January 2016 archive

Legacy

Obama’s true heir is Hillary Clinton. But that is a blessing for Bernie Sanders by Kim Phillips-Fein, The Guardian Sunday 31 January 2016 06.45 EST On Clinton’s campaign website, the candidate recently posted a letter to her supporters entitled What President Obama’s Legacy Means to Me, in which she presents her whole campaign in terms …

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Rant of the Week

Cartnoon

The Breakfast Club (Elf-king)

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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Recognize the Bern

Eugene Debs Eric Arthur Blair If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. I’m faking all the trust, I’ll covert in the lie I’m losing faith in everything, the sunlight in the sky It’s time you knew the animal, The one that sleeps inside. The thing that runs away from truth, And wants …

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Herr Doktor Professor- Part 1

As careful readers know I have frequently quoted Herr Doktor Professor, I’ve even given my reasons for doing so- it’s a flat out appeal to authority, doesn’t hurt to have a Nobel Prize winner make your arguments for you. Oh, don’t act so offended. I only took the Economics necessary to support my History Major …

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Cartnoon

The Breakfast Club (Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbón… Manny Mota… Mota… Mota…)

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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Trevor Noah ‘Between The Scenes’

Ever wonder what happens during the commercial breaks? It’s not that interesting. Programming tomorrow starts at Cartnoon. No Breakfast Club, TMC is busy and so am I- napping. There will be no Health and Fitness. There will be extended coverage of Herr Doktor Professor’s recent brain melt down and other minutiae related to the Bern …

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Robert Reich

The Most Pragmatic Way to Fix American Democracy by Robert Reich Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (T)he Democratic contest has repeatedly been characterized as a choice between Hillary Clinton’s “pragmatism” and Bernie Sanders’s “idealism” – with the not-so-subtle message that realists choose pragmatism over idealism. But this way of framing the choice ignores the biggest reality …

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