August 2017 archive

We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. Today is the anniversary of the United States Coast Guard (in Lego) but I’m not here to talk about that. Instead I want to discuss heroism. Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, …

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I’m reading a lot of reaction to the push back by Abortion Rights activists against the policy articulated by Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján not to withhold financial support from anti-Choice candidates (which I wrote about Monday), most of it from Corporatist Institutional Democrats and their centrist sycophants. Their argument goes something …

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Retards eh? A vile slander of the developmentally handicapped. Moron on the other hand is descriptive. West Virginia Governor to Switch from Democrat to Republican By JONATHAN MARTIN and MICHAEL D. SHEAR, The New York Times AUG. 3, 2017 Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia, a Democrat who was elected last year even as President …

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Tuesday I covered the Rich/Faux Noise story and I thought it was appalling but going nowhere. Silly me. Today it’s been the bottom of the hour (:30) lead on MSNBC all day. Just now (3:30 pm ET) watched a 15 minute interview with Butowsky. And Amy Goodman and Marcy Wheeler evidently think there’s something to …

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In addition to my bravura performances as Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore and Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar I also trod the boards as Traveling Salesman #1 in The Music Man about which the critics said- “You did a really good job son” and “You remembered all your lines! I’m so proud.” Trumpcare Death Spiral …

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I’ve often enough said that I don’t like The Donald at all and the sooner he winds up on the ash heap of History the happier I’ll be. I don’t even much care what the excuse is or how it’s done though I do think it a little hinky to diagnose mental illness from a …

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Yes, it’s all a cunning plot, an 11 dimensional chess game if you will, designed to string us along and get us to misunderestimate him so he can take over the World! I really hate Cat’s In The Cradle, liking it is similar to saying Jurassic Bark is your favorite episode of Futurama (everybody knows …

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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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It’s a slooow news day in the Russiagate story, only two major blockbuster reports. The first is the Washington Post’s revelation that The Donald personally and against the advice of his staff dictated Donald Jr.’s initial statement about the infamous Re: Russia – Clinton – private and confidential email and meeting. This happened under a …

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