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Oct 11 2018
Universal Health Care!
Universal Health Care! Oops. Universal Health Care! Universal Health Care! (Part 2) And Now… Asskicking
Oct 10 2018
Kharma
The National Rifle Association is in a lot of legal trouble, much of it related to participating in the Trump/Russia Treason Plot. We’ve known for months about Maria Butina. But we’ve known for years that the NRA is terrible for gun owners as the “comedians” at Cracked remind us- So they’ve lost a lot of …
Oct 10 2018
Brazil
I like to think of it as funny and scary 1985 movie directed by Terry Gilliam and written by him and Tom Stoppard. It’s well worth watching but it has little to do with Brazil. How Dangerous Is Jair Bolsonaro? By Isaac Chotiner, Slate Oct 08, 2018 On Sunday, an extreme far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, …
Oct 10 2018
The Ersatz Breakfast Club (Over Balaclava?)
I’ll never get over Balaclava. 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 …
Oct 09 2018
2018 Senior League Division Championship Game 4: Red Sox @ Yankees
Well, could be the last time I get to use this clip for a year. Ok, the Red Sox crushed the damn Yankees last night in a game marked by managerial errors by Aaron Boone who left Severino in waaay too long (also pitched him on too little rest). By the Top of the 5th …
Oct 09 2018
Shadier than you think.
Of course it’s a tragedy and today the papers are filled with the biographies of the victims and the reactions of their family and friends, but the Schoharie limousine crash opens a lot of lines of inquiry into its cause. In the first place you have the a driver with an improper liscense and a …
Oct 09 2018
Board of Education?
The most attractive feature, for some, and pernicious effect, for others, of the Trump regime is that racists, bigots, and misogynists now feel able to express their racism, bigotry, and misogyny in public. Express it? Nay, shout if from the rooftops, rub your noses in it and expect not just compliant silence but approval and …
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