Summer arrived this morning on the East Coast at 11:54 AM when the Sun reached the Tropic of Cancer. People living there would have seen the sun pass directly overhead at Noon. The Solstice is the 24 hour period during the year when the most daylight hits the Northern Hemisphere. The Sun’ angle relative to …
June 2019 archive
Jun 21 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 …
Jun 21 2019
Pathos
Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric (in which it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos), as well as in literature, film, and other narrative art. Emotional appeal can be accomplished in many ways, such as the following: by a metaphor or storytelling, commonly known …
Jun 21 2019
Cartnoon
Half a Manhattan One worked well enough, but you didn’t need much. There’s are few things that won’t blow up pretty good with a Thousand pounds of explosive provided you put it in the right place. The other was an elite illusion that required a great deal more Physics than the brute force (and more …
Jun 21 2019
The Breakfast Club (Fascism)
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 …
Jun 21 2019
Six In The Morning Friday 21 June 2019
US-Iran: Trump ‘pulls back after approving military strikes’ President Donald Trump approved retaliatory military strikes against Iran on Thursday before changing his mind, US media report. The New York Times, citing senior White House officials, says strikes were planned against a “handful” of targets. They say the operation was allegedly under way “in its early stages” when …
Jun 20 2019
Reparations
Look, it didn’t just stop with Slavery, or the Civil Rights Movement. Economically disadvantaged populations are that way in part due to decades and centuries of exploitation and discrimination. Jews are routinely stereotyped for their prevalence in certain professions, this is usually a response to the fact they were barred from pursuing other, “nobler” occupations. …
Jun 20 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 …
Jun 20 2019
Pre-Debate Froth
I don’t know if Sam has anything special happening next week, or indeed that she will have new material at all, Stephen is running live special episodes and Seth will probably be new on tape meaning his jokes are going to be about a day behind. I’m also not sure how we’re going to cover …
Jun 20 2019
What He Said
I could not have said this any better and, as a Jew, agree wholeheartedly. Attention White Christians Who Feel the Need to Tell Everyone What Is Or Is Not Anti-Semitism or Is Or Is Not Like the Holocaust Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice Shut your pudgy pie holes and sit your flabby asses down! This …
Jun 20 2019
The Breakfast Club (Passengers)
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 …