May 2019 archive

Birds and Samanthas

When a Senator loves a Page very, very much. A man becomes preeminent, he’s expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms… Enthusiasms… What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. …

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Windpower

The Breakfast Club (Certain Death)

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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Six In The Morning Thursday 16 May 2019

Water every 10 days: The families on the front line of India’s environmental crisis By Helen Regan and Omar Khan, CNN Updated 0740 GMT (1540 HKT) May 16, 2019 Hundreds of empty plastic jugs wait in rows on the cracked, dry, dusty earth. Hovering expectantly nearby, the residents of Vasant Kunj slum in South Delhi, one of the …

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Not Pragmatic

Among my many personal failings is that I rarely resist the opportunity to say ‘I told you so.’ When on the 9th, a little less than a week ago, I drew your attention to the Ocasio-Cortez/Sanders 15% Usury Cap out of a recognition of its fundamental justice and economic sanity. I am gratified but not …

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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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Cs And Ds Make Degrees

Four Yorkshiremen You were lucky. We lived for three months in a brown paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six o’clock in the morning, clean the bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down mill for fourteen hours a day week in-week out. When …

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Cartnoon

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian From the Book of Armaments, Chapter 4, Verse 16. Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, saying, Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.

The Breakfast Club (Here After)

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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Six In The Morning Wednesday 15 May 2019

Alabama passes bill banning abortion Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill to outlaw abortion in almost all cases, the strictest such US law. The state Senate approved the law by 25 votes to six, rejecting exemptions for cases of rape or incest. It will now go to Republican Governor Kay Ivey. She has not said whether …

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