July 2019 archive

The Breakfast Club (Philosophy)

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 …

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Six In The Morning 6 July 2019

  Another, stronger quake in Ridgecrest shakes Southern California, causing more damage By ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE, ROSANNA XIA, RUBEN VIVES and KAREN KAPLAN JUL 06, 2019  A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Southern California on Friday night, the second major temblor in less than two days and one that rocked buildings across Southern California, adding more jitters to an already nervous region. The …

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The Internet Is Forever

Unlike some of my contemporaries I’ve been reluctant to embrace the Internet because as a Computer Technician I have long and well understood the Privacy Problem and the tangential Permanence of Ephemeral Photons. Unless you are clever and well disciplined (and most people aren’t) your on screen activities, even conducted under a pseudonym, are easily …

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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 …

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Waiting for Samantha

Well, not actually. Truth is what we’re waiting for is the Government filing in Kravitz v. U.S. being heard by Judge George J. Hazel who, until the Supreme Court Ruling rendered his decision moot, had ruled that the damaging (to the Government) evidence found in the estate of Thomas Hofeller (who said in correspondence redrawn …

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Cartnoon

Spy vs. Spy

The Breakfast Club (Pictures)

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 …

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Six In The Morning Friday 5 July 2019

  China Muslims: Xinjiang schools used to separate children from families By John SudworthBBC News, Xinjiang China is deliberately separating Muslim children from their families, faith and language in its far western region of Xinjiang, according to new research. At the same time as hundreds of thousands of adults are being detained in giant camps, a …

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Happy Independence Day

And to the deplorables who put up this sign Have Happy 243rd Independence Day. Enjoy the day and we hope it doen’t rain on your parade. The Management.

The Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society July 5, 1852

Frederic Douglass- What to the Slave is the 4th of July? He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. …

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The Breakfast Club (Madman)

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 …

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Six In The Morning Thursday 4 July 2019

  Are parts of India becoming too hot for humans? By Shekhar Chandra, CNN Updated 0326 GMT (1126 HKT) July 4, 2019 Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially become too hot to be …

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