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 10:00am (ET) (or …
January 2018 archive
Jan 02 2018
Bugs and Birds and Mail (Web Exclusive)
Why yes, I have chosen to brighten your life with a dose of John Oliver again. Though his new 4th season won’t debut until February 12th, HBO has released a promotional trailer- Here are some more funny Web Exclusives that caught my attention. Cicadas Birds Fan Mail More Fan Mail POM Wonderful (also Mail) Some …
Jan 02 2018
Corporatist Capture
Public Corporations are Big (but not necessarily Mega) Businesses that sell Stock (shares of participation in the Profits of the Company) to raise Capital and finance their activity. These Shares are traded in a Public Market either in exchange for other Shares (thus the term “Stock Exchange”) or directly for money. In the United States …
Jan 02 2018
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 …
Jan 02 2018
The Breakfast Club (Nine Ladies Dancing)
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 10:00am (ET) (or …
Jan 01 2018
Filed Under Duh
I mean really, what sort of racist thinks this was ever a thing? GOP lawmakers surprised to learn no black soldiers served under Confederacy in South Carolina by Travis Gettys, Raw Story 01 Jan 2018 The justification for building a monument to black Confederate soldiers is crumbling as historians point out there’s no evidence such …
Jan 01 2018
New Year’s Resolutions
Well, they’re made to be broken, but it is with neck snapping swiftness that Republican legislators have done a complete 180 from the Deficit Busting $1.5 Trillion Cut Cut Cut Bill to a “renewed” sense of fiscal rectitude. As U.S. budget fight looms, Republicans flip their fiscal script by Kevin Drawbaugh and Roberta Rampton, Reuters …
Jan 01 2018
The Breakfast Club (Eight Maids A Milking)
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 10:00am (ET) (or …
Jan 01 2018
Happy New Year – 2018
We all sing Auld Lang Syne at midnight on December 31 but what are the lyrics? Most people don’t know that it is a Scottish poem written in 1788 by Robert Burns and later set to the music of a folk song. Here is a you tube with the lyrics and English translation. Happy New …
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