May 2020 archive

No Sports?

Here you go. Synchronized Swimming (I guess they call it “Artistic” now) Team and Pairs from Rio 2016. The odd thing is that I know all the moves. I’m telling you I ran out of all the Water Sports Electives before I got stuck with 4 Square and Arts and Crafts. Enameling was cool (A&C …

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The Breakfast Club (Banjo and Didgeridoo)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! AP’s Today in History for May 3rd Philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli born; The U.S. Supreme Court rules racial covenants in real estate are unenforceable; Joe DiMaggio makes his baseball debut; Singers Pete Seeger and James Brown born. Breakfast Tune Banjo and Didgeridoo Live! ‘I Feel Good’ a James Brown cover Something …

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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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Beltane: Fire and Folklore

Sadly, this year the Beltane festivals are cancelled but, virus or no virus, the spirit of the holiday lives in the warming of the earth by the sun of May. This article was first published May 2, 2015. You call it May Day, we Pagans cal it Beltane. It may be a day for workers …

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Cartnoon

Gor is about the most horrible, misogynistic, racist Science Fiction Series (Horseclans is a close Second) I ever bought 20 Volumes of because I’m also a completeist. The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Norman’s …

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The Breakfast Club (Thank You)

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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Push to Add Drama

We always need more drama.

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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Cartnoon

You know, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead and Zack Morris is still Trash.

Corona Class

Thomas Piketty has this to say- The bottom 50 percent of the population in the U.S. owns less than 2 percent of total wealth. It used to be 3 or 4 percent 20 years ago; now it’s less than 2 percent. It’s always been very small, in any case, but it’s not going in the …

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