August 2016 archive

2016 Primaries: State and Local

Bet you thought the silly season ended with the last presidential primary. Wrong. It just continues at the state and local levels. Yesterday Arizona and Florida held theirs. Here are some the more notable results. Arizona: Republican Sen. John McCain has also won the primary race for his Senate seat. His main opponent in this …

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Communism on the March!

(Part 42, wherein we once again attack the practice of Mega-Coroprations expropriating Public Assets and marketing them for their own profit.) Comerades! Our glorious Socialist Revolution once again advances against Capitalist Imperialism under the banner of our Trotskyite leader, Jeremy Corbyn! His Radical Plan to actually make Public Scientific Research… well, Public will surely bring …

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The Breakfast Club (Humanity)

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 …

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The Great Wall (Of Ice)

I feel somewhat compelled to be specific. Not the big pile of masonry in the Western part of China that you can see from Space. Not the huuge beautiful one on the Southern border of the United States that the Mexicans are going to pay for. Nope, the every bit as ambitious and likely to …

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The Zombie Deals- TTIP and TPP

The reason I call them Zombie Deals is that by all accounts, they’re dead Jim dead! On the other hand it doesn’t pay to underestimate the power of the D.C. Neoliberal Consensus to resurrect incredibly bad ideas that benefit only their Billionaire Paymasters and International Mega-Corporations. How many times does the Debt/Deficit Hawk Grand Bargain …

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The Breakfast Club (Bootstraps)

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 …

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Your Money Or Your Life

After the public and media outcry about the price increase the life saving drug Epinephrine, carried as a self injecting device (Epipen), that many people with sever allergies carry to save their lives, the drug company Mylan tried a couple of new tactics to quell the criticism. First, they laughably offered a $300 off coupon …

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To Anacreon In Heaven

As you know I think Throwball an exceptionally stupid sport played by brain and steroid damaged people who without their not as remunerative as you might think contracts would find gainful employment as muggers and Mob enforcers. The fans are not much better though marginally more civilized than the typical denizens of the parking lots …

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The Breakfast Club (Remember)

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 …

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