The prime reason the media is fixated on Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Russian interference of the 2018 election is Donald Trump’s narcissistic fueled paranoia and inept members of his legal team and administration. They just don’t know how to remain silent Over the weekend the New York Times published a puff piece on White …
August 2018 archive
Aug 20 2018
Trade Guy
John Oliver is a pretty conventional macro economist, which is a shame really because it ties him to some unfortunate assumptions and misconceptions. He is, at least, to the left of Hayek which is something I guess. But he’s not as bafflingly wrongheaded and radical as what passes for the Trump economic brain trust. The …
Aug 20 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 …
Aug 20 2018
The Breakfast Club (Troubled Waters)
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 …
Aug 19 2018
The Breakfast Club: Bill Maher – The American Avatar
In his “New Rules” segment on Friday’s HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher argues that the phony personas people adopt in public are vastly different than the weirdness they crave.
Aug 19 2018
The Breakfast Club (U2)
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 19 2018
Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition
“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. On Sunday mornings we present a …
Aug 18 2018
Cupcake Cafe Deficit
What can I say? The whole Ellis Island thing for my Grandpa. The rest is Scots/English/German. We are exceptional. Notes on a Butter Republic By Paul Krugman, The New York TimesAug. 5, 2018 During the creation of the first global economy, the one made possible by railroads, steamships, and telegraphs, the world seemed to bifurcate …
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