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 …
September 2020 archive
Sep 12 2020
Blue Law
Until relatively recently Connecticut had restrictive “Blue Laws” that forbade the sale of alcohol after 8 pm always and not at all on Sunday. I used to joke you had to decide how big your party was going to be before you started it. So we picked up the nickname “Blue Law State” which is …
Sep 12 2020
What’s Cooking: Tsimmes – A Jewish Tradition
Summer is coming to a rapid close. Autumn begins September 22nd at 9:30 AM ET. The first religious holiday of the season is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which literally means the “head of the year.” It begins at sundown on September 18th with the blowing of the shofar marking the start of 10 …
Sep 12 2020
Because it’s instructive.
Gideon/Collins and some bit players (Maine has ‘Ranked Choice’ voting). BDN (Bangor Daily News), your source for things Maine. There are supposed to be 5 more but I’ve seen enough.
Sep 12 2020
House
Well, kind of horrible but composed in 1789 or so and Mozart is not responsible for the Libretto (though he did agree to participate in the project). The short title, Così Fan Tutte literally means “So do they all”, using the feminine plural to indicate women. It is usually translated into English as “Women are …
Sep 12 2020
The Breakfast Club (Sound Cause)
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 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 …
Sep 11 2020
Honor Among Thieves
It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away everything he’s got and everything he’s ever going to have. Former officers charged in George Floyd killing turn blame on one another By Holly Bailey, Washington Post September 10, 2020 The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing appear to …
Sep 11 2020
The Breakfast Club (Reasons)
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 10 2020
The Department Of Homeland Security Should Be Abolished
For one thing- “Homeland”. Sound a little Nazi to you? For another thing Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio has turned the parts of it he can into his personal Schutzstaffel and the rest of it just doesn’t work at all. Corruption is pervasive. Give the constituent Agencies back to the Cabinet Department they came from and …