In 1914, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia proclaimed the country dry, in a move reflective of a new era of warfare. Despite the hopes of tsarist Russia, prohibition there ended even worse than it did in the United States.
TMC for ek hornbeck
Aug 12 2021
Cartnoon
Aug 12 2021
The Breakfast Club (Being Wrong)
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 whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
This Day in History
Last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. killed in World War II; N.J. Gov. McGreevey to resign after declaring he’s gay; Russian sub Kursk explodes; Director Cecil B. DeMille born.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
Aug 11 2021
The Breakfast Club (Ancestry)
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This Day in History
Start of the Watts riots in Los Angeles; President Ronald Reagan’s joke causes a Cold War flap; The Mall of America opens; ‘Roots’ author Alex Haley born; Painter Jackson Pollock killed in auto accident.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.
Aug 10 2021
Cartnoon
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
TMC for ek hornbeck
Aug 10 2021
The Breakfast Club (Expectation)
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 whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
This Day in History
‘Son of Sam’ killer David Berkowitz caught near New York City; Leno and Rosemary LaBianca murdered by Charles Manson’s cult; FDR stricken with polio; The Smithsonian Institution established.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
Expectation is the mother of all frustration.
Aug 09 2021
Cartnoon
John Oliver explains how the Sackler family has been handling lawsuits related to the opioid crisis, how hard they’ve been fighting to defend their name, and why you should judge the situation for yourself.
TMC for ek hornbeck
Aug 09 2021
The Breakfast Club (Meetings)
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This Day in History
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan; President Richard Nixon resigns; Charles Manson cult murders actress Sharon Tate and four others; Singer Whitney Houston born; Musician Jerry Garcia dies.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’
Aug 08 2021
Cartnoon
Why Is Critical Race Theory? – SOME MORE NEWS
Cody Johnston: Hi. Today we are forced to discuss Critical Race Theory and what people think it is. Sorry.
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro
8:14 – What is Critical Race Theory?
17:57 – Critical Race Theory and Black Lives Matter backlash
26:36 – The 1619 Project vs The 1776 Project
34:34 – We’re Not Teaching Black History, Folks
47:31 – Why Republicans Should Be Scared of Critical Race Theory
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BobbyK for ek hornbeck
Aug 08 2021
The Breakfast Club (book learnin’)
Welcome to The Breakfast Club!
AP’s Today in History for August 8th
President Richard Nixon says he’ll resign; Thieves stage Britain’s ‘Great Train Robbery’; Nazi saboteurs in the U.S. executed during World War II; Mexico’s Emiliano Zapata and actor Dustin Hoffman born.
Breakfast Tune Never Learn – Devil Makes Three Banjo Cover
Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below
Cuomo Increasingly Desperate To Shift Focus Back Onto Nursing Home Deaths
The Onion
ALBANY, NY—In the wake of damning revelations concerning the New York governor’s sexual misconduct, an increasingly desperate Andrew Cuomo attempted to shift media focus back onto the nursing home deaths caused by his administration at a Wednesday press conference.
“Of course, I appreciate the concern about these women’s allegations, but let’s not forget that I made a concerted effort to cover up the deaths of 9,250 seniors who died because of my negligence—that’s really what we should be talking about, right?” said a visibly panicked Cuomo, who proceeded to deflect several reporter’s questions by cuing up a slideshow featuring pictures of the doctored documents and his rescinded statewide order demanding nursing homes accept elderly patients carrying the coronavirus or else face legal consequences.
“Let’s look at the facts here: I sent throngs of sick senior citizens into New York nursing homes. That’s a terrible decision. Then I cooked the books so that no one knew the toll of my incompetence. Insane, huh? That’s front page, above-the-fold news that’ll last dozens of news cycles, if I’ve ever heard it. I don’t know, guys. Maybe focus on that.” At press time, the embattled governor announced that he was also an open book if any reporters wanted to talk about the corruption allegations against him.
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Something to think about over coffee prozac
Republicans Protest Lack of Rioters on January 6th Commission
Andy Borowitz
Aug 07 2021
The Breakfast Club (Stronger Together)
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 whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.
This Day in History
U.S. embassies bombed in E. Africa; Congress OKs powers to expand the Vietnam War; The Battle of Guadalcanal begins; Kon-Tiki ends its journey; Comedy icon Oliver Hardy and news anchor Peter Jennings die.
Breakfast Tunes
Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac
There is nothing stronger than the American labor movement. United, we cannot and we will not be turned aside. We’ll work for it, sisters and brothers. We’ll stand for it. Together. Each of us. To bring out the best in America. To bring out the best in ourselves, and each other.