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 …
June 2017 archive
Jun 10 2017
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 …
Jun 10 2017
The Breakfast Club (Accomplices)
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 …
Jun 09 2017
Joy At The Sadness Of Others
Ok, so I lied. I think gloating is very important, so much so that it should be considered one of the 4 basic food groups along with grease, salt, and chocolate. In my rise to capo di tutti I found nothing as important as poor sportsmanship except remembering to strike first without warning and kicking …
Jun 09 2017
Fake News From Russia, the White House and the FBI
Donald Trump calls any news report that he doesn’t like or he deems detrimental to his agenda, whatever that is, “fake news.” Fake news does exist but it isn’t what Trump presents it to be. Much of it comes from Russian in the form of e-mails or planted news stories laced with blatant lies, fictional …
Jun 09 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 …
Jun 09 2017
Not Gloating
No, not me. It would be beneath my dignity. After losing her majority in an unnecessary election, Theresa May now wants ‘stability’. But we shouldn’t gloat by Mark Steel, The Independent Friday 9 June 2017 The important thing now, says Theresa May, is to enjoy a “period of stability”. This is always the tricky part …
Jun 09 2017
The Breakfast Club (French Fries)
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 …
Jun 08 2017
May Loses Majority!
According to the Washington Post exit polling indicates that the Tories will lose 16 seats to finish at 314 (down from 330 before today) and Labour will gain 34 to finish at 266 (up from 232). A governing majority is 326 leaving the Tories 12 in deficit as opposed to a 4 seat cushion. This …
Jun 08 2017
Stiglitz on Austerity
From our other Nobel Laureate. This is framed around the British Snap Elections but really it’s universally applicable. Austerity. Does. Not. Work. In the long run it doesn’t work even for the .01%ers who favor it. It is simply Puritan Morality written as Public Policy. That’s not some wild eyed Lefty redistributionist theory, that’s Samuelson …
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