Douthat today (no I won’t link it, the man’s a total asshole and a moron to boot) laments the rise of “social liberalism” and the loss of the Culture Wars by which he means the freedom to be as bigoted and offensive as you want to be in public protected by your exceptional privilege. He …
September 2016 archive
Sep 21 2016
Out To Get You
It is obvious that lying by Law Enforcement is endemic, one need look no farther than the Crutcher Murder by Police which is only the most recent in a overwhelming litany of Police Murders, mostly of Black or Hispanic victims, where Officers have peddled clear and provable fabrications to escape justice for their heinous actions. …
Sep 21 2016
The Breakfast Club (Refuge)
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 …
Sep 20 2016
The Daily Late Show (National Razor)
Sam Bee moves to Wednesday next week so that she has a couple of days to encapsulate the debate which will start at 9 pm Monday and last for 90 painful minutes or so. Fly away races and seasonal change have sucked out my sense of humor, nothing seems very funny at the moment except …
Sep 20 2016
Robbing The Stage
Media Grossly Downplaying the Depths of the Wells Fargo Scandal The Wells Fargo Scandal Was By Design by Ian Welsh 9/20/16 This wasn’t about revenue. It was about being able to say “we opened so many new accounts and credit cards” to Wall Street. Much of executive compensation is based on stock options and stock …
Sep 20 2016
Odds or Onions Challenge XIII
Can you pick The Onion without hovering your mouse over the links? Not much of a challenge really, but if you just looked at the headlines you’d have an easy 50 / 50 shot at being wrong. Giant orange dinosaur in Massachusetts saved from extinction SAUGUS, Mass. — The giant orange dinosaur seen by …
Sep 20 2016
The Breakfast Club (Movin’ Ahead)
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 …
Sep 19 2016
The Biscuit Test
One little known ritual of British politics is the Mumsnet Biscuit Test. Umm… ek? What the heck is Mumsnet? Well, it’s a parenting website with about 5000 active members (larger than Daily Kos actually) and because not all people have their brains totally destroyed by producing offspring (though it’s an incredibly common experience) they take …
Sep 19 2016
The Breakfast Club (Out On The Street)
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 …