The Not-So-Liberal Roberts Court by Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times JULY 7, 2016 The takeaway from the term that ended last week seems to be that by the time the Supreme Court, short-handed and stumbling in the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, finally got its act together at the end of June, it …
July 2016 archive
Jul 07 2016
It’s Over.
First of all, allow me to point out that the Telegraph is not exactly what you would call a “Left Wing” newspaper. Defeated Labour rebels admit ‘it’s finished’ as Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign as leader Kate McCann, Telegraph 7 July 2016 • 9:00am Labour rebels are in retreat after admitting that Jeremy Corbyn cannot …
Jul 07 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 …
Jul 07 2016
The Breakfast Club (Like Fire)
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 …
Jul 06 2016
Spandau
Spandau Prison was built in 1876 on Wilhelmstraße. It initially served as a military detention center. From 1919 it was also used for civilian inmates. It held up to 600 inmates at that time. In the aftermath of the Reichstag fire of 1933, opponents of Hitler and journalists such as Egon Kisch and Carl von …
Jul 06 2016
Some Chilcot Reaction Video
I am still processing the enormity. Here’s some video from Democracy Now. U.K. Iraq Inquiry Confirms the War Was Based on a Lie Tony Blair is a War Criminal for Pushing Us into Illegal War Iraq War Waged for U.S. Economic Interests Has Destabilized All of Middle East
Jul 06 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 …
Jul 06 2016
The Breakfast Club (Beyond)
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 …
Jul 05 2016
So you want a nice rant do you?
The Tory leadership election is a sort of X Factor for choosing the antichrist by Frankie Boyle, The Guardian Tuesday 5 July 2016 07.50 EDT Sadly, it seems that the only people in Britain who truly have more that unites them than divides them are the parliamentary Labour and Conservative parties. The PLP wants rid …
Jul 05 2016
Hey Look! It’s Forward!
I don’t believe that anyone is above the law… on the other hand …I also have a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards … Barack H. Obama, January 11th 2009 We have to fight fire with fire. Donald J. Trump, June 28th 2016
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