U.S. forces may have committed war crimes, says International Criminal Court Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016 1:00 PM UTC by Ben Norton, Salon The International Criminal Court in The Hague has said U.S. forces may have committed war crimes in several countries. The prosecutor’s office said in a report released on Monday that there is a …
November 2016 archive
Nov 16 2016
The Breakfast Club (Hobgoblins)
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 …
Nov 15 2016
Odds or Onions Challenge XVIII
Can you pick The Onion without hovering your mouse over the links? Not much of a challenge really, but if you just looked at the headlines you’d have an easy 50 / 50 shot at being wrong. Pair Of 26-Year-Olds Hit It Off After Learning They Have Student Loans From Same Bank DENVER—Smiling at …
Nov 15 2016
Y’all Might Be An Anti-Semite If…
You can’t possibly be an anti-Semite because you went to Harvard Business School, and the London School of Economics, and were a Managing Partner of Goldman Sachs. Those places are just lousy with Jews and we all know about Jews and money, amiright? Your biggest problem with your kid’s school is that it’s a converted …
Nov 15 2016
The Breakfast Club (Morons Shall Lead Us)
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 …
Nov 14 2016
“The evil that men do lives after them”
Act 3, Scene 2 I’m sure there are those who say (though not to my face) that I’m being a tad hyperbolic when I chart the decline of Keynesian Economics and what we Post-Modernly think of as Liberalism (it’s more properly termed Social Democracy) to the dim dark mists of the 60s when, after all, …
Nov 14 2016
Should It Ever Have Been A Matter Of Trust?
A question for those who trusted Barack Obama with national security, mass surveillance, drones and targeted assassination: Do you trust Donald Trump and his minions with those tools? If you don’t, it’s a bit too late for panicking There were those of us on the far left with a greater respect for the law and …
Nov 14 2016
The Breakfast Club (Capability)
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 …