“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 …
August 2016 archive
Aug 29 2016
The Breakfast Club (Remember)
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 …
Aug 28 2016
Social Media?
What is that? Things like Facebook and Twitter. (Blank stare) You post things on it like family newsletters and pictures of your pets. And you chat. Chat? Type messages to your friends. Like a phone call? Exactly! What an enormous waste of time. Why You Should Be Concerned About the DHS Plan to Collect Social …
Aug 28 2016
The Breakfast Club (Wild Goose Chase)
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 …
Aug 28 2016
Formula One 2016: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
And we’re back from our August vacation from Formula One and there are basically 4 stories cooking. The one getting the most ink and commentary is the drive train penalties. Now most commentators are casting this as a Hamilton (Mercedes) problem. but the truth is that Alonso (Honda) and Ericsson (Ferrari) are effected also. The …
Aug 28 2016
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
“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. On Sunday mornings we present a …
Aug 27 2016
The Catfood Consensus
Debt/Defict Hawkery is bad economics. What matters is not the absolute size, it is the payments. If you’ve ever bought a house or a car you know it’s highly unlikely that you showed up at closing with a wheelbarrow full of cash, dumped it on the desk and said, “Here.” If you had a check …
Aug 27 2016
Health and Fitness News
Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …
Aug 27 2016
Alone In The Kitchen With An Old Frenchman
Recently French chef Jacques Pépin turned 80 and retired. Over the years, he educated viewers of Public Television on how to cook and, something that no other cooking show host has done, techniques in the kitchen with wisdom, humor and a smattering of French lessons. As Gilad Edelman wrote in a Slate article, this man …
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