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 …
December 2019 archive
Dec 07 2019
The Overland Campaign
Ever want to know how we defeated tne Rebellion for Slavery? It is said that after Pickett’s Charge Robert E. Lee was never again able to gain Battlefield Initiative. That’s not strictly true and what does it mean anyway? Well, it means being able to force your opponent to respond to your actions. How futile …
Dec 07 2019
War, Hmm, Good God! What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing. Let’s say it again. I hesitate to claim the mantle of those oppressed by visible characteristics, skin color, sex, stuff like that, though I am a member of one of the most despised and smallest minorities on the planet. I’m an atheist. I’m kind of in the closet, I pass, I’m not in …
Dec 07 2019
Weekend Cartnoon
Too funny not to see. My African-American Dude, Emancipation Proclaimation was 1863. Ok, so it only covered States currently in Rebellion for Slavery. Owning a Slave in Maryland or Hartford was fine. 14th was 1868. One would certainly have hoped after 151 years that the concept of “owning” other people would at least be unfashionable, …
Dec 07 2019
The Breakfast Club (Two Problems)
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 …
Dec 06 2019
Seven Characters, Two Words
I think we all saw this coming. Oh, the title. Crossword fans will need no additional hints though there are no ‘Es’ and ‘U’ appears twice. TMC prefers I use Family Friendly language, at least above the fold and since I rarely write below I can’t work as blue as my instincts would initially lead …
Dec 06 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 …
Dec 06 2019
No Statute of Limitations: Torture
There is no statute of limitations on torture, not only for those who commit the crime but for those who condone, cover it up of refuse to prosecute it. It is illegal under International and US Law. The US is required under law to prosecute torture. President George W. Bush condoned it and covered it …
Dec 06 2019
The Breakfast Club (Revolutionary Class)
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 …
Dec 05 2019
Ships and Rats
Republicans have a notable lack of empathy, an inability to imagine an existence different from their personal experience. Metaphor is lost on them, they just don’t get it. The reason a Rat leaves a Sinking Ship is not some mystical supernatural sense of impending Doom. It’s because the normal areas they inhabit are too flooded …
Dec 05 2019
In Defense of Jonathan Turley
Let us not forget he correctly named W, Cheney, and Obama as War Criminals. That counts for a lot. Should you have the good fortune to be my friend I will not fail to stand by you in adversity. I pledge 3 Dan Morgan volleys before I withdraw in good order and if I fall …