Many people recognized, particularly teachers’ unions, from the start that Charter Schools are a sham and a tax payer rip off with little or no accountability to the public or the parents. Despite the publicity about children being dropped from these schools because of learning disabilities or alleged disciplinary problems and fudged statistics about their …
August 2016 archive
Aug 22 2016
Not Going Gently Into That Good Night
Last Thursday night Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” signed off for the final time with its host making the promise that he would be back. The show opened conversations on topics that are rarely discussed on network or cable often making us wince but none the less truthful and important. As the …
Aug 22 2016
The Breakfast Club (Risk)
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 …
Aug 21 2016
Dean Baker Answers the WaPo TPP Challenge
The Washington Post’s TPP Challenge By Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research 21 August 2016 Those folks at the Washington Post are so much fun. Now that it looks like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) might fail, the Post challenges TPP critics, “if not the Trans-Pacific Partnership, then what?” Let’s see, the Obama administration …
Aug 21 2016
The Breakfast Club (Russian Rag)
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 …
Aug 20 2016
Stab In The Back On TPP
I hope my readers don’t need to be reminded of the policy reasons the Trans Pacific Partnership is a bad deal. It would make this piece about 4 times as long. Instead I’ll focus some on the political issues. Remember, Barack Obama has already declared that he’s going to seek passage during the Lame Duck …
Aug 20 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 …
Aug 20 2016
The Breakfast Club (How Long)
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 …
Aug 19 2016
A Junkyard Cesspool Games Update
Ratings suck and while it could be the venue (and probably is to a certain extent, Rio is a paradigm of the corruption of the International Olympic Committee) it’s more probable that it’s the terrible and unwatchable coverage being offered by NBC. NBC knows who to blame for poor Olympics ratings — millennials and their …