The Breakfast Club (Quantum Mechanics)

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 whenever we get around to it) to talk about current news and our boring lives and to make fun of LaEscapee! If we are ever running late, it’s PhilJD’s fault.

This Day in History

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara executed in Bolivia; Anthrax-laced letters sent to Capitol Hill; Achille Lauro hijackers surrender; Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize; Musician John Lennon born.

Breakfast Tunes

Something to Think about over Coffee Prozac

If quantum mechanics hasn’t profoundly shocked you, you haven’t understood it yet.

Niels Bohr

Breakfast News

US News

US appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume abortion law

Hawaii eases COVID rules for college football, other events

Boosters, employer mandates drive increase in US vaccines

Los Angeles County sheriff won’t enforce vaccine mandate

Delta variant and worker shortage keep a lid on job growth

Navajo Nation reports 51 more COVID-19 cases, 1 new deaths

Anti-vaccine chiropractors rising force of misinformation

New FDA chief can’t come soon enough for beleaguered agency

More Washington State Ferries runs halted amid crew shortage

Feds won’t seek charges against cop in Jacob Blake shooting

Pipeline anchor strike may have occurred months before spill

Winds, rain, snow across Nevada as colder 2nd storm looms

Elon Musk says Tesla will move HQ from California to Texas

Hot tub on wheels: Suit says party vehicle lacks pool permit

Opal Lee’s Juneteenth dream came true, but she isn’t done

US Politics

McConnell says he won’t help Dems raise debt limit again

Biden won’t invoke executive privilege on Trump Jan. 6 docs

Biden is first president to mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day

International News

Coronavirus deaths in Russia hit new record

Finland joins other Nordic nations in curbing Moderna shots

IS bomber kills 46 inside Afghan mosque, challenges Taliban

US official: American, Taliban officials to talk on evacuees

US, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan

More than 130 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov

Danish police confiscate luxury sports car caught speeding

Panda cubs at Tokyo zoo get their names, to debut in January

At flooded restaurant near Bangkok, the special is a splash

Sports

Red Sox flex muscles, power past Rays 14-6 to even ALDS 1-1

Tellez HR, throw spark Brewers over Braves 2-1 in Game 1

Correa, Alvarez help Astros take 2-0 lead over Sox in ALDS

Taurasi leads Mercury past Aces to advance to WNBA Finals

Ridder, Ford help No. 5 Cincinnati rout Temple 52-3

Breakfast Blogs

Chuck Schumer Got Mad and Made Senate Republicans (and Joe Manchin) Very Mad’ Charles P. Pierce, Esquire Politics

Michael Sussmann Attempts to Bill [of Particulars] Durham for His Sloppy Indictment Language emptywheel aka Marcy Wheeler, emptywheel

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2021/10/07/mcconnells-debt-ceiling-gambit/ Adam L. Silverman, Balloon Juice

Friday Night Soother digby aka Heather Digby Parton, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Pass something Tom Sullivan, Digby’s Hullabaloo

Connecticut Supreme Court Says Cops Need Warrants To Run Drug Dogs Around Motel Room Doors Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Texas Pols Shocked To Learn Their Bill Let Gas Companies Off The Hook For Climate Change Preparedness Karl Bode, Techdirt

Bizarre Magistrate Judge Ruling Says That If Facebook Deletes An Account, It No Longer Needs To Keep Details Private Mike Masnick, Techdirt

If You Want To Know Why Section 230 Matters, Just Ask Wikimedia: Without It, There’d Be No Wikipedia Glyn Moody, Techdirt

‘A Desperate Play for Time’: Lawyers Dismiss Steve Bannon’s ‘Nonsense’ Refusal to Comply With Congressional Subpoena Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Members of the ‘Stop the Steal’ Movement, Including Ali Alexande Adam Klasfeld, Law & Crime

The Coward of Rutherford County Erik Loomis, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The U.S. Constitution has become a radically dysfunctional document that needs to be replaced by something completely different Paul Campos, Lawyers, Guns and Money

The US Is Ass-Backwards When It Comes to Covid and Freedom The Rude Pundit, at his bog

Green Lanternism Yastreblyansky, The Rectification of Names

Here’s the Brain Thing That’s Tearing Us Apart, By David Brooks driftglass, at his blog

NO, REALLY, THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IS ALREADY HERE Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog

Franklin Graham Sick Of You Commies Trying To Stop People From Terrorizing School Board Members Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

GOP Saves World By Graciously Allowing Democrats To Save World, And This Is The Thanks They Get??? Doktor Zoom, Wonkette

Senate Report Found One Or Two Tiny HOLY SH*TBALLS TRUMP COUPS WE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF Liz Dye, Wonkette

Lara Trump, Grade-A Dipsh*t Evan Hurst, Wonkette