For years and years I’ve been ‘out’ about my Danish ancestry (grandson of an immigrant, the rest mostly German/English as befits someone born in Michigan) because I thought being a Pirate was pretty cool (Arrgh) and I don’t want to defend the fact that I’m whiter than white, though following the “one drop” principle I’m …
November 2016 archive
Nov 18 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 …
Nov 18 2016
The Breakfast Club (Government Is Evil)
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 …
Nov 17 2016
GOP Agenda: Ending Medicare ASAP
The Republicans and their wealthy corporate supporters (re: the Koch brother and Pete Peterson, etc.) have long wanted to decimate the social safety net through a number of programs such as; block grants to states for Medicaid with no guarantees the money would be used for that program; health care savings programs as an opt …
Nov 17 2016
The ‘Normalization’ Agenda
Like the Frog in the Kettle change is all around you, happening at a bewildering rate and yet too slowly to notice. The last 40 years doesn’t seem much to me, yet it’s a quarter of my life and all the time the pot has been getting hotter and hotter. The instinct of the Establishment …
Nov 17 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 …
Nov 17 2016
The Breakfast Club (What They Want)
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 …
Nov 16 2016
Grammar: Figuratively v. Literally
We have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. But I still believe in America and I always will. And if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the …
Nov 16 2016
No Kidding
U.S. forces may have committed war crimes, says International Criminal Court Wednesday, Nov 16, 2016 1:00 PM UTC by Ben Norton, Salon The International Criminal Court in The Hague has said U.S. forces may have committed war crimes in several countries. The prosecutor’s office said in a report released on Monday that there is a …
Nov 16 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 …
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