Month: April 2017

US hits Syria with Misilles

In retaliation for a gassing of civilians, the US launched 70 Tomahawk missiles on a Syrian Air base. From CNN: There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons … and ignored the urging of the UN Security...

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The Secret Sauce

A lesson in ignoring the obvious, or what can be known with a little effort, in favor of mysterious, unidentifiable, and imagined woo-woos. A comedic version of this from Absolutely Fabulous Eddie: Oh, God. Why am I so fat?...

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Nunes-Another Drip gets Dropped

It’s beginning to rain pretty heavily, ain’t it? Bob Dylan was right. You don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing…or at least which way the Deep State wants you to believe...

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William R. Polk on Resistance

Juan Cole has an interesting spin on Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Law, which at one point was a required reading for a college liberal education in the US. Juan Cole, Informed Comment: As Trump Breaks it, Top Ten Things we...

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Midweek Cafe and Lounge Vol. 21

Looks like a late midweek installment this go around. This week’s video is a cover of an old VU classic, I Found a Reason by Cat Power: This was the version that appeared in V for Vendetta over a decade ago. There is a...

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