Remember 2 for the price of one? I certainly do which is why I think it’s fair game to consider the prospects of a Hillary Clinton Presidency through the History of the Bill Clinton Presidency. In this extended excerpt of his new book, Listen Liberal, published in Salon, Thomas Frank examines Bill Clinton’s leadership and …
March 2016 archive
Mar 13 2016
The Breakfast Club (Big Banjo From Broadway)
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 …
Mar 12 2016
2016 Primaries and Caucuses: March 12
Today the Republicans are holding caucuses in Wyoming and the District of Columbia plus the US island territory, Guam is holding a convention to select delegates. For the Democrats there is a caucus in the Northern Marianna Islands. Wyoming Republicans vote for national delegates, not a presidential preference. 12 delegates will be selected today. Another …
Mar 12 2016
Health and Fitness News
Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …
Mar 12 2016
Breakfast Club (What They Want)
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 …
Mar 11 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (March Madness!)
WARNING! Sucky Blogging Ahead! What’s Friday without a little Meta? This is NCAA Tournament time and as always we’ll be following both the men and the women. The men will once again be in the CBS universe while the women will be on ESPN. Like last year each individual men’s game will be (what? Broadcast? …
Mar 11 2016
Apple v. DOJ
45 Years After COINTELPRO FBI Continues to Monitor Activists “Activism is not terrorism”: Rights groups call on Congress to investigate the FBI and DHS for surveillance of activists by Ben Norton, Salon Tuesday, Mar 8, 2016 01:13 PM EST More than 60 legal, civil rights and activist groups sent a letter to the chairs of …
Mar 11 2016
Creeping Fascism
It’s a common trope among Centrist (Right Wing Faux) Democrats to say that Donald Trump is a fascist on a par with Hitler (the more sophisticated and historically accurate will say Mussolini). If true, who exactly is responsible for creating the conditions of post-Great War (WWI, they didn’t know there would be a second) Europe …
Mar 11 2016
The Breakfast Club (Deja Vu)
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 …