Not much focus on the shows tonight. Everyone is back except for Samantha Bee who has been bumped for the Championships. I’ll be watching Villanova thrash North Carolina and enjoying every second of it, especially since they dumped my Orangemen. Also it gives me an excuse (not that I needed any) to avoid Debbie Wasserman …
April 4, 2016 archive
Apr 04 2016
NCAA Men’s Tournament 2016: National Championship
Villanova. You heard it here first. Syracuse didn’t win which makes me kind of sad, but North Carolina didn’t exactly dominate and Villanova did- 44 points against a fellow #2 and all North Carolina could muster was 17 against a #10 Seed? It will be ugly and the Tarheels will be on the receiving end. …
Apr 04 2016
SCOTUS: One Person, One Vote Upheld
The US Supreme Court handed a conservative challenge to one person, one vote principle a unanimous defeat. In Evenwel v Abbott the court ruled (pdf) that states could count the total population, not just eligible voters, in drawing legislative districts. The plaintiffs claimed that redrawing electoral districts based on the population of citizens and non-citizens …
Apr 04 2016
The Panama Papers
If you paid attention to anything besides College Basketball and Major League Baseball this weekend, well, I pity you for one thing. In Sports at least you can usually tell what the score is. In other news is the biggest leak in history, measured by volume, not necessarily by impact. Like a majority of ‘breaking’ …
Apr 04 2016
The Breakfast Club (Rise)
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 10:30am (ET) to …