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August 2019 archive
Aug 18 2019
The Breakfast Club (The Infotainer)
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 10:30am (ET) to …
Aug 18 2019
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” 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. On Sunday mornings …
Aug 17 2019
But who keeps track?
My New York Metropolitans are 2 games above .500 and a mere 9 games behind the Braves. The New York Yankees are a game ahead in the Win column over the Dodgers for the best record in Baseball. President Trump has made 12,019 false or misleading claims over 928 days By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, …
Aug 17 2019
Colbert on CNN
I don’t amend or extend my thoughts on CNN (they’re terrible, I’d sooner hate watch Faux Noise or a test pattern or the news in Flemish) but you know, Stephen. Also Anderson Cooper who shared a Helicopter ride with a friend and isn’t such a bad sort himself though his New Year’s Eve special has …
Aug 17 2019
The Breakfast Club (Without Roots)
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 …
Aug 16 2019
The Russian Connection: Kentucky’s Catch 22
The Senate Majority Leader, Moscow Mitch, has put his home state, Kentucky, behind the proverbial 8 ball with his Catch 22 legislative maneuvering to secure a deal with a still sanctioned Russian aluminum oligarch, Oleg Derepaska. His economic treason has left his state’s legislature and the US Congress no room to reign in Russian interference …
Aug 16 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 …
Aug 16 2019
Traitors!
I have long inveighed against the stupidity and short sightedness of “Centrists”, particularly those who pretend to be Democrats. In particular I have named the “Third Way” think tank as particularly bone-headed and idiotic, but it turns out I may have been too charitable to what now is revealed to be basically a Koch brothers …
Aug 16 2019
Cartnoon
Have you ever Kipled? The English Major tells me that’s screamingly funny. Take up the White Man’s burden – Send forth the best ye breed – Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild – Your new-caught sullen peoples, Half devil and …
Aug 16 2019
More Star Trek Economics!
I’m not an Economist, I’m a History Major and I hated and resented every single minute I spent in class and received (justly) grades that reflected that fact. My Uncle had a Doctorate and was a Vice President at a Bank. He ended up with a Carrel that had a view of the window. No, …