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 …
July 2016 archive
Jul 09 2016
So, that Labour Party Election
I feel I’ve made it abundantly clear what side I am on. I think myself a modern day Marat (in fact I suffer from eczema just as he did, it’s an auto-immune disorder that is not at all contagious but psychologically damaging in that you imagine yourself a leper and are frequently treated as such. …
Jul 09 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 …
Jul 09 2016
The Breakfast Club (Rocking On)
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 08 2016
About Stupid
Yes, I know we’ve moved beyond the mere torture and abuse of domesticated, eating animals though it’s far easier to generate sympathy for a mutilated cat or dog than it is of a Black citizen murdered by Police let alone some nameless first responder, wedding, or funeral guest reduced to a blood soaked spot of …
Jul 08 2016
None of These People Needed To Die
Last night in Dallas, Texas, at the end of peaceful protest over the shooting deaths of two black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota this week, a lone gunman opened fire on the Dallas police. He killed five officers, wounded seven others plus two civilians. None of these people should be dead but they …
Jul 08 2016
The Breakfast Club (Lean On Me)
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 07 2016
Chicken Little
It’s hard to know how much cultural history we share. I was amazed and astounded that my brother, who attended the same schools I did, had picked up hardly any of Aesop’s Fables (long story beyond short, the dog in the manger can’t eat the grain because he’s a dog, duh, yet thwarts the cow …
Jul 07 2016
Overton Windows
The Not-So-Liberal Roberts Court by Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times JULY 7, 2016 The takeaway from the term that ended last week seems to be that by the time the Supreme Court, short-handed and stumbling in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, finally got its act together at the end of June, it …
Jul 07 2016
It’s Over.
First of all, allow me to point out that the Telegraph is not exactly what you would call a “Left Wing” newspaper. Defeated Labour rebels admit ‘it’s finished’ as Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign as leader Kate McCann, Telegraph 7 July 2016 • 9:00am Labour rebels are in retreat after admitting that Jeremy Corbyn cannot …