February 2016 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 (War is Hell)

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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Late Show Special

Tonight Stephen’s guests are Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Will Ferrell, Megyn Kelly, and Key & Peele. Margot Robbie is totally miscast as Harley Quinn, but not as badly as Jared Leto.

Super Bowl L: Panthers v. Broncos

Go ahead, watch them die: F**k those joyless moralists who hate football and the Super Bowl by Steve Almond, Salon Thursday, Feb 4, 2016 05:59 PM EST Super Bowl (Pretentious Roman Numeral 50) is upon us, America! Let us give thanks to the Gods of the Gridiron for our biggest and brightest holy day! Let …

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Superb Owl: Puppy Bowl XII v. Kitten Bowl III

Cutemageddon Madness!!! I’m not much given to hyperbole but this afternoon’s matchup between the Senior League on Animal Planet and the Junior League on Hallmark has all the rivalry and excitement of the classic matchups of the National and American Throwball League Championships of the early 60s, before they became faceless and uninteresting cogs of …

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The Breakfast Club (I’ve Just Seen a Face)

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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Republican Debate: The Hateful 8

Actually I’m unsure how many are left standing, doesn’t really matter anyway. The point is that we are watching the implosion of the Neoliberal System. This is how a political party dies: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders — and the collapse of our failed political elites by Paul Rosenberg, Salon Saturday, Feb 6, 2016 09:30 AM …

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Getting Answers

Friday I was walking with some folks I know in the granite state about the “I’ll look into it” answer on the paid speeches. They told me they thought the question was brought up because of an op-ed by Ralph Nader in the Concord Monitor. I hadn’t seen that and thought it was a response …

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The Breakfast Club (Redemption)

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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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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