April 2020 archive

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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Nancy Pelosi in the News

Pelosi looks to seize Trump’s bully pulpit By HEATHER CAYGLE and SARAH FERRIS, Poltico 04/14/2020 As President Donald Trump beams into American homes with his daily coronavirus briefings, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided the best way to counter him is to be everywhere — even if that means doing so from her San Francisco kitchen. …

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Only as bad as the Flu.

Cold Open

Fake News Not News But True As an aside, he’s suing one of the TV Stations that aired it but not Priorities USA. Trump Campaign Sues Small Wisconsin TV Station Over Critical Super PAC Ad By Matt Shuham, Talking Points Memo April 13, 2020 The owner of a northern Wisconsin television station is stumped as …

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The Breakfast Club (Reason To Fight)

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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These Lifeboats are so popular.

Oh yeah, that John Oliver piece. Judith Kudlow’s Still Lifes (in this case it’s lifes not lives because we are talking about multiple paintings each of which is a Still Life) are all about Clothes. It could be Cats I suppose. Or Dogs Playing Poker or Black Velvet Elvis.

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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The Destruction of Wealth

Let’s say you went out to the Market and bought a Million Dollars worth of Stock at the very Peak Price. What happened? Well, you gave someone some Money and in turn you received some Claim on the future Profits of a Company. Now let’s say that almost instantly the Company goes out of Business. …

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Cartnoon

Words that are used very differently.

The Breakfast Club (Unwell)

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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