It is starting to dawn on the Quisling Blairite Neolib Tory-lites of the Parliamentary Labour Party that their coup de estate against Jeremy Corbyn is a massive failure despite their anti-demcratic machinations to disenfranchise their members. Corbyn leads Owen Smith, a feckless non-entity who was nevertheless seen as more “electable” than the outright Conservatine Angela …
July 2016 archive
Jul 26 2016
The Crumbling of the Neoliberal Consensus
It’s not just in the United States that the incompetence of Neoliberal elites and failure of Neoliberal policies is causing it to lose its grip on political power in areas which democracy has not yet been totally stifled. We see it in Britain with the Brexit vote and the seemingly inevitable re-election of Jeremy Corbyn …
Jul 26 2016
The Breakfast Club (Creating Yourself)
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 …
Jul 25 2016
Democratic National Convention 2016: Day 1
Good riddance to bad rubbish Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and top executives of the Democratic National Committee are now proven by the Wikileaks e-mail release to have shown blatant favoritism to the Clinton campaign in her primary contest against Bernie Sanders. That’s just a fact and Democrats at all levels of the party from voters to elected …
Jul 25 2016
The Putin Connection
The Republican nominee for president has deep ties to Russia and it’s head of state Vladimir Putin that long preceded his friendship with Paul Manafort. And, as Charlie Pierce said, this should raise alarm bells for anyone concerned about democracy. Pierce leads us to an in depth article by Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo …
Jul 25 2016
The Breakfast Club (One)
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 …
Jul 24 2016
More about God and why He’s a bad idea.
I told you so. Look, I’m a flat out Atheist and I never try to hide it. I also never shove it in people’s faces in part because, frankly, it makes me a member of the most despised minority in the United States. Yup, folks would rather vote for and live in a neighborhood with …
Jul 24 2016
The Breakfast Club (Black And White)
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 …