Trump administration weighs new family separation effort at border By Nick Miroff, Josh Dawsey, and Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post October 12, 2018 The White House is actively considering plans that could again separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to reverse soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United States, …
October 2018 archive
Oct 12 2018
Rotten From The Top Down
As I feel the need to remind people from time to time, Trump is only part of what’s wrong. The real problem is Republicans. What Trump does is articulate their abhorrent agenda out loud. Oh, and he has no manners (shoe leather and ketchup, yeesh). Other than that his polcies are mainstream Republican from the …
Oct 12 2018
The Breakfast Club (Rocky Mountain High)
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 …
Oct 11 2018
Direct Action: Valve Turners On Trial
(W)e who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered …
Oct 11 2018
Universal Health Care!
Universal Health Care! Oops. Universal Health Care! Universal Health Care! (Part 2) And Now… Asskicking
Oct 11 2018
The Breakfast Club (nothing new)
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 …
Oct 10 2018
Kharma
The National Rifle Association is in a lot of legal trouble, much of it related to participating in the Trump/Russia Treason Plot. We’ve known for months about Maria Butina. But we’ve known for years that the NRA is terrible for gun owners as the “comedians” at Cracked remind us- So they’ve lost a lot of …
Oct 10 2018
Brazil
I like to think of it as funny and scary 1985 movie directed by Terry Gilliam and written by him and Tom Stoppard. It’s well worth watching but it has little to do with Brazil. How Dangerous Is Jair Bolsonaro? By Isaac Chotiner, Slate Oct 08, 2018 On Sunday, an extreme far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, …
Oct 10 2018
The Ersatz Breakfast Club (Over Balaclava?)
I’ll never get over Balaclava. 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 …