April 2020 archive

Pravda and Izvestia

Back in the good old days of the Cold War when all you had to fear was imminent Nuclear Annihilation, the Soviet Union had two main Newspapers- Pravda and Izvestia. Pravda means “Truth” and was the official organ of the Communist Party. Izvestia means “News” and was an official product of the Soviet Government. Not …

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No Sports?

FEI World Cup from Göteborg, Sweden- Freestyle Finals 2019 What? Not enough Horsies for you? A 3 Hour summary. Proust in his first book wrote about, wrote about. A 6 Minute summary. No Horses were infected with Coronavirus during this event.

The Breakfast Club (San Luis Obispo, California, hello.)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club!   AP’s Today in History for April 26th The Chernobyl nuclear accident; John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln’s assassin, killed; Guernica bombed in the Spanish Civil War; Vermont enacts same-sex civil unions; TV star Lucille Ball dies.   Breakfast Tune Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners – Banjo Cover   …

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Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition

Pondering the Pundits: Sunday Preview Edition” 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. On Sunday mornings …

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Marching though Georgia

“The problem of this war consists in the awful fact that the present class of men who rule the South must be killed outright rather than in the conquest of territory.” You people of the South don’t know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it …

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$6 Trillion Scam

Everything so far has been a bad deal. Put restrictions on the types and size of the Businesses being bailed out? They will ignore them. Get money for the Post Office? They’ll seize it and jack up the Rates 400%. Put in specific provisions against Graft and Self Dealing? Well, what are you going to …

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Route 66

This is kind of a House/Cartnoon mashup. I know I’ve done the Depeche Mode Behind the Wheel/Route 66 Mix before as it was one of my DJ partner’s favorites though I can’t recall a single time anyone danced. It’s really quite good. See? What put me in mind of it is this new piece by …

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The Breakfast Club (Ghost Town)

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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The Frontline Take

This is the PBS Episode that got posted day before yesterday.

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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