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 …
April 2017 archive
Apr 08 2017
The Breakfast Club (Choose Well)
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 …
Apr 07 2017
First We Take Manhattan
What can I say? I’m a sucker for Technopop. Dear Brian Williams: Leave the rhapsodies to Cohen By Christine Emba, Washington Post April 7, 2017 Brian Williams is a student of the arts. We were reminded of this Thursday night as he waxed rhapsodic over the sight of 50 cruise missiles streaking towards Syria, an …
Apr 07 2017
The $94 Million* Circus
* Each Tomahawk costs about $1.6 Million, Trump fired 59. During Roman times Emperors would offer Bread and Circuses to assuage a restless population. Now Bread has immediate and obvious uses for the average citizen and to this day is heavily subsidized in most European countries. Circuses? Well first of all they didn’t mean what …
Apr 07 2017
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 …
Apr 07 2017
The Breakfast Club (Mr. Warmth)
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 …
Apr 06 2017
So Nunes is out.
Surprise, surprise, surprise. Dog days after Devin Nunes: New GOP leaders of House Russia probe aren’t much of an improvement by Simon Maloy, Salon Thursday, Apr 6, 2017 While this represents a nice morsel of comeuppance for a politician who’d turned his own committee into a humiliating clown show, there’s little reason to believe the …
Apr 06 2017
Minneapolis
I look remarkably good for someone who’s 120+ years old, mostly blind, suffering from chronic anemia and fluid retention, and basically bionic on my left side. You see, like Clemens, I still have my hair. Now Sam attributed this to the fact that he washed it frequently with lye and lard soap, heavy on the …
Apr 06 2017
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 …
Apr 06 2017
The Breakfast Club (Taking A Stand)
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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