October 2017 archive

What Happened in Niger?

There are a lot of questions that are not being asked about the deaths of four US Army Special Forces soldiers? “This might wind up to be Mr. Trump’s Benghazi.” Those are the words of Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, a Florida Democrat who was present during a controversial phone call between President Donald Trump and the …

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The Breakfast Club (Instincts)

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 10:00am (ET) to …

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The Russian Connection: “A Blaring Red Siren”

Once the wealthiest man in Russia, former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky spent ten years in Russian prison after the Russian government under Vladimir Putin charged him with fraud and tax evasion in 2003. After his release from prison in late 2013, he was exiled and was granted residency in Switzerland where he has since become …

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The War On Opioids

In the wake of a Washington Post expose on how the pharmaceutical industry had lobbied congress to weaken the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to fight the opioid epidemic, Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) has withdrawn his name to be Donald Trump’s drug czar. Marino was the principal sponsor of the bill written by an industry lawyer …

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The Breakfast Club (Hide The Pain)

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 10:00am (ET) to …

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Totenkopfverbände

The Death’s Head Units of the Schutzstaffel were directly in charge of the administration and operation of the concentration camps and extermination facilities of Nazi Germany. These included (but were not limited to) Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Ravensbrück, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen-Gusen, Treblinka, Bełżec, Sobibór, Chełmno, and Majdanek. They reported to the Reich Main Security Office (RHSA) and …

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Worse Than Trump

Don’t let Vice President Mike Pence fool you with his quiet, genteel manner. Like all of Donald Trump’s choices for offices in his administration, Pence is a horror who is worse than Trump and a heartbeat, or impeachment, away from being in charge. Staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine and author, Jane Mayer wrote …

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The Breakfast Club (The Twist – Not That One)

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 10:00am (ET) to …

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It’s not just the NSA

The thing to remember about digital communications is that they’re terribly insecure, even before incredibly stupid ideas like magic golden key backdoors that will only be used against terrorists. And drug smugglers. And child pornographers. And PETA. And Greenpeace. And Black Lives Matter Activists. Well, basically anyone deemed an annoyance to the Neo Liberal New …

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Take From The Poor And Give To The Rich: Robbin’ The ‘Hood

I’m sure those are not the right words. I must be Mabel after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn! No, I’ve made up my mind about it; if I’m Mabel, …

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The Breakfast Club (What About Trust)

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 10:00am (ET) to …

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Rant of the Week: Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart – Equal Time

Donald Trump complained that he was being treated unfairly by the late night talk show hosts and he wanted equal time. So CBS’ The Late Show host Stephen Colbert and the former host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Jon Stewart attempted to grant Trump his wish. Needless to say, it didn’t go well.

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