December 2015 archive

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 (A Nation of Laws)

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 Friday December 4

San Bernardino shooting: Policeman speaks of carnage at scene One of the first police officers to respond to deadly shootings at a social service centre in California has spoken of scenes of “unspeakable” carnage. Lt Mike Madden said he and officers who arrived later saw dead bodies and had to pass injured people as they …

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The Daily Late Nightly Show (Fine Mead in Himinbjörg)

The New Guy We’re all going to die True that. Among the many reasons I’m in therapy. It doesn’t change things, it just makes me feel better to vent to a professional. Did I mention our food is killing us too? Not a Hoverboard, A Segway Without A Stick Just in time for your gift …

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Good News on GMO From Costco!

Perhaps you have responded with horror, as I have, to the news that the FDA has approved genetically engineered Salmon for human consumption. The danger is not that you will turn into some three eyed zombie monster because you eat it or even that your children will (though it is too soon to tell, in …

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Dog Bites Man

TMC and I have our philosophical disagreements and this is one. I think the Second Amendment is explicitly about the ability of a populace armed with state of the art military weapons to rise in rebellion against an oppressive government. I sometimes refer to this as my ‘nuke in every pot’ theory and argue that …

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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 (There Is Still A Light)

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 Thursday December 3

San Bernardino: couple die in police gun battle after mass shooting Fourteen people killed and 17 wounded as shooters storm into center Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik die in shootout with 20 police after car chase Shooting is deadliest since Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012 Follow live updates here   Rory Carroll in San …

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The Daily Late Nightly Show (Star Wars)

The New Guy Yeah, so Chris Brown was a bigger deal than I thought. Mutiny at “The Daily Show”: Chris Brown bait-and-switch casts doubt on Trevor Noah’s hosting chops by Sonia Saraiya, Salon Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015 03:41 PM EST Last night, R&B artist Chris Brown was bumped from a scheduled appearance on “The Daily …

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