Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show:
Greenwalded: Jill Stein Fanboys and Glenn Greenwald Swarm Against Bob; Helping Trump by Wrongly Emphasizing Hillary’s Negatives; Paul Krugman Scolds the Press; Soledad O’Brien Joins the Fray; False Equivalences; The Clinton Foundation and the Trump Foundation; and more.
Trump says a North Korean “carrier” “maybe is not there yet but it soon will be.” What is he referring to?
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 6, 2016
Trump just said “Hillary Clinton wants to be the Merkel of the US.” That line comes from white supremacist groups. https://t.co/4HYTyL9Vbr
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) September 6, 2016
Trump says he’d leave if someone doesn’t come out to greet him.
Trump: “We’re like a third-world country…but on Nov. 8 we will cure this problem”
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) September 6, 2016
re: #5 The Vicious Babushka
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America terrible country but after November 8 I alone will fix.
This is your brain on ADHD==>
Worth a read. Donald Trump somehow segues from “cyber” to ISIS propaganda to his poll numbers: pic.twitter.com/9ewF54ee37
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 6, 2016
I am pretty certain that “cyber” was a word in the previous century.
re: #1 Jenner7
My guess is that he’s referring to China. China recently put a carrier to sea - a retrofitted old Russian carrier - ex Varyag, called the Liaoning. It’s a testbed platform for testing Chinese naval air power - aircraft, tactics, etc.
It’s the first carrier in the Chinese fleet. And carries a fraction of the planes a typical US carrier does, lacks the range, or support fleet.
@ddale8
That statement was written by one of Trump’s top foreign policy advisers, Timmy from Mrs. Johnson’s 4th grade social studies class.— (((gocart mozart))) (@gocartmozart1) September 6, 2016
One of Trump’s antisemitic fans used the Meme Machine today.
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re: #10 lawhawk
My guess is that he’s referring to China. China recently put a carrier to sea - a retrofitted old Russian carrier - ex Varyag, called the Liaoning. It’s a testbed platform for testing Chinese naval air power - aircraft, tactics, etc.
It’s the first carrier in the Chinese fleet. And carries a fraction of the planes a typical US carrier does, lacks the range, or support fleet.
“China, North Korea - what’s the difference? They look different, eat strange food and they don’t like us.”
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re: #3 Jenner7
Trump says he’d leave if someone doesn’t come out to greet him.
And if the Chinese were the only ones Obama was meeting with, he might have a point. As it is…nah!
re: #12 Charles Johnson
One of Trump’s antisemitic fans used the Meme Machine today.
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Can you make it so that only registered Lizards can use it?
CNN tells us in advance that the bar will be dropped to floor for Trump during debates:https://t.co/j3QPH2c2ln pic.twitter.com/ZEbXngpq9b
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 6, 2016
re: #12 Charles Johnson
No good deed (building the meme generator) goes unpunished. Perhaps make it available only to those who are karmically enhanced? Say anyone with a 1000+ rating? That’d be a threshold for weeding out socks and trolls and you could throw in that they’d have to have a net positive karma. I know Sergey and a few others made that suggestion over the past week.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
One of Trump’s antisemitic fans used the Meme Machine today.
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Hmmmm. Maybe make it so only members can input their own pictures (he said, having not the faintest notion whether this is even possible*)
*Don’t you love it when people who have no idea how to write code tell you how simple what they want would be?
re: #9 The Vicious Babushka
I am pretty certain that “cyber” was a word in the previous century.
“Cybernetics” coined by Norbert Wiener in 1948.
re: #15 The Vicious Babushka
Can you make it so that only registered Lizards can use it?
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Donald Trump is totally unfit and unqualified to be president of the United States: https://t.co/Ozc1g9BJO0
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 6, 2016
re: #8 The Vicious Babushka
On her craziest day Sarah Palin couldn’t match Trump’s complete inability to use the English language to convey anything other than his poll numbers (when he thinks they’re good).
re: #12 Charles Johnson
One of Trump’s antisemitic fans used the Meme Machine today.
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The internet was a mistake.
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…now that I’ve gotten my non-visual meme for the day in, it’s still depressing how much this bullshit gets to thrive like it has. Like, holy shit, it feels like internet culture sometimes is just a full-on extension of Bircherdom and white supremacy. And even the assholes who supposedly indulge it ‘ironically’ for humor and supposed mockery continue to do it to the point it’s clear it’s not as ‘ironic’ as they keep insisting.
The Trump curve:
A: He rants on about Clinton’s health, never answers any direct question with an answer on point.
B: He talks about 9/11 conspiracies and suggests Obama is behind everything
C: Clinton cough shows she’s not healthy enough to be president.
D: Trump drops drawers and moons moderator
F: Trump flings fecal matter at audience to wild applause.
The reality of the curve? Trump’s A comports with a D, and it’s downhill from there.
Meanwhile, Clinton is also going to be graded on a curve, where a performance that would otherwise be an A is down-dinged because she didn’t address her attire, that she is standing or coughed to clear her voice, or took a drink of water, or used the restroom during a break, or didn’t answer a multipart question with sufficient specificity, even though Trump interrupted on multiple occasions to try and break her concentration.
re: #16 Charles Johnson
There will be no bar. Trump might trip over it.
@bobcesca_go Glenn Greenwald continues to be a disingenuous weasel.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 6, 2016
The assbott strikes again
@HillaryClinton Cillary Hlinton pic.twitter.com/mPg0yWCJfN
— Pissball Crank (@assbott) September 6, 2016
That’s crazy talk, darth. https://t.co/tHfOGfVFts @darth @NickBaumann
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 6, 2016
Good freaking grief. https://t.co/onN1K7W6Mr @ddale8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 6, 2016
Donald Trump, in Virginia, recounts the Iran-Iraq War: pic.twitter.com/xux2AOHAXp
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 6, 2016
re: #24 Kryptik: Just Done With It.
The internet was a mistake.
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…now that I’ve gotten my non-visual meme for the day in, it’s still depressing how much this bullshit gets to thrive like it has. Like, holy shit, it feels like internet culture sometimes is just a full-on extension of Bircherdom and white supremacy. And even the assholes who supposedly indulge it ‘ironically’ for humor and supposed mockery continue to do it to the point it’s clear it’s not as ‘ironic’ as they keep insisting.
People think in narratives, not with self-awareness or skepticism. The faster medium accelerates how quick tropes and just-so stories circulate, which is definitely a problem.
Rigor requires paragraphs and care…high-emotion bullshit can be conveyed in easy-to-repeat sentence fragments.
Look how well it’s working for Trump. He often doesn’t really make sense, and is incredibly vague, yet to his followers, it’s all perfectly clear because he’s addressing their preconceptions and the tropes they imbue with veracity.
re: #29 Charles Johnson
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Trump’s memorized lines for the debate:
“I’m going to build a big beautiful wall, and Mexico is going to pay for it!”
“I will be the greatest jobs president in history, believe me!”
“We always lose, lose so badly. When I am president, we’ll win so much, you’ll get tired of winning!”
Repeat as necessary, be acclaimed by pundits after debate as winner for being “presidential.”
“why did you abandon the climate deal that could save the lives of millions?”
“the chinese ambassador looked at me funny”#trumpdiplomacy— Oliver Willis (@owillis) September 6, 2016
lolwut? https://t.co/MTGt25O0US @NRO @HillaryClinton @AndrewCMcCarthy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 6, 2016
Yes, folks, the National Review is already plotting how to impeach Hillary Clinton. #facepalm @NRO @HillaryClinton @AndrewCMcCarthy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 6, 2016
Create your own meme with the LGF Meme Machine! https://t.co/yGqhznSjs0 via @Green_Footballs pic.twitter.com/M876A947MH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 6, 2016
All 3 cable networks air Trump town hall live while showing Clinton rally in a tiny box https://t.co/ZPU8pIY5ih pic.twitter.com/INnuldSDqn
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 6, 2016
Looks like you’re getting EXACTLY what you wished for #PhyllisSchlafly! Good 4 us!#ImWithHer#BetterTogether pic.twitter.com/8gxpCSiEmU
— condd (@cddittrich) September 6, 2016
re: #31 Charles Johnson
Donald Trump, in Virginia, recounts the Iran-Iraq War: pic.twitter.com
— Daniel Dale
I hope he remembered how Iran went over the Berlin War in the Tet Offensive.
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re: #38 The Vicious Babushka
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CNN was showing Hillary when I walked by. I figure Donald must have gone to commercial.
Call the exorcist, Hillary is possessed.
Not one, but two strings at Free Republic today:
Hillary Clinton Coughs Up Mysterious Green Substance Into Water (This was posted by freeper “gaggs,” a member under that name since July 11, 2008)
Hillary Clinton Coughs Up Mysterious Green Substance Into Water During Cleveland Rally
Mysterious? It looks like a cough drop to me, which would not be any mystery for someone who has a mild cough. To freepers, a lot of them at any rate, this is certain proof that she is at death’s door or, in one case, that she is an alien lizardoid whose genetic programming has failed.
This is a favored line of Trump’s online supporters who are also rather vocally fond of a different German leader… https://t.co/l5TSyekHHT
— Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) September 6, 2016
re: #44 Shiplord Kirel
Call the exorcist, Hillary is possessed.
Not one, but two strings at Free Republic today:
Hillary Clinton Coughs Up Mysterious Green Substance Into Water (This was posted by freeper “gaggs,” a member under that name since July 11, 2008)
Hillary Clinton Coughs Up Mysterious Green Substance Into Water During Cleveland Rally
Mysterious? It looks like a cough drop to me, which would not be any mystery for someone who has a mild cough. To freepers, a lot of them at any rate, this is certain proof that she is at death’s door or, in one case, that she is an alien lizardoid whose genetic programming has failed.
Get her! She’s breaking free of the alien mind control!
re: #36 Charles Johnson
Yes, folks, the National Review is already plotting how to impeach Hillary Clinton. #facepalm @NRO @HillaryClinton @AndrewCMcCarthy
— Charles Johnson
At least we’re under no illusions as to what a Hillary presidency will have to endure.
re: #36 Charles Johnson
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National Review clearly wants to escalate what we got from Obama. The GOP wanted to obstruct and refuse cooperation from Obama before he was inaugurated. Since that worked so well, they have to up the ante by impeaching Hillary Clinton before she’s elected.
*facepalm*
WorldNetDaily promotes a rabbi’s claim that Donald Trump is a messiah being lifted up by God to save America https://t.co/Y8rYX9WriE
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 6, 2016
re: #50 Lidane
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Heh, good old World Nut Daily - one of those corners of the internet that can almost make Freepers and Breitbrats look rational.
re: #50 Lidane
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Trump, Fuhrer or Messiah? We report, you decide!
Now the argument is to impeach HRC *before* she takes office. I guess that’s the end result of politics ad absurdum. https://t.co/sw5BBOUCjU
— Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) September 6, 2016
ART OF THE STEAL: Donor Money Flowing To Trump Properties https://t.co/Y8AOMS56Os #p2 #UniteBlue #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/HhoHldRegy
— (((R.Saddler))) (@Politics_PR) September 6, 2016
re: #49 Kryptik: Just Done With It.
National Review clearly wants to escalate what we got from Obama. The GOP wanted to obstruct and refuse cooperation from Obama before he was inaugurated. Since that worked so well, they have to up the ante by impeaching Hillary Clinton before she’s elected.
So basically, NRO wants Tim Kaine for POTUS.
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Sam Wang takes a swipe at Nate Silver (from Daily Kos):
As electoral-vote.com has pointed out, sites such as FiveThirtyEight are under economic pressure to attract traffic. And there is nothing to attract eyeballs like a crazy Presidential race.
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In swing states, the race ranges from showing Trump up by 1 point in Iowa to a Clinton lead of about 6 points in her best states, such as Virginia. That’s a reasonably good position for Clinton, but it isn’t quite as safe as it might sound. That’s because the swing states tend to rise and fall together.
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Just to remind everyone, variations in this year’s race are quite narrow, consistent with the last 20 years of partisan polarization. Polarization has made both the GOP and Democratic nominees unacceptable to nearly all supporters of the other party. In addition, Donald Trump is radioactive to about one-fifth of his own party. So this year’s race is melodramatic - but stable. In 2016, the Princeton Election Consortium’s state poll-based aggregate has varied between 310 and 350 EV for Hillary Clinton.
Gen. Flynn just asked Trump a question about “Kim Il Jong” of North Korea
— Pamela Engel (@PamEngel12) September 6, 2016
Wait, Gen. Flynn - @realdonaldtrump’s adviser asked questions about Jong Un’s deceased predecessors? Grading on a curve indeed @PamEngel12
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) September 6, 2016
Why is Trump so poorly prepared? His advisers suck. That’ll be the next excuse offered.
When asked about North Korea, he’s asked about the two guys who led the country who are dead, not the guy currently running the country. Trump doesn’t seem to know the difference.
Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton lacks a “presidential look” https://t.co/E4QpbQjOAZ pic.twitter.com/Lh9ZDC5bgE
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) September 6, 2016
re: #58 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
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re: #55 Lidane
So basically, NRO wants Tim Kaine for POTUS.
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No, don’t you see? If Clinton is impeached before the election, then Trump wins by default, don’t you see the genius in that? That’s why it has to be before the election, not just before inauguration! The brilliance of it all!
re: #57 lawhawk
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Why is Trump so poorly prepared? His advisers suck. That’ll be the next excuse offered.
When asked about North Korea, he’s asked about the two guys who led the country who are dead, not the guy currently running the country. Trump doesn’t seem to know the difference.
Up next: Herman Cann asks Trump about Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan.
The goobers over at The Federalist are trying to suggest that the alt-right are exactly like Black Lives Matter / La Raza / etc. and that they’re two sides of the same coin because IDENTITY POLITICS ZOMG. Or something:
The Alt-Right Is The Mirror Image Of The New Left https://t.co/U7BSBUmTNp
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) September 6, 2016
I couldn’t make it through the entire article. It’s predictably awful.
re: #62 Lidane
The goobers over at The Federalist are trying to suggest that the alt-right are exactly like Black Lives Matter / La Raza / etc. and that they’re two sides of the same coin because IDENTITY POLITICS ZOMG. Or something:
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I couldn’t make it through the entire article. It’s predictably awful.
BOTH SIDES!!1!1!!
re: #62 Lidane
The goobers over at The Federalist are trying to suggest that the alt-right are exactly like Black Lives Matter / La Raza / etc. and that they’re two sides of the same coin because IDENTITY POLITICS ZOMG. Or something:
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I couldn’t make it through the entire article. It’s predictably awful.
The progression of Alt-right acceptance:
“There is no Alt-right”.
“OK, there is an Alt-right, but it’s just like BLM.”
“There is an Alt-right and it’s fine.”
re: #62 Lidane
I suspect it’s not what the article is actually saying, but “The Alt-Right Is The Mirror Image Of The New Left” has been true with the fringy parts of the left, out there where Stein supporters meet up with the right.
re: #62 Lidane
The goobers over at The Federalist are trying to suggest that the alt-right are exactly like Black Lives Matter / La Raza / etc. and that they’re two sides of the same coin because IDENTITY POLITICS ZOMG. Or something:
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I couldn’t make it through the entire article. It’s predictably awful.
Hmmmm. Well, if the two sides of the coin are “Supports racial equality” and “DOESN’T support racial equality”, that might make sense.
an apt epitaph for the death of the gop
only fools and charlatans know and understand everything
- anton chekov
re: #62 Lidane
The goobers over at The Federalist are trying to suggest that the alt-right are exactly like Black Lives Matter / La Raza / etc. and that they’re two sides of the same coin because IDENTITY POLITICS ZOMG. Or something:
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I couldn’t make it through the entire article. It’s predictably awful.
you see, there would be no racism if black people would just forget that they’re black
The Washington, D.C. Examiner—a free weekly—has as its front page:
Black Lies Matter.
Seriously.
re: #19 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
“Cybernetics” coined by Norbert Wiener in 1948.
And “cyberspace” by William Gibson in Neuromancer (1986).
re: #68 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
you see, there would be no racism if black people would just forget that they’re black
Provided that we white folk don’t have to, of course.
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re: #65 Belafon
I suspect it’s not what the article is actually saying, but “The Alt-Right Is The Mirror Image Of The New Left” has been true with the fringy parts of the left, out there where Stein supporters meet up with the right.
They’re trying to thread the NO TRUE CONSERVATIVE needle:
Both progressivism and the alt-right’s populism are identity movements that share many of the same assumptions. Here’s the difference: the Left wants to dismantle rugged individualism to create a transnational progressive utopia with a global ruling elite at the levers of power, while the alt-right wants its individual utopias localized to individual sovereign nation states. (Although, to be fair, they’d probably settle for Idaho.)
It’s not the racism in the alt-right that’s a problem. It’s that they’re trying to claim they’re conservatives but they’re really not, wink wink. They’re just right-wing cultural Marxists who wallow in identity politics. Or something.
re: #68 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
you see, there would be no racism if black people would just forget that they’re black
Now if only all the white people would forget they were black as well./
re: #69 Sir John Barron
The Washington, D.C. Examiner—a free weekly—has as its front page:
Black Lies Matter.
Seriously.
The Washington Examiner: So Bad We Have to Give It Away.
Regarding the The Latinos for Trump co-founder - he’s the taco truck guy - between him and his wife he’s had 14 bankruptcies and had to surrender his CA real estate license in 2014 for real estate law violations.
Trump’s ability to pick only the absolutely worst people remains unblemished.
re: #75 Skip Intro
Regarding the The Latinos for Trump co-founder - he’s the taco truck guy - between him and his wife he’s had 14 bankruptcies and had to surrender his CA real estate license in 2014 for real estate law violations.
Trump’s ability to pick only the absolutely worst people remains unblemished.
There was a story about him defrauding clients in the Hispanic community too.
re: #73 Big Beautiful Door
Now if only all the white people would forget they were black as well./
The Right really, truly has no idea how and why identity politics works. That’s why on the one hand they’ll talk about Affirmative Action as the worst thing ever, because “it really should be about each individual, not the color of their skin, like MLK said” but on the other hand racial profiling is okay because “blacks commit most of the crime, and if they don’t want cops to stop them they should do something about their community”
It’s also why they think Sarah Palin on the ticket will bring in all the women, and saying nice things about Ben Carson will bring in all the blacks.
Wheee!
Trump just said he wants go around politically connected defense contractors for future weapons projects. cc: @LockheedMartin
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) September 6, 2016
re: #78 Lidane
Wheee!
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Not that they don’t deserve it, but that sound you just heard is the collective sphincter of the M-I complex tightening
re: #78 Lidane
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“I got a cousin in Jersey who does that. He’ll do it for cheap.”
re: #79 A wild WITHAK appeared!
hahhahaaaaaaaaaaa
Not that they don’t deserve it, but that sound you just heard is the collective sphincter of the M-I complex tightening
That other sound you just heard is the M-I complex sending someone out to Trump’s latest rented McMansion to beat the crap out of him.
re: #81 scottslemmons
That other sound you just heard is the M-I complex sending someone out to Trump’s latest rented McMansion to beat the crap out of him.
And the other other sound is everyone on House Armed Services and House Appropriations running to K Street.
re: #58 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Can we get that image in the meme generator defaults pretty please??
re: #81 scottslemmons
That other sound you just heard is the M-I complex sending someone out to Trump’s latest rented McMansion to beat the crap out of him.
Nah, they’re safe. They’ve got all their bought-and-paid-for House drones to rely upon. Acquaintance of mine is a military contractor. The tales he tells are depressing and awful; basically, it’s just full-on bribery and threats that make the money machine flow.
This is the system that we’ve built over the last 36 years of demagoguery over “our defense is weak!!” It has sucked the lifeblood out of the economy of the U.S. And we can’t seem to stop, because frightened old tiny-penised white rural men shriek in terror over the thought of Not Enough Gunz!!!
re: #79 A wild WITHAK appeared!
hahhahaaaaaaaaaaa
Not that they don’t deserve it, but that sound you just heard is the collective sphincter of the M-I complex tightening
But, who ELSE builds that stuff? You know, airplanes, tanks, missiles, bombs - they’re kinda specialized. Even in WWII when Smith Corona was making M1903 Springfield rifles, they weren’t responsible for developing the weapon or the manufacturing process.
re: #78 Lidane
Considering that all the defense contractors are highly connected, what the hell does Trump actually mean by go around? Skipping the DoD acquisition process to buy direct? No bid contracts? What.
The military acquisition system is seriously flawed and needs to be streamlined and improved to cut costs, but going around contractors? Who’s he going to go around to?
With consolidation in the defense business, there’s only a handful of companies to choose from. If you’re talking planes, it’s Boeing, Northrup Grumman, or Lockheed Martin. UAVs? You’d get General Atomics in there as well.
After BAE, Raytheon, and United Technologies, and then you have a bunch of tech companies that have contracts with the Defense Department.
re: #82 Timothy Watson
Yep. Lots of congressmen calling up and saying shit like,
“Well, you know, if Trump gets in, it’s going to be hard to hold the line against him … I hear he wants to gut the defense budget by 50%. Yep. Mm-hm. 50%. Maybe more. We can’t know. The guy’s totally nutso, and, well, we might have to go along with him, if he’s got all the people riled up and behind … what’s that? Why yes, I did open an account in the Caymans last year during that vacation you guys paid for, and … you already have the account number?
“Well, that’d be just fine, then. I think we can make that work.”
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
