The Washington Post confirms that Qassem Soleimani has been assassinated, at Baghdad Airport in Iraq, while on a diplomatic mission from the Iranian Government under the protection of the “Sovereign” Government of Iraq. Also reported killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a member of the Iraqi military. Now I’m not going to argue these were nice guys. …
Category: News
Jan 02 2020
Impeachment Today- 1/2/20
The problem for Republicans is that Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio is guilty, Guilty!, GUILTY!!! and as they say the truth will out. They’re guilty too as either direct participants in a Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization and the Crimes of Bribery and Extortion or as Accessories After the Fact in Obstruction of Justice. Despite the braying …
Jan 02 2020
Persuasive Writing
Don’t expect any from me. I write for myself and I’m not very diplomatic. In argument I will crush you like a bug, then do it again to watch you squirm, and finally, mercifully leave you beaten and bleeding at the rhetorical roadside to slink off and lick your wounds. What is the best thing …
Jan 02 2020
The Breakfast Club (Juvenile Folly)
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 …
Jan 01 2020
Sam Bee’s Stocking Stuffers
Can you light a candle? Day Drinking! It’s a Tradition! Mommy. Dearest. Shrill It’s the Eternal Punishment for our Sins! Jeff Goldblum (isn’t he in everything and didn’t we do this last year?) You’re a mean one, Ms. Binch I don’t expect new material tonight.
Jan 01 2020
Blasts from the Past
My YouTube turns up odd things and I’m trying to drive the Klansmen and Neo Nazis who’ve infected it off my History feed. I try and vet for the most part, but I can’t be expected to examine the whole ouvre and what can I say? I find the Battle of Five Forks fascinating. If …
Dec 31 2019
New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2019
Without Dick Clark who is dead Jim, dead. Now you might ask why this hoary old chestnut? Well, two reasons. First, I’m a huge fan of Alanis. Second I’m on strike with CNN and Anderson over Kathy’s termination. She was the whole damn show, the current Co-host is a joke and not in any good …
Dec 31 2019
Objectivity
(A) philosophical concept of being true independently from individual subjectivity caused by perception, emotions, or imagination. A proposition is considered to have objective truth when its truth conditions are met without bias caused by a sentient subject. Scientific objectivity refers to the ability to judge without partiality or external influence, sometimes used synonymously with neutrality. …
Dec 30 2019
Missing the point entirely.
I’m not actually talking about The New York Times here, but I’ll get around to them. No I’m talking about Igor Derysh at Salon. Stephens’ Saturday column, titled “The Secrets of Jewish Genius,” immediately came under fire after he was accused of “using eugenics talking points” in his piece discussing the alleged superior intelligence of …