The Breakfast Club (Against The Wind)

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 talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.

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This Day in History

President John F. Kennedy rallies West Berlin during the Cold War; The U.N. Charter signed; Scientists complete first rough map of the human genetic code; Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Gold Rush’ premieres.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Jim Rohn

Breakfast News

UK: All samples from high-rise towers fail fire safety tests

Erdoğan rejects Saudi demand to pull Turkish troops out of Qatar Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing more than 150

Spain forest fire forces more than 1,500 from homes and campsites

Air bag maker Takata files for bankruptcy in Japan, US

Authorities investigate possible hate crimes against California mosques

Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribe

Firefighters battle intense wildfires in Utah, California

Man catches teen falling from park ride: ‘It’s OK to let go’

Anti-poaching drive brings Siberia’s tigers back from brink

Norwegians raise cash to re-erect ‘penis’ rock

Breakfast Blogs

Nothing is Real in Trump’s America Unless the Cameras Are Rolling Charles Pierce, Esquire Politics

What will we tell the children? digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Hullabaloo

If you’re satisfied with your health care, rattle your jewelry Tom Sullivan, Hullabaloo

Tone Policing: It’s A Nice Racket Scott Lemieux, Lawyers, Guns and Money

In The Beginning… driftglass, at his blog

IF JOHNNY DEPP AND KATHY GRIFFIN WERE REPUBLICANS, THEY’D BE SHAKING HANDS WITH THE PRESIDENT
Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog