Jeffrey Epstein: Questions raised over disgraced financer’s death Questions have been raised as to how US financier Jeffrey Epstein was able to apparently commit suicide in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His body was discovered early on Saturday at a facility in New York. Last month Epstein was found semi-conscious …
August 2019 archive
Aug 10 2019
Peak Oil
Fossil Fuels, even the cheapest like Coal and certainly including things like Tar Sands which are incredibly expensive, are simply no longer competitive with renewables. Driving in New Hampshire recently (live free or die) I saw hilltops full of brand new and extremely ugly GE Wind Turbine Generators which tells me at least one thing- …
Aug 10 2019
The Breakfast Club (Two Evils)
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 10 2019
Six In The Morning Saturday 10 August 2019
North Korea tests ‘short-range ballistic missiles’ North Korea has fired two missiles into the sea, its fifth such launch in recent weeks. The missiles are thought to be short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military says. If confirmed, such a test would be a breach of 11 UN security Council resolutions. The launches come after US …
Aug 09 2019
Not the Impeachment you expected.
You might have missed it. Yesterday, on CNN and later on MSNBC, Chairman Jerome Nadler confirmed that the House Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the Mueller Report were a formal Impeachment Inquiry, something that had been asserted in previous Court filings but sort of publicly disbelieved as a mere ploy for a favorable ruling. Not so …
Aug 09 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 …
Aug 09 2019
When did it stop being funny?
One answer is in 1980 when Chappaquiddick Teddy lost the nomination to pathetic ineffective ConservaDem Carter who got creamed by Zombie St. Reagan. Things certainly declined rapidly from there. Another answer is they were never funny. The guy doing the prat falls is dead. How do you feel about that? Did you laugh? Why? Does …
Aug 09 2019
The Breakfast Club (Scientific Fact)
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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