Trump can’t run the Mueller playbook on New York feds By DARREN SAMUELSOHN, Politico 02/18/2019 Even as speculation mounts that special counsel Robert Mueller might be winding down his investigation, a parallel threat to President Donald Trump only seems to be growing within his own Justice Department: the Southern District of New York. Manhattan-based federal …
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Feb 18 2019
Trilogy
First of all, John Oliver is back! To do whatever it is that he does. Yay! Second, I don’t know whether John feels it as keenly as I do, but I really hate repeating myself. Unfortunately people keep being stupid. Brexit III: The Sequel To Brexit II: Invasion of the Intergalactic Space Lords
Feb 17 2019
Captain Planet
Ok, that one’s a little obscure. In addition to his many other accomplishments Don Cheadle was the star of the eponymous Captain Planent on Funny or Die, the funny part of which was that he was nothing like the hero of the Saturday moring children’s cartoon of the same name. I used it for a …
Feb 17 2019
The Breakfast Club (Sometimes there’s a theme)
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 …
Feb 17 2019
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition“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. On …
Feb 16 2019
Another Rose Garden Meltdown
Comemntary on yesterday’s long expected development is basically divided into 2 main threads. First is- ZOMG! Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio could win given this Supreme Court! He really can’t because it not just the broad challenges on Constitutionality which are true and precedented, but also the thousands of small lawsuits by Landowners many of whom …
Feb 16 2019
Health and Fitness News
Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …
Feb 15 2019
Losing With A Stiff Upper Lip
Apparently Theresa May’s strategy is to let the clock go “tick, tick, tick” until the Parliament is forced either to accept her terrible plan, which has been shot down yet again by an embarrassing margin in a vote last night, or accept a “No Deal” Brexit. What’s really just as, if not more, likely to …
Feb 15 2019
Even More Losing
So last night we had alarms and excursions (Ok, you may not be familiar with that expression, it’s Elizabethan Theater stage direction, an alarm is just that, excursion in this sense means everyone leaves the Stage and “goes on a trip” to the Wings. I use excursion here in it’s secondary meaning of launching into …