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 …
Category: News
Mar 09 2019
Busy Week In Brexit
As I write this Britain’s exit from the European Union is a mere 20 days away. The plan with the most current support (among Members of Parliament) seems to be Remaining in the Customs Union which papers over all those pesky Irish problems but is highly unsatisfactory to Hard Brexiteers who argue that without the …
Mar 09 2019
House
I am so much hipper than you think. This Too Shall Pass – OK Go Celebrity Skin – Hole You know, only like the closing song from Captain Marvel. Los Ageless – St. Vincent Kind of odd in a way, I have a thorough grounding in the classics which I may visit again now that …
Mar 08 2019
Starbucks? Democrat?!
Last time I looked Starbucks former CEO Howard Schultz was threatening a massive radical centrist attack. Independent, even Bernie signed the oath. The Geography of Partisan Prejudice Amanda Ripley, Rekha Tenjarla. and Angela Y. He, The Atlantic Mar 4, 2019 Americans now routinely guess one another’s partisan leanings based on what they eat, drive, and …
Mar 08 2019
Carmageddon!
Ok, you’re not particularly familiar with this 1997 video game and there’s no reason you should be because it’s disgustingly violent with most points being awarded on the quantity and artistic impression of the pedestrians you mow down. C’mon, fun photons. In meatspace- A new study finds a potential risk with self-driving cars: failure to …
Mar 08 2019
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actually a pretty good flick, “Written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. It follows an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories, then re-met and started dating again.” Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, and Tom Wilkinson! My secret.? I’m always angry. An otherwise blameless …
Mar 07 2019
Gravity
In Physics it’s the force exerted by Mass over a distance and so powerful that it can in certain instances stop Light itself. It also has a more common meaning, something that is weighty and ponderous and important. Wellspings of Vapid Versailles Villager consensus, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Axios (formerly of Tiger Beat …
Mar 07 2019
Bee Role
In film and television production, B-roll, B roll, B-reel or B reel is supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot. Sam Bee: Fashion Consultant No Debate? Good! My accent isn’t a party trick American Standard here. I sound like a newscaster from Ohio except when I’m exposed long enough to my liguistic roots. …
Mar 06 2019
Missing The Point
You know, I sort of resent being lumped by Millennials into this category of “Boomers” because I’m way, way older than that. Held Orville’s coat at Kitty Hawk I did. I would sort this slight in the bucket of all Blacks and Asians and Lesbians (and especially Black Asian Lesbians) look alike and must therefore …
Mar 06 2019
Cartnoon
I was around for the great New York to Paris race and it is supremely easy to forget that most places didn’t have roads worthy of the name, including the United States. Highways didn’t really become popular until the 30s and now they’re everywhere. Frequently, to shock people, I’ll refer them to pictures of roads …