This was no ordinary homecoming. This was a do-or-die attempt to lay the ghost of years of rejection from the horse-rearing elite and the literati who sat in those privileged boxes overlooking the track and those unprivileged craven hordes who grovelled around the centre-field where he had suffered as a boy. The clubhouse as …
September 2020 archive
Sep 05 2020
Summertime in the U.S.
I’ve heard it’s over but I refuse to accept it. At least until the Autumnal Exquinox. Memorial Day Beaches Heat Wave More Ice Sweet Tea Or as Southerners call it- Tea. Why ruin a nice glass of Lemonade? The 4th Games Another Heat Wave
Sep 05 2020
House
Die Zauberflöte In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro’s community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with …
Sep 05 2020
The Breakfast Club (Birthday)
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 …
Sep 04 2020
Law’norder
Not just a TV show. How Fascism Works: Trump’s “Law & Order” Is Lawlessness, Fueling Racist Violence & Chaos
Sep 04 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 …
Sep 04 2020
King Cyrus
Well, the article is from Townhall which is unreliable as hell though interesting but the words are from the Cyrus Cylinder (539 BCE)- I am Cyrus, king of the universe, the great king, the powerful king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the world, son of Cambyses, …
Sep 04 2020
The Breakfast Club (Good Question)
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 …
Sep 03 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 …