As we all know by now, the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange was arrested in London on two warrants after the Ecuadoran ambassador revoked his asylum status that has lasted 7 years. He was arrested and taken to a magistrates court to face a charge of failing to surrender to the courts which he denied …
April 2019 archive
Apr 12 2019
Public Obstruction Of Justice
Well, you can forget the Mueller Report and the Russians now. Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio is dangling Pardons again. Trump told CBP head he’d pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law By Jake Tapper, CNN Fri April 12, 2019 Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he …
Apr 12 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 …
Apr 12 2019
Pfui. Let them come.
I’m not afraid of Brown people. Are you? Trump Says He Is Considering Releasing Migrants in ‘Sanctuary Cities’ By Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times April 12, 2019 President Trump said on Friday that his administration was “strongly” considering releasing migrants detained at the border into mostly Democratic “sanctuary cities,” suggesting that the idea should …
Apr 12 2019
The Breakfast Club (What Will Be)
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 …
Apr 11 2019
Purging
Not anywhere near as much fun as it sounds, and it doesn’t sound like fun. My Own Private Army, Let’s Put Jews In Concentration Camps, And All White Women Look Alike Did I mention All White Women Look Alike? Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake Djibouti, Shake Djibouti
Apr 11 2019
The Breakfast Club (Privileges)
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 …
Apr 10 2019
Inferior Services, Stifling Bureaucracy, Less Democracy, Greater Cost
Those things are what Neo Liberal Economics produces and it’s quite obvious and logical really that if you take a good or service ordinarily provided by Government at cost and privatize it to benefit corporations and commercial interests this is going to be the result. Neoliberalism promised freedom – instead it delivers stifling control by …
Apr 10 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 …