The Supreme Court heard arguments today in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case that may cripple the rights of public sector unions to bargain for workers. The case has the backing of the right wing group backed, the Bradley Foundation, that is backed by the billionaire Koch brothers. The group has spent millions over …
January 2016 archive
Jan 11 2016
Minority Report
It sounds like dystopian Science Fiction except that it’s all true. Now I’ve never liked Tom Cruise or his movies with the sole exception of Risky Business though I’ve also watched Top Gun more than once and always been disappointed with myself that I am so unimaginative and addicted to television that this seemed like …
Jan 11 2016
The Breakfast Club (Take a Stand)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Jan 11 2016
Six In The Morning Monday January 11
Nearly 400,000 Syrians starving in besieged areas Deaths from malnutrition reported as three towns wait desperately for promised food aid to arrive from Damascus. Patrick Strickland | 11 Jan 2016 06:16 GMT | Humanitarian crises, War & Conflict, Middle East, Syria As aid agencies prepare to deliver food to Madaya, on the outskirts of Damascus …
Jan 10 2016
NFC Wild Card- Packers @ Bigots
Now, we would like the Packers (10 – 6) no matter who they were playing. Not only are they the Yooper favorite (I’m only half troll), but they are the only community owned team in all of professional sports. Nah, it’s just icing on the cake that they’re playing the bigots (9 – 7) of …
Jan 10 2016
NFC Wild Card- Seahawks @ Vikings
The Seahawks (10 – 6) are perhaps the strongest team in the NFC that are not the Panthers. I also have a rooting interest against the Vikings (11 – 5) because they are division rivals of my sentimental favorites, the Packers. The weather is expected to be right around 0 with a wind chill of …
Jan 10 2016
The Breakfast Club (Beatles Classic)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …
Jan 10 2016
Six In The Morning Sunday January 10
‘El Chapo’: Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture The interview, conducted in October in the Mexican jungle, is published in Saturday’s edition of Rolling Stone. Guzman escaped from the maximum security Altiplano jail in July and was recaptured on Friday. Unnamed Mexican officials say Penn’s secret meeting helped lead them to the fugitive who is …