11/12/2018 archive

Bad Hair Day

So this Armistice Day Trump is blowing off the traditional vist to Arlington National Cemetary (marking the Centennial of the end of the Great War no less) because it’s raining and he might be exposed as the fat balding popinjay and blowhard he is. Law and Order Party indeed. I’m not personally invested mind you, …

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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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There Is Elite, And Then There Is Elite

Somebody once called me a polymath and I was enormously flattered. First, of course, by the fact they called me that, but secondly that I was called that by somebody who even knew what it meant. Am I an elitist? Sure. Proud to be. In addition my style is condescending and obnoxious, yet I do …

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Cartnoon

Man of La Mancha I have read this, in Spanish (the only thing I ever really wanted to do with my skills en Español) AND English, about 18 times. It’s exactly like that. It’s of a genre called picaresque which means “rogue” or “rascal” and is natively Spanish, used by authors to satirically critique the …

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The Breakfast Club (Accountability)

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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