Why can’t they learn? In 1990, the United States sent troops into Saudi Arabia at the request of the royals who were panicked over bogus pictures of the Iraq army under the late Sadaam Hussein massing on their eastern border and the Iraqi invasion of tiny Kuwait. Scott Peterson reported for The Christian Science …
August 2019 archive
Aug 02 2019
The Breakfast Club (Fools Believe)
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 …
Aug 02 2019
Six In The Morning Friday 2 August 2019
South Korea accuses Japan of waging ‘economic war’ By Sherisse Pham, CNN Business Updated 0758 GMT (1558 HKT) August 2, 2019 Japan dropped South Korea as a preferred trading partner on Friday, escalating a dispute that threatens the global supply chain for smartphones and electronic devices. The decision to remove South Korea from a so-called white list means that Japanese exports …
Aug 01 2019
867 5309
Entirely creepy in retrospect like John Cusack in Say Anything. Look, I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience, At 120+ years I understand how Faxing has taken the country by storm and I hear tell this nefangled email thing is going to make the Post Office obsolete. I …
Aug 01 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 …
Aug 01 2019
Beat Bobby Flay!
He is easily the most obnoxious personality on Food Network. Well, if you exclude Mario Batali whom it turns out had Picasso-like relationships with the females in his life. Still, he made you think Italian cooking was totally possible in his presentation though it is fair to say he didn’t emphasize quality ingredients to the …
Aug 01 2019
Cartnoon
when the man dances, certainly, boys, what else? The piper pays him! He’s a music man and he sells clarinets to the kids in the town with the big trombones and the rat-a-tat drums, big brass bass, big brass bass, and the piccolo, the piccolo with uniforms, too with a shiny gold braid on the …
Aug 01 2019
The Breakfast Club (Fundamentalists)
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 …
Aug 01 2019
Six In The Morning Thursday 1 August 2019
US imposes sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Iran’s top diplomat brushes off latest move in Washington’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, says action has ‘no effect’. The United States has imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the latest move by Washington in its “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran. The Treasury Department said on Wednesday that it …