North Korea nuclear: State claims first hydrogen bomb test 6 January 2016 North Korea says it has successfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen bomb which, if confirmed, would be its fourth nuclear test since 2006. It came after a 5.1 magnitude quake was detected close to its nuclear test site at Punggye-ri, indicating a test may …
January 2016 archive
Jan 05 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Bernie, Bernie, Bernie!)
The New Guy Super Gay For Guns Ryan Coogler will be on to talk about his new film Creed of which Atrios says- As I wrote before, I appreciated the effort to get Philly mostly right in the movie Creed. Shooting on location – any location, really – is really expensive and it’s always a …
Jan 05 2016
The End Of Oil
Hyperbole, but there is a lot of truth in it. The economic utility of oil (outside of its lubricant properties) is that it’s extremely portable and has high energy density. Heavier than air flight was not possible prior to the Wrights (or Gustav Whitehead depending on who you believe) because the engines and fuel were …
Jan 05 2016
The Breakfast Club (Raining All Over The World)
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 05 2016
Six In The Morning Tuesday January 5
Barack Obama to close background checks loophole on gun show sales President to set out plan on Tuesday that will prevent firearms from being sold at gun shows and on the internet without having to go through necessary checks Dan Roberts in Washington @RobertsDan Tuesday 5 January 2016 07.19 GMT Thousands of unlicensed gun shows and …
Jan 04 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (I haven’t forgotten about you)
Happy New Year! Samantha Bee’s new show, Full Frontal, starts February 8th and though we may not be able to live blog (depends, it’s hard to do with so many shows in the same time slots) we will certainly be covering her and her guests. We ♥ Sam and wish her the best. The New …
Jan 04 2016
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: What Jeremy Corbyn’s Campaign Means for Britain
By: NY Brit Expat (Note: this piece came in just as we were doing our platform transfer and by the time that task was complete we were deep into Holiday season and I wasn’t sure it would get the prominence it deserved. I apologize for the delay. Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of Labour is, if anything, …
Jan 04 2016
Still Hung Over?
Well, you probably had a more exciting New Year’s celebration than I did. Not that things didn’t happen, saw Star Wars and Sherlock, and had 4 great meals, just that I’ve been having enormous problems with insomnia and I barely made it to midnight and New Year’s Day I was all kinds of cranky. I …