Pondering the Pundits” 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. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …
February 6, 2019 archive
Feb 06 2019
The Streisand Effect
If you’re not familiar with the concept it goes a little like this- In 2003 Barbra Streisand sued a photographer over pictures of her Malibu Estate, claiming “invasion of privacy”. The instant reaction was to hugely increase the popularity of the image and doxx her address to anyone who cared to know. The coinage itself …
Feb 06 2019
Speeches Last Night From People Who Are Not Unindicted Co-conspirators
Sanders He should have worn a white suit but perhaps he was concerned about being mistaken for a different Sanders (c’mon, I’m talking about Colonel, not Huckabee). Abrams The parade of Holocaust survivors was intended to provoke Sanders. The comments about Venezuelan Socialism both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez. Abrams was provoked by unrepentant Jim Crow Vote …
Feb 06 2019
The Breakfast Club (Wisdom)
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 …