ouch!

internet comment of the day

We had a Russian mole as National Security Advisor.

We still have:

A religion in schools person running education.
Oil guys determining environmental policy.
Bubble creators and Ponzi scheme beneficiaries running economic policy.
A guy that gutted food safety and inspection in his state is running agriculture.
An agricultural guy handling nuclear material.
A surgeon running housing.
A for profit prison advocate as the AG.
A fascist propagandist as WH strategist and Principal in the NSC.
A conservative religious fundamentalist zealot that wants to turn our secular republic into a Christian theocracy as VP.
And an ill-informed, propaganda-fed, thin-skinned egomaniac with authoritarian delusions as POTUS.

- Nemeshisu commenting on the RawStory article "‘He will die in jail’: Intelligence community ready to ‘go nuclear’ on Trump, senior source says"