Last time I looked Starbucks former CEO Howard Schultz was threatening a massive radical centrist attack. Independent, even Bernie signed the oath. The Geography of Partisan Prejudice Amanda Ripley, Rekha Tenjarla. and Angela Y. He, The Atlantic Mar 4, 2019 Americans now routinely guess one another’s partisan leanings based on what they eat, drive, and …
March 2019 archive
Mar 08 2019
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Mar 08 2019
Carmageddon!
Ok, you’re not particularly familiar with this 1997 video game and there’s no reason you should be because it’s disgustingly violent with most points being awarded on the quantity and artistic impression of the pedestrians you mow down. C’mon, fun photons. In meatspace- A new study finds a potential risk with self-driving cars: failure to …
Mar 08 2019
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actually a pretty good flick, “Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. It follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories, then re-met and started dating again.” Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson! My secret.? I’m always angry. An otherwise blameless …
Mar 08 2019
The Breakfast Club (Certitude)
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) (or …
Mar 07 2019
The Russian Connection: Manafort Sentenced
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison on five counts of tax fraud, one count of hiding his foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud, far below the minimum sentencing guidelines of 19 to 24 years. “I think the sentencing range is excessive,” U.S. District Judge T.S. …
Mar 07 2019
Gravity
In Physics it’s the force exerted by Mass over a distance and so powerful that it can in certain instances stop Light itself. It also has a more common meaning, something that is weighty and ponderous and important. Wellspings of Vapid Versailles Villager consensus, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Axios (formerly of Tiger Beat …
Mar 07 2019
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
Mar 07 2019
Bee Role
In film and television production, B-roll, B roll, B-reel or B reel is supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot. Sam Bee: Fashion Consultant No Debate? Good! My accent isn’t a party trick American Standard here. I sound like a newscaster from Ohio except when I’m exposed long enough to my liguistic roots. …
Mar 07 2019
The Breakfast Club (Passion)
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) (or …