03/30/2017 archive

Snitchin’

First to sell out gets the best deal! Frankly it’s a classic Prisoner’s Dilemma. Game Theory says that over extended numbers of rounds Tit for Tat is the best strategy, in a constricted environment betray at the earliest opportunity and keep doing it. When I had to participate at a leadership conference I was already …

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Speaking of Consistent and Obvious Lying

2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ADAM GOLDMAN, The New York Times MARCH 30, 2017 A pair of White House officials played a role in providing Representative Devin Nunes of California, a Republican and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, with the intelligence reports that …

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Fake News (again)

Many news reports and columns recently have suggested that ‘Fake News’ is passe, a pre-election problem. Not co-incidentally most of them are from the very same publications and people who made it an issue. While somewhat equally divided between Left and Right in service of the false gods of objectivity, fairness, and balance, what the …

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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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The Breakfast Club (Unrehearsed)

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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