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 …
July 2020 archive
Jul 19 2020
The Story Hour With The Lincoln Project – Episode III
Welcome to Story Hour. Where we read excerpts from our favorite book: Mary Trump’s ‘Too Much and Never Enough.”
Jul 19 2020
50 Shades of Kiss Me Kate
Certainly one of the most misogynistic, anti-feminist plays Shakespeare ever wrote (and there are some awful ones, Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembered) the questions worth considering as you watch it are these (among others)- Who wants a tamed Shrew anyway? Lou Grant hates spunk! What makes you think you can change …
Jul 19 2020
No Sports?
Thanks to the goodness of John Oliver and HBO Money, Jelle Marble Runs 4 – 6.
Jul 19 2020
The Breakfast Club (Blue Berries)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for July 19th Women’s rights activists meet at Seneca Falls; The ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on gays in the U.S. military; Apollo 11 enters lunar orbit; Baseball’s Pete Rose gets jail time; Moscow Olympics begins. Breakfast Tune Folsom prison blues bluegrass Banjo (Solo Part) Something …
Jul 19 2020
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” 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. On Sunday mornings …
Jul 18 2020
RJ Eskow and Thomas Franks on Anti-Populism
Interesting. Economic History to be sure, but also History.
Jul 18 2020
In Memorium: John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 — July 17, 2020)
Civil Rights icon Representative John Roberts Lewis died Friday July 17. He was the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 5th congressional district, and was serving in his 17th term in the House until his death, having served since 1987, and was the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. The district he served includes the northern three-fourths …
Jul 18 2020
The Breakfast Club (Weirdness)
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 …
Jul 17 2020
Black Helicopters and Secret Police
Think it hasn’t come to that? You are mistaken. ‘It was like being preyed upon’: Portland protesters say federal officers in unmarked vans are detaining them By Katie Shepherd, Washington Post July 17, 2020 Federal customs officials said Friday that their agents had detained a demonstrator in Portland, Ore., who had described being “terrified” by …
Jul 17 2020
Pondering the Pundits
Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news media 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 …