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This is the grave of Pete Domenici. Born in 1932 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Pietro Domenici grew up in an Italian immigrant household.
This is the unmarked grave of Robert Welch. Born in 1899 in Chowan County, North Carolina, Robert Welch is one of the worst humans to ever pollute this pretty terrible nation.
This is the grave of James Farrell. Born in 1904 in Chicago, Farrell grew up in a big Irish leftist family.
Exxon Mobil warned Thursday that oil inventories will fall to record low levels in coming weeks, forcing prices to spike and curbing demand.
On May 30, 1925, police opened fire on workers and students in Shanghai. This began the May Thirtieth Movement, a major moment of anti-imperialist struggle in China and one that was led by workers. This is one example of how work and the struggle for freedom from imperialist powers were intertwined, as they would often be in Asia and Africa during these years.
It's a hard Sunday when the good people of Kentucky aren't even running to Williamstown to visit the Ark Encounter. What is that? Oh, it's the Ark replica that reminds visitors how right-wing extremist versions of the Bible are correct. You know, dinosaurs existed then, the world is 6,000 years old, gays were killed, all that good stuff. Now, these people totally believe in the free market.
Reading the New Yorker profile of Hakeem Jeffries, one kind of feels bad for the guy. He's not a bad person. He's not a bad congressman. In decent times. he'd not be a bad leader. But these are not decent times and he's just out of depth entirely. The piece opens with him trying to decide to actually respond to Donald Trump in the way he needs to be responded to:
After an amazing Game 1, most of the games between OKC and San Antonio haven't been that interesting, but as a series it has been totally fascinating. I of course favor OKC tonight because it's at home, but really anything could happen. The Thunder are beat up without J-Dub and Mitchell. The Spurs have nothing to lose. These two teams are likely to dominate the Western Conference for the next 5 years based on how they are put together.
This is the grave of Martha Ready, though she was known as Mattie Silks in the world of the brothel.
You may have heard about the paper mill in Longview, Washington that blew up and killed 11 workers. Longview is a classic Northwestern timber town, one that has actually mostly survived with a fair number of jobs. But the pressure of global capitalism falls entirely on the workers as companies are determined to lower prices as much as possible. So the companies kill workers and the workers have to take it because the option is a closed factory.
