“Pondering 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 …
March 2016 archive
Mar 09 2016
The Breakfast Club (The Heat Is On)
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 …
Mar 08 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (I like this thing)
The New Guy Ben, We Miss You Already Trevor’s guests this week are- Tuesday 3/8: Ellen Page Wednesday 3/9: Sacha Baron Cohen Thursday 3/10: Padma Lakshmi Ellen Page will either be talking about Gaycation, her Documentary TV Series, or Tallulah, her upcoming film. Mr. Continuity #DickJokesMatter Confederate Flag Day Larry’s panelists this week are- Tuesday …
Mar 08 2016
2016 Elections & Primaries: March 8
Voters go the polls in four states today. Democrats and Republicans will vie for delegates in Michigan and Mississippi while just Republicans are holding caucuses in Hawaii and Idaho. Up for grabs for the Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are 166 delegates and 150 for the remaining four Republicans. Republican Donald Trump and …
Mar 08 2016
Thumb on the Scale
Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours by Adam Johnson, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Tuesday, March 08, 2016 In what has to be some kind of record, the Washington Post ran 16 negative stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 hours, between roughly 10:20 PM EST Sunday, March 6, …
Mar 08 2016
International Women’s Day March 8, 2016
On March 8 in 1911, International Women’s Day is launched in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Women’s Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany. International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration …
Mar 08 2016
Pondering the Pundits
“Pondering 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 …
Mar 08 2016
The Breakfast Club (Dream)
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 …
Mar 07 2016
The Daily Late Nightly Show (The Real Deal)
So I have a new subtitle. The Real Deal Texas Style The New Guy Look at these Guns Bill de Blasio Exclusive Extended Trevor’s guests this week are- Monday 3/7: Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson Tuesday 3/8: Ellen Page Wednesday 3/9: Sacha Baron Cohen Thursday 3/10: Padma Lakshmi Mr. Continuity Reparations Larry’s panelists this week …
Mar 07 2016
Our First ‘Black’ President
Clinton-era welfare reforms haunt America’s poorest families, critics say by Chris McGreal, The Guardian Monday 7 March 2016 11.28 EST In 1996, when welfare reforms were introduced in a coalition between President Bill Clinton and Republicans, 68% of families in the US living below the poverty line received cash assistance. That has since fallen to …
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