Rayne

Iranian news outlet Fars reported today that seven American troops were taken into custody inside Iran. We’re seeing denials from both Iranian and U.S. sources. The situation is ripe for disinformation since what happened is very unclear, Fars is the the sole originating source, and no other authoritative source has emerged to make a widely-publicized statement of any kind.

Here’s my experience trying to make the German beverage kullerpfirsich, but with a twist: I’d made kullerpflaume.

I’ve already offered a 50,000-foot view of the road to here for some of the angry left — the road some of us who were progressives in 2003 took as we sought to wrest the country away from conservatives. I’ll share now is a more personal view of the last seven years on this road; what follows documents my experience from 2002-2005.

This is a puzzling story based on facts gleaned from several different news outlets. An older couple who once worked at the Los Alamos Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has been arrested and indicted on charges related to the attempted sale of nuclear energy secrets to Venezuela.

First in a series of posts about getting to this sad state, marginalized by the people we elected to office and referred to pejoratively as the “fucking retarded” “professional left,” our hands bitten by the dogs we’ve reared and fed.

The anger against the banksters is global in nature, and it’s an anger that both progressives and teabaggers share in common. Impotent rage at banksters taking advantage of the people without recourse will be not be impotent long; it will bubble over and foment into real ugliness. Will U.S. politicians and party leadership catch a clue about this anger?

Is The Independent trying to tell us female/non-whites something by failing to ask us about futurism and what the future may hold?

There are a couple of site rules which need to be revisited for newer diarists and senior community members alike.

The New York Times reports that Serbia’s Special War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office indicted nine men in relation to the killings of 43 ethnic Albanians during the Kosovo conflict.

Rumor has it there may be an influx of new community members here at The Seminal. We’re putting out the Welcome mat; come on in, kick off your shoes, have a seat and make yourself comfortable. You’ll find more information about The Seminal at this link, including some FAQs and the site’s rules. To join [...]