Matt Phillips at The Times makes a very important point. Repeat After Me: The Markets Are Not the Economy By Matt Phillips, The New York Times May 10, 2020 The stock market looks increasingly divorced from economic reality. The United States is on the brink of the worst economic collapse since the Hoover administration. Corporate …
May 2020 archive
May 11 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 11 2020
Still Waiting On My Oximeter
It’s like Nuking from Orbit. It’s the only way to be sure. If your Blood Oxygen is below 70% you’re probably pretty sick for whatever reason. I had undiagnosed Anemia for years and years (told you I was the Whitest Guy you know), it’s something I should be tracking anyway if only to establish a …
May 11 2020
The Breakfast Club (Greener Grass)
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 10 2020
Exceptional? You Betcha!
It’s not always a good thing. Robert Reich explains- Under Trump, American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death by Robert Reich, The Guardian Sun 10 May 2020 No other nation has endured as much death from Covid-19 nor nearly as a high a death rate as has the United States. With 4.25% of the world …
May 10 2020
No Sports?
Yes, Bowling is a sport. My Mother, Emily, actually used it to fulfill her Athletics mandatory electives. I don’t think she was very good and whatever talent she had I don’t. I’m utterly hopeless and was even before my Arthritis. My Grandfather and my Great Grandfather both rolled a few 300s and the scoresheets were …
May 10 2020
The Breakfast Club (shock doctrine)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 10th A golden spike completes America’s first transcontinental railroad; Nazis burn books in Germany; Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland; Nelson Mandela takes office in S. Africa; U2’s frontman Bono born. Breakfast Tune Shock The Monkey – Peter Gabriel Banjo Cover Something to think about, …
May 10 2020
Happy Mother’s Day
A DocuDharma tradition now on The Stars Hollow Gazette. I tease my mother by calling her Emily after Emily Gilmore both because overall my family reminds me very much of the Gilmores and because she’s never met a brand name she didn’t like whereas I’m perfectly content to buy generic. I thank her among many …
May 10 2020
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 …
May 09 2020
Pre-Historic Britain
Sometimes I like to feature Documentaries that have less than obvious connections to current History and Politics. In some ways we know a great deal, pretty Professional Amateur Archeology has become one of those “eccentric” hobbies the English have embraced (like Bird Watching) and on weekends people wandering around with metal detectors is a fairly …
May 09 2020
Health and Fitness News
Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …