Before you head for the Northern Border because they have the young, pretty, and (Neo)Liberal Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, you ought to give it a closer look. Trudeau Touts Trump’s Support for KXL, Sparking Fears of Pipeline Resurrection by Nika Knight, Common Dream Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted U.S. President-elect …
December 2016 archive
Dec 21 2016
Winter Solstice 2016: Here Comes the Sun
The shortest day, the longest night, for those of us who reside in the Northern climes Winter Solstice is here. The sun reaches is most Southern destiny and touches for but a moment, the Tropic of Capricorn and immediately reverses her course. That moment occurred this morning at 5:44 a.m. EST. The Winter Solstice is …
Dec 21 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 …
Dec 21 2016
The Breakfast Club (More Stupidity Than Hydrogen)
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 …
Dec 20 2016
Joltin’ Joe
While we wait for Herr Doktor Professor to regain his focus after the election (as Lambert Strether noted today, he, like many, seems focused on events not under his control to the exclusion of things that were) I don’t want you to feel we’ve run out of real Economists (as opposed to Chicago School Shamen), …
Dec 20 2016
Fake News: Part 3
I draw your attention to this piece not to criticize Hillary Clinton or her campaign, or because it’s utterly impossible that Russia or Russian actors, with or without the personal direction of Vladimir Putin, were behind the public release of the Democratic National Committee’s and John Podesta’s emails (I will point out that the emails …
Dec 20 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 …
Dec 20 2016
The Breakfast Club (La Résistance)
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 …
Dec 19 2016
What’s Cooking: Sugarplum Bread
Republished from 12/11/2011 from the What’s Cooking Archives at The Stars Hollow Gazette In Autumn, the appearance in grocery stores of stacks of candied fruit and mountains of nuts in all their wonderful variety is a sure sign of the approach of the holidays. As the days grow short and the nights grow cool preparations …
Dec 19 2016
Zombie Economic Policy- Kill It With Fire!
One thing that’s important to understand is that the Neo Liberal Establishment is- All about taking wealth from the Working Classes and distributing it to the richest 10% Anti-Democratic in pursuit of goal #1 (see above) Rinse and repeat. If there is one thing that is clear from the recent election it is that a …
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