I mean it both sardonically and sarcastically. The main difference between the two is sardonic is more strictly contemptuous and sarcasm has an admixture of irony. I’ve told you I like The Magicians, right? We have to work together and we have to do it now. This is going to sound weird, but just go …
May 2019 archive
May 21 2019
The Breakfast Club (Being Human)
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 …
May 21 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 21 May 2019
A legacy of lunacy haunts Kenya’s old railway. Will China’s $3.6B line be different? Kenya took on huge debt to buy a modern railway from Beijing that it hopes will boost its economy … despite the controversy it has attracted. By Jenni Marsh, CNN Updated 0651 GMT (1451 HKT) May 21, 2019 In 1903, British …
May 20 2019
Fifth Child Dead
There are people who think I exaggerate when I compare the United States to Nazi Germany. 5th migrant child dies after detention by US border agents by NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press May 20, 2019 A 16-year-old boy from Guatemala who died in U.S. custody Monday had been held for six days — twice as long …
May 20 2019
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 …
May 20 2019
Junk Science
Bad Evidence by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith, The Intercept May 5 2019 As an alternative theme for the 2019 AAFS (American Academy of Forensic Sciences) meeting, “complacency kills” might not have been half bad, at least if anyone had wished to inject some urgency into things. The Baltimore event began amid an ongoing crisis …
May 20 2019
Cartnoon
As its run is now finished you can hardly accuse me of spoilers. I’m somewhat puzzled by those who object to the heel turn of Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of …
May 20 2019
The Breakfast Club (Lie Us Into War)
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 …
May 20 2019
Six In The Morning Monday 20 May 2019
Huawei’s use of Android restricted by Google Google has barred the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese company. New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps. The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei …
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