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 …
October 2019 archive
Oct 09 2019
2019 Senior League Division Championship Game 5: Cards at Braves
Extra Inning Squirrel Power. Bottom 1– Solo Shot. Solo Shot. Cards 2 – 0. Top 3– Single. Single. RBI Sacrifice. Cards 2 – 1. Bottom 4– Solo Shot. Cards 3 – 1. Top 5– Double. Passed Ball. RBI Error. 2 RBI HR. Braves 4 – 3. Bottom 8– Double. RBI Single. Tied. Bottom 10– Ground …
Oct 09 2019
About those Warrantless Wiretaps
Remember them? How the NSA was Hoovering up everything right off the hubs and stashing it in a Black Glass building in Utah stuffed with so many servers it takes it’s own lake to cool? Yeah, well, they’re still doing that. But they’ve found in practice (as predicted) that it’s just too big a chunk …
Oct 09 2019
The Russian Connection: Yes, They Did
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report that clearly states that Russia interfered with the 2016 election directing a disinformation campaign against Hillary Clinton and favored Donald Trump. The bipartisan report blows a huge hole in Trump’s conspiracy theory that it was Ukraine and the Democrats. The report corroborates past findings by researchers and the …
Oct 09 2019
The Breakfast Club (What A Fool Believes)
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 …
Oct 08 2019
2019 Junior League Division Championship Game 4: ‘Stros at Rays
Told you the ‘Stros would be playing again tonight while the Yankees are back home in New York resting their rotation. Rays did good. Top 1– Solo Shot. ‘Stros 1 – 0. Bottom 2– Single. Sacrifice. HBP. 3 RBI HR. Rays 3 – 1. Bottom 3– Solo Shot. Rays 4 – 1. Bottom 4– Solo …
Oct 08 2019
18 Minutes? Try 5 Hours.
Among the most risible things about Watergate (you put your tape along the door jamb, not across it so the Guard can see it) is the picture of Rose Mary Woods attempting to duplicate the circumstances under which she said she accidentally erased 18 minutes of the “Smoking Gun” Tape (immediately after the “Smoking Gun” …
Oct 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 …
Oct 08 2019
The Russian Connection: “Great And Unmatched” Stupidity
Over the weekend, Donald Trump sowed more chaos when he announced that he was pulling US troops out of northeastern Syria abandoning the Kurdish forces who helped defeat ISIS giving the green light to Turkey to attack the Kurds, whom the Turks consider terrorists. The decision came after a Sunday phone call Trump had with …