I am absolutely not being sarcastic. What makes you think so? Oh, him. And please tell me you don’t take medical advice you haven’t verified (well, from me, TMC is a Doctor and a really good and high powered one) from some random Internet site that openly proclaims they traffic only in scurrilous rumors and …
May 2020 archive
May 29 2020
The Breakfast Club (Enemy Of The Truth)
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 …
May 28 2020
How FISA Failed
I’m a stickler for following the rules. For instance I do in fact virtue signal by wearing a mask and gloves that I am willing to conform to make you comfortable with our public interaction. I was reluctant to give up the alliteration but in the original title “Failed” was two words, the first also …
May 28 2020
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news media 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 …
May 28 2020
Think Like A Majority!
Our views are Super Majority Mainstream. Really. Republicans Think They Can Get Away With It. They Might Be Right. By Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, The New York Times May 27, 2020 Does the Republican Party have a death wish? Its most prominent leaders — particularly President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority …
May 28 2020
The Economist
The Economist is an incredibly conservative and conventional magazine about, Surprise!, Economics. If you are not familiar with it perhaps the best analogy is a glossy Wall Street Journal without Murdochs. And it’s very British. They are not sanguine. A decline in GDP of 10% usually has professional Economists debating whether it is a Recession …
May 28 2020
The Breakfast Club (Since Day One)
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 …
May 27 2020
100,000
The United States has surpassed the painful milestone of 100,000 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Dec. 31, 2019, Iraqi protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, wildfires raged across Australia, the fugitive auto executive Carlos Ghosn took refuge in Lebanon, and President Donald Trump, facing the start of his impeachment trial, held court …
May 27 2020
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news media 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 …
May 27 2020
First Remote House Vote!
Also Democrats screwing up on privacy, again. FISA renewal in jeopardy amid resistance from Republicans and progressives By SARAH FERRIS, HEATHER CAYGLE, KYLE CHENEY and JOHN BRESNAHAN, Politico 05/27/2020 Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Democrats are trying to salvage a contentious bill to renew expired surveillance tools Wednesday amid mounting opposition from Republicans and liberals …