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 …
June 2018 archive
Jun 27 2018
Federal Judge Orders Reunification of Migrant Parents And Children
A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide order halting the separation of children from their families and reunification of migrant parents with their children: The court order specifically requires federal officials to stop detaining parents apart from their minor children, absent a determination the parent is unfit or the parent declines reunification; reunify …
Jun 27 2018
The Breakfast Club (Sacred Duty)
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 …
Jun 26 2018
Manafort Trial Set To Begin
In a ruling today Judge T.S. Ellis ruled against Paul Manafort and said Robert Mueller’s case against him for bank fraud and tax fraud in illegally obscuring his relations with Viktor Yanukovych and the Russia supporting Ukrainian Party of Regions could proceed to trial on July 25th. Manafort contended Mueller was operating outside the scope …
Jun 26 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 …
Jun 26 2018
The Breakfast Club (Zeal)
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 …
Jun 25 2018
Advancement on the Russian Front
There’s some other stuff in this but my 2 main impressions were the recent developments with Erik Prince and Cohen. Mueller makes crucial headway in Russia investigation by Melanie Schmitz, Think Progress Jun 25, 2018 First Prince- Special Counsel Robert Mueller this week was given “total access” to the phone and personal computer of Trump …
Jun 25 2018
This always works too.
Can Sports Betting Do for Atlantic City What Donald Trump Couldn’t? By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times June 25, 2018 (T)he Trump Taj Mahal, the biggest gambling venue on the boardwalk, (opened) with great fanfare and at a cost of $1.2 billion in 1990, only to have it collapse into bankruptcy the following …
Jun 25 2018
This is what tariffs do.
Harley-Davidson, Blaming E.U. Tariffs, Will Move Some Production Out of U.S. By Alan Rappeport and Amie Tsang, The New York Times June 25, 2018 Last week, the European Union hit back against Mr. Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs with penalties on $3.2 billion worth of American products, including bourbon, orange juice, playing cards and Harley-Davidsons. …
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