Country singer, songwriter, musician and actor Glen Travis Campbell passed away today at the age of 81 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. From 1969 to 1972, Campbell was the host of the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS, a music and comedy variety show that aired 91 episodes. Among his 80 songs that charted on …
August 2017 archive
Aug 08 2017
More Zombie TPP
As have I, Dean Baker has taken note of the recent spate of stories lamenting the abandonment of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Mostly the argument is- Trump Bad, Trump Kill TPP, TPP Good! That is the shallowest, most cynical non-reasoned pleading I’ve heard in a long time. Look, I don’t like Trump but appealing to …
Aug 08 2017
The Outsourcing of War
The Trump administration has a brilliant idea on how to deael with the conundrum of the 16 year war in Afghanistan: privatize it by outsourcing it to a private mercenary army. Trump White House weighs unprecedented plan to privatize much of the war in Afghanistan By Jim Michaels, USA Today The White House is actively …
Aug 08 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 …
Aug 08 2017
The Breakfast Club (Wrestling)
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 …
Aug 07 2017
Marcy, Marcy, Marcy Media Madness!
Is she on a book tour or something? I’d call her a friend of the site except I suspect she hardly remembers we exist. In any event it’s always a genuine pleasure to promote her, here she is talking with The Real News about Robert Mueller and Russiagate. Does Mueller’s Russia Probe Threaten Trump?
Aug 07 2017
Meet The New Boss
Just as James Comey is not the knight in shining armor and beacon of integrity his current propaganda suggests, so too Christopher Wray, his successor as Head of the FBI, is no saint worthy of hagiography. Marcy Wheeler explains on Democracy Now. Wray Confirmed as FBI Director as Questions Swirl over His Past Record & …
Aug 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 …
Aug 07 2017
The Breakfast Club (Mountains)
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 …
Aug 06 2017
The Stealth Fundamentalist Evangelicals
What do Hillary Clinton, W, and I have in common? We’re all baptized Methodists. It was founded by John Wesley, his younger brother Charles, and George Whitefield. John and Charles had participated in the Holy Club at the University of Oxford. Members took Communion weekly, fasted, abstained from “sinful” pursuits, and practiced charity. They were …
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