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From The Journal of Improbable Research:

A New Study

Numerous investigations have shown that, as a general rule, increasing environmental light levels can lead to a decrease in outdoor crime rates. By extension then, one might think that bright moonlit nights would feature less crime than when it’s overcast. But one might be wrong.

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From Iron Knee at Political Irony:

Corruption

This may be the story of the century, up there with Watergate. In fact, this could be much bigger than a little break-in in 1972 that eventually led to the downfall of president Richard Nixon. Indeed, Epstein has ties to a large number of politicians in both parties. And there is strong evidence that he has been blackmailing these people, along with other wealthy and powerful players.

The real question is “how did Jeffrey Epstein make so much money“? He claims to be a billionaire and a hedge fund manager, but there is no evidence that he has ever done business with anyone. Everything is secret, safely offshore.

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From driftglass:

According to the brochure, the Amazing Never Trumper GOP Cerebro machine is capable of putting every Never Trumper into instant, psychic contact with every Republican anywhere on Earth. This is what allows Never Trumper to collect a steady income from the Beltway media speaking with absolute, sweeping authority about the state of mind the Republican Party in Murrica.

The Amazing Never Trumper GOP Cerebro machine also gives Never Trumpers the power to know with fine-grained precision the subtle gradations in the minds of each individual Republican and Independent. For example, they know with perfect telepathic certainty which Republicans are “Trump supporters” and which Republicans and Independents are merely “Trump voters”.

They also claim to know to an astonishing degree of accuracy which Republicans and Independents are teetering on the fence, and the individual reasons why each fence-straddler is unable to choose between the Party of Affordable Health Care and the Party of Racist, Neofascist Baby-Cagers. And based on this unassailably definitive inside knowledge of the deepest thoughts and feelings of each individual Republican and Independent on Earth, every Never Trumper is positively brimming with stern strategic directives for us poor, stupid Dems who are Doing It All Wrong!

And because of their unique, mutant telepathic insights, the stern directives from any Never Trumper are always identical to the stern directives from every other Never Trumper

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From Tommy Christopher:

Chuck Todd Asks Megan Rapinoe ‘What Do You Tell a Trump Supporter Who Loves Watching You?’

“What do you tell a Trump supporter who loves watching you? And is like, ‘I wish she’d go to the White House’?” Todd asked.

“Yeah, I think that I would, you know, try to share our message,” Rapinoe replied, adding “Do you, you know, believe that all people are created equal? Do you believe that equal pay should be mandated? Do you believe that everyone should have healthcare? Do you believe that we should treat everyone with respect?”

“I think those are the basics of what we’re talking about,” she continued. “And I understand people feel upset or uncomfortable. There’s I think some feelings of disrespect about the anthem protest or things that I’ve said in the past, but ultimately I think I am here open and honest.”

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From Andy Borowitz:

PALM BEACH, Florida (The Borowitz Report)—Donald Trump was reportedly “hopping mad” on Saturday after a surprise ice raid left his Mar-a-Lago retreat with no employees.

The ice agents conducting the pre-dawn raid swept through the opulent Palm Beach club and left guests with no one to prepare their food, wash their dishes, or clean their rooms.

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From PZ Myers:

I am totally out of sync with my community

I’ve never heard such vocal unanimity from the Morris people as we left after it was over.

“Worst movie I’ve ever seen,” said one attendee.

“I would have walked out halfway through if you weren’t watching it,” said another.

“What the hell did I just see,” someone chimed in.

I loved it!

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Trey’s response to libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara was especially interesting. – Ray

LaFerrara: Nike’s pulling of its Independence Day sneaker line is an act of corporate ignorance and cowardice.

This is, literally, how corporations in Mr. LaFerrara’s corporate, capitalist utopia are supposed to act. They don’t need regulation, the marketplace dictates their decisions. In this case Nike listened to the pressure that Mr. LaFerrara would typically praise. Somehow, though, since it’s a decision he doesn’t like this is corporate ignorance and cowardice. Consistently inconsistent.

LaFerrara: Really? The Abolitionist movement is also connected to the slavery era. Should we repudiate all of the brave people who fought–ultimately successfully–to end slavery, including Abolitionist leaders like Frederick Douglass?

Literally has nothing to do with the subject of the blog post. Whataboutisming abolitionism is intellectual laziness. Furthermore, the Betsy Ross flag wasn’t even the current flag of the US when Frederick Douglass was born. Even just a cursory rememberance of our Anthem and the flag that inspired it would inform Grandpa Screams at Clouds at the lack of association the Betsy Ross flag has with abolitionism and one of its staunchest supporters.

LaFerrara: The Ross Flag symbolizes the new American nation after their successful fight for Independence and the formation of a governing Constitution.

Continue reading “Nike and the Betsy Ross Flag”

• Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged points out TrumpTweets that are so expansively sinister they could have been mistaken for parody.
   
• At Scotties Toy Box we are given an understandable reaction to Trump proclamations.
   
• Jon Perr at PERRspectives senses a bit of hypocrisy as Chuck Todd criticizes Fox competitors for enabling Trump falsehoods, then holds an interview with my President during which his bold stance disintegrates into a wet puddle. I confess to regarding the uber-honored Mr. Todd as a perveyor of endless Twerpism.
   
• Andy Borowitz reports on how the British ambassador was able to conceal his contempt for my President for so long, by writing his messages in English.

Continue reading “Trump News, Tweets, Todd, UK Amb, ConservAdvice, Profitable Cages”

 
From News Corpse:

It must be extraordinarily difficult for the President of the United States to get through every weekend without being fawned over by his most devoted supporters and promoters: the weekday primetime hosts on Fox News (aka State TV). Donald Trump’s notoriously fragile ego needs constant stroking or it erupts in an explosion of nonsensical ravings and unbound hostility from his Twitter stronghold.

That’s the sensitive psychological condition that Trump found himself in on Sunday night when he unleashed a torrent of tweets bursting with self pity and anger at an unfair world that wasn’t sufficiently adoring. This hissy twit included an unexpected barrage of animus aimed squarely at Trump’s media confederates at Fox News. It’s not the first time, but it’s one of the most extended and shrill. And it’s a warning to Fox that if you dare to stray from Trumpian orthodoxy, you are officially guilty of betraying the cause of white-wing nationalism, and Trump personally. It’s Trump’s admission that he regards Fox News as his personal publicity shop. The substance of this tweetstorm is so profoundly disturbing that we can just let it speak for itself.

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