06/24/2016 archive

Confucianism

Among the lesser known factoids of history is that there was actually a guy named Confucius and he wasn’t trapped inside a Fortune Cookie factory. Indeed in China (you know, only the single most stable, creative, and longest lasting civilization in history but then again why would you because the United States is so exceptional …

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Pour decourager les autres

Well, discouraging the others is what it’s all about, isn’t it? The reaction from the Neolibs in Brussels and specifically the Germans is so far a pretty straight up prostate check which is all well and good since that’s what they got from Britain but is fundamentally misguided because the European Union needs Britain a …

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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 …

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Ramming Speed

We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part! Brexit: The Crisis Begins by …

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The Breakfast Club (Magic)

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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St. Crispin’s Day

If we are mark’d to die, we are enow to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honour. God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; it yearns …

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