July 2018 archive

All Star

Well it’s the day after the All Star Game (AL 8 – 6 in 10 if you take that as an omen or even if you don’t) and it’s a Travel Day as the Stars rejoin their teams for the next series. Not that my life is so glamorous but it is full of travel. …

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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 …

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The Breakfast Club (Imagination)

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 …

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A Hacker’s Guide to the GRU Indictment

It’s true I work with computers but that encompasses a lot of things, some of which I know quite a bit about and others almost nothing. I must admit that the intricacies of networking and “cloud” computing fall in the latter category, mostly because I have a pronounced philosophical preference for strong peer computing (a …

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Impeach!

I’m sorry but I just can’t understand why all the “Very Serious” people in D.C. are saying very serious things about how appallingly serious, and unexpected, and confusing, and WHY DO YOU KEEP WASTING MY TIME PRETENDING THIS IS “NEW” AND DIFFERENT!” It’s the same impeachable offenses it was January 21st, 2017. Emoluments Clause, High …

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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 …

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The Breakfast Club (Broken Dreams)

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 …

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A Good Day For Dinosaur News

Is today a good day for dinosaur news? Every day is a good day for dinosaur news. They lived then to make us happy now. In case you don’t quite get the reference, for some years there was a moderately popular chain of Gas Stations owned by Sinclair Oil. Their logo was an Apatosaurus. I’m …

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Sabraw Strikes Again

Judge will temporarily halt deportations of reunited families By TED HESSON, Politico 07/16/2018 A federal judge on Monday said he will issue a temporary halt to deportations of migrant parents who are reunited with their children. U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw said during court proceedings in San Diego that he will stay deportations pending …

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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 …

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