Among my many personal failings is that I rarely resist the opportunity to say ‘I told you so.’ When on the 9th, a little less than a week ago, I drew your attention to the Ocasio-Cortez/Sanders 15% Usury Cap out of a recognition of its fundamental justice and economic sanity. I am gratified but not …
May 15, 2019 archive
May 15 2019
Pondering the Pundits
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 …
May 15 2019
Cs And Ds Make Degrees
Four Yorkshiremen You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o’clock in the morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When …
May 15 2019
The Breakfast Club (Here After)
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 …
May 15 2019
Six In The Morning Wednesday 15 May 2019
Alabama passes bill banning abortion Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill to outlaw abortion in almost all cases, the strictest such US law. The state Senate approved the law by 25 votes to six, rejecting exemptions for cases of rape or incest. It will now go to Republican Governor Kay Ivey. She has not said whether …