September 2020 archive

The Longest 2 Minutes In Sports

  This was no ordinary homecoming.  This was a do-or-die attempt to lay the ghost of years of rejection from the horse-rearing elite and the literati who sat in those privileged boxes overlooking the track and those unprivileged craven hordes who grovelled around the centre-field where he had suffered as a boy. The clubhouse as …

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Summertime in the U.S.

I’ve heard it’s over but I refuse to accept it. At least until the Autumnal Exquinox. Memorial Day Beaches Heat Wave More Ice Sweet Tea Or as Southerners call it- Tea. Why ruin a nice glass of Lemonade? The 4th Games Another Heat Wave

House

Die Zauberflöte In this opera, the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro’s community and seeks to join it. Separately, then together, Tamino and Pamina undergo severe trials of initiation, which end in triumph, with …

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The Breakfast Club (Birthday)

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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Law’norder

Not just a TV show. How Fascism Works: Trump’s “Law & Order” Is Lawlessness, Fueling Racist Violence & Chaos

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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King Cyrus

Well, the article is from Townhall which is unreliable as hell though interesting but the words are from the Cyrus Cylinder (539 BCE)- I am Cyrus, king of the universe, the great king, the powerful king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the world, son of Cambyses, …

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Cartnoon

Of course I play. Not well mind you.

The Breakfast Club (Good Question)

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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Samantha Bee’s Back Yard

Expect the worst.

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