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 …
November 2019 archive
Nov 25 2019
McGahn Must Testify
This is big, really big folks. McGahn used all of the same arguments that every other Administration Official made and he had a much better case than most for Lawyer/Client Privilege. All shot down. As Burt Gummer says to Earl Bass in Tremors 2– Why are you hiding behind that? You said it was going …
Nov 25 2019
Not the Hero Intially Reported
So the early stories on Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s firing by Defense Secretary Mark Esper painted the situation as Spencer courageously standing on principle to strip a convicted and confessed (that’s what a pardon is folks, a confession and clemency) War Criminal of the honor of belonging, or ever claiming to have belonged to, an …
Nov 25 2019
The Breakfast Club (Great Leaders)
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 …
Nov 24 2019
Not A Rant
With my best girl by my side I would sing, Sing, SING! Can’t be a Yooper without knowing about Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe.
Nov 24 2019
Turkey for Me, Turkey for You
Don’t worry, I promise to spare you the rest. Everything is Fine I got Mom hosting Thanksgiving Energy Thanksgiving with the In-Laws As it turns out, Pocahontas dumped John Smith, was captured, forced to adpot Christianity, and taken as a Slave Bride to England where she died. Funny, huh? What a World! What a World. …
Nov 24 2019
The Breakfast Club (Breakdown)
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 …
Nov 24 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 …
Nov 23 2019
Another Edition of ‘What digby said’.
I don’t often talk about it, but every writer has their influences. It is frequently said, “If you want to be a Great Author, read them,” and it’s true enough. Among my most notorious pieces are my ‘Homage to Catalonia’, oops I mean ‘Hills Like White Elephants’, and ‘The Sound and the Fury’ which I …
Nov 23 2019
A little inside Economics
I find sometimes when I talk to people about my Economic positions they look at me like some kind of three eyed monster. I am totally mainstream. Keynes, Samuelson (well, to the extent he steals from Keynes) it’s all in there. I have my modern influencers and one of them is Robert Reich. Why Billionaires …