November 2018 archive

Dramatis Personae

The Masks of the Drama– (T)he main characters in a dramatic work written in a list. Such lists are commonly employed in various forms of theater, and also on screen. Typically, off-stage characters are not considered part of the dramatis personæ. In order to get this you need to understand that in most Classic Theater …

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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 Perjury Trap

First off, what is perjury? See that line in the teeny tiny type near the one where you’re supposed to sign a legal document (like a tax form or an insurance or loan application) that says, “I attest the above statements are true under penalty of law.”? Yeah, well, people go to jail for that …

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Cartnoon

Trevor- you’re missing your meme. Gritty is an Antifa hero, not part of Trump’s cabal. Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers’ Bizarre New Mascot, Is Antifa Now Kelly Weill, Daily Beast 10.03.18 “Gritty,” the wild-eyed, Muppet-looking mascot of Philadelphia Flyers is an anti-fascist now, and there’s nothing you can do about it, anti-fascists say. Last week, the …

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The Breakfast Club (Approval)

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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The Pipes Are Calling For The Donny Boys

The big deal for me about today’s Michael Cohen Guilty Plea is not that Cohen has a new co-operation agreement with Mueller, it was always safe to assume that anything the Southern District of New York knew was directly piped to the Russia inquiry. No, it’s that the specific act he plead guilty to, lying …

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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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Professional Courtesy

It’s why Sharks won’t bite. The late breaking news from yesterday was the admission by Kevin Downing (Manafort’s lawyer) and Rudy Giuliani (Trump’s lawyer) that they continued to participate in a Joint Defense Agreement (basically information sharing) for months after Manafort agreed to co-operate with the Mueller investigation. Normally, while Prosecutors hate it, this is …

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Divine Intervention

So the story is Jerome Corsi (you remember him) was on a long airplane flight when he had a “Divine Intervention” (some would call it a revelation) that allowed him to correctly predict the nature of the DNC/Podesta emails and the timing of their release. They didn’t believe it. Jeannie Rhee, one of the prosecutors, …

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The Breakfast Club (Convictions)

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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