March 2020 archive

Two Tragic Fires That Sparked Major Changes

Today we mark the anniversary of two tragic fires that occurred in New York City. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed 146 lives. On the same date 79 years later in the Bronx borough of New York City, the Happy Land fire killed 87 people, the most deadly fire in the city since …

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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 media 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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Profiteering

It doesn’t mean making a profit. It means taking advantage of someone’s urgent needs to steal all their monies. You know, like Health Insurance Companies, Big Pharma, and the Mega-Medicals do as a Business Model. In War time (Is the War on Drugs a real War? What about the War on Poverty?) Profiteers are frequently …

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Cartnoon (Daily Late Night)

Steve Martin Plays Banjo In The Woods To Calm The World During Coronavirus Pandemic DJ D-NICE – CLUB QUARANTINE Getting to know your neighbors Trump desperately wishes the virus away Fast and Furious: Ventilators

The Breakfast Club (Goodnight America)

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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Pondering the Pundits

Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from around the news media 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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Plague on the Gold Coast

That’s what us Nutmeggers call Fairfield County which is reliably one of the Top Five wealthiest in the United States. As I’ve said before I have a passing familiarity (worked for a long time within a mile of Sandy Hook Elementary). Unlike what you might think, and despite the statistics, there are many areas that …

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Cartnoon

SOCIAL DISTANCE – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Irrational Exuberance

In “Classical” Economics it’s sometimes called “Animal Spirits” though I prefer the simpler and more direct “Greed”. Hope you’re enjoying your Dead Cat. The Fundamentals haven’t changed a bit (well, except to get worse from both an Epidemiological and Economic standpoint) and Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio may have queered the incipient deal on Stimulus (which …

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Well, this was inevitable.

I’ve worked events like this and it costs an enormous amount of money to postpone them. At the same time who would want to go or participate? I’ll admit getting to hit on Gymnasts is an attraction. Japanese prime minister says IOC has agreed to postpone Tokyo Olympics By Adam Kilgore, Rick Maese, and Simon …

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