Well, if you hate Microsoft (which I do, with the passionate intensity of a Galaxy of Blue Super-Giant Suns) then you should hate the Seahawks which is owned by Bill Gates’ more evil (as if that were possible) twin, Paul Allen. But TMC likes them so I cut them some slack. You might be justified, …
January 2017 archive
Jan 07 2017
Throwball Playoff Wild Card Game: Raiders @ Texans
“Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let’s go to press.” Yes folks, it’s that time of year again where your decide which team you hate the least unless it’s the Packers of course. Is this bias? Sure! Stockton- If you consider …
Jan 07 2017
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 …
Jan 07 2017
Odds or Onions Challenge XXIV
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. ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens ROSEBURG, OR—In the hours following …
Jan 07 2017
The Breakfast Club (Never Forget)
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 …
Jan 06 2017
Resistance: Growing Roots – Indivisible
Anyone with a good memory remembers how quickly the Tea Party movement took rose after the election of President Barack Obama. on January 21, the day after the inauguration of a new president, over 100,000 women (and a few good men) will converge on Washington, DC to make their voices heard. This started with just …
Jan 06 2017
Pump and Dump
So I’ve been reading and hearing all kinds of dire predictions about rising Gas prices and it’s totally ridiculous. Any rise is just fatter monopolistic margins for Global Carbon Extraction Companies (which, of course, are always the beneficiaries of every dollar spent). Point the first, if we suddenly shut off the taps tomorrow, I mean …
Jan 06 2017
The Breakfast Club (Twelfth Night)
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 …
Jan 05 2017
Static
One of the least attractive features of the anti-Democratic Neo Liberal Elites is their arrogant “I know better than you” attitude, and willingness to impose their dictatorial whims on a populace despite widespread opposition. So it is in Norway where they are shutting down analog FM Broadcasting using equipment and licenses that are cheap making …
Jan 05 2017
A Catalog of Mendacity and Fail
A Tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Don’t be fooled. Populism won’t help Democrats win again by Al From, The Guardian Wednesday 4 January 2017 07.00 EST America’s political map is a sea of Republican red. To change that Democrats need to do better among the forgotten middle class …
Jan 05 2017
The Breakfast Club (Edge Of A Revolution)
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 …
Jan 04 2017
The Wisdom of Dean Baker
Can’t We Kill the Deficit Hawk Industry? by Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research 04 January 2017 Just to be clear, there is no reason to be giving more money to Donald Trump’s billionaire friends as he proposes, but the argument is not that it will “blow up” the deficit and add to …