12/09/2015 archive

The Daily Late Nightly Show (Unsex Me Here)

The New Guy I don’t know who wrote it, but this is brilliant. Trump wants to bang his daughter Yeah, this is the kind of insightful commentary you don’t get on the other political websites, you get the weak tea of “White ISIS”. For one thing that should be “Daesh” (pronounced “daes” or “dahes” which …

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Dispatches From Hellpeckersville- Sick And Tired

I’m sick and tired. Literally. I’ve felt pretty sick at heart at all the hate and bullshit I’ve been seeing the last little while, I guess it was only a matter of time before it manifested itself physically. I’ve noticed a slight uptick in the headaches too, and that worries me. A bad migraine took …

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A Bad Idea To Begin With

As you may know there is a subset of performing artists who are deeply offended that in the age of the Internet traditional business models don’t work anymore. Digital replication is fairly easy, pervasive, and basically free. I told you CDs were a bad idea, but did you listen? Noooo… That genie is out of …

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Cracking the Overton Window

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow discussed how Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims proposal is not so different from the other GOP candidates. What will be the new “normal” in the Republican party for minority bashing politics after this campaign is over? She is joined by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

Punting the Pundits

“Punting 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. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …

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The Breakfast Club (Starting Fires)

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 …

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Six In The Morning Wednesday December 9

Syria crisis: Rebels ‘leave Homs’ under truce Syrian rebels have begun evacuating the last area they hold in the city of Homs under a ceasefire deal reached with the government, a monitoring group has said. The deal means the entire city returns to government control. Those leaving are due go to areas of Idlib province …

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