Monday, August 06, 2018

Late Night

Rock on.

by Atrios at 23:22


Oh My


by Atrios at 17:10

Botany Bay

This seems a bit extreme.



Additional firepower for our Australia expansion is also on the way via our new residency program. The residency has the dual goals of adding ambitious and innovative projects to engage the Australian audience and giving New York Times journalists opportunities to stretch by trying something new.


...

Bari Weiss of Opinion will head over after Thanksgiving. She will be writing about Australia’s role in the world, politics and feminism, and also working on partnerships and events.

Nah.
by Atrios at 15:21

HAMP'd

HAMP was designed to ensure that people lost their homes, just more slowly, but that wasn't enough for Wells Fargo!

Steal a snickers, go to prison, steal some homes...bygones.
by Atrios at 12:53

Trade Wars

The supply lines of many of our beloved products depend on China. "Tariffs" are just one tool. If China wants to slow down port activity, it can.
by Atrios at 12:37

Nazis Don't Like Jews Very Much

I keep coming back to this because I long thought anti-Semitism was, in the US mainstream media, the "unacceptable racism." It seems that in the age of Trump we have gotten around that by pretending that the various strands of American Nazis just hate Muslims and Mexicans and black people which is okay. Those are the rules.
by Atrios at 11:18

Monday Crass Commercialism

These external drives just get cheaper and cheaper.

by Atrios at 09:27

Dilemmas



The reason it's a dilemma is that the libturds and blah people are The Real Racists.
by Atrios at 08:06

Morning Thread

by ql at 06:11

Sunday, August 05, 2018

Nobody Mention The Dementia

He's still functional, obviously, but really...it's going to get worse.

Behind the scenes: Trump commentates as he watches, according to sources who've sat with him and viewed replays on his TiVo, which is pre-loaded with his favorites on the large TV in the private dining room adjoining the Oval Office. When watching replays, Trump will interject commentary, reveling in his most controversial lines. "Wait for it. ... See what I did there?" he'll say.
by Atrios at 19:28

Monstering

I know "if this was a Democrat..." is a boring game to play, but I used to highlight the fact that the media has power when they choose to exercise it. Every interview with every Democrat would be 99% demanding that they condemn this or that by President Democrat. Not, as it is now, "moving on, Senator Republican...do you like pie?"
by Atrios at 18:53

Maybe They Could Invent Houses

There is something wrong with that section of the country.

Tech companies such as Amazon opposed Seattle’s short-lived head tax on large businesses to pay for homeless services and housing, but Mayor Jenny Durkan now says they can assist the city in other ways.

Rather than tap the companies’ bank accounts, she wants Seattle to tap their know-how. For example, they could help the city design apps for social services, Durkan says.

The mayor has convened an Innovation Advisory Council to seek advice on challenges such as homelessness and transportation, she announced Thursday during a news conference at Zillow’s downtown headquarters. She described the panel as a “new collaboration with Seattle’s technology community that will better highlight technology solutions.”

Cool. An App.
by Atrios at 15:06

Sunday Afternoon

Trump family spending their Sunday on the lawn of rakes, just stepping on those rakes.
by Atrios at 13:32

Sorry, Son, You're Going To Jail

Gramps is so dumb.

Trump, Jr., also claimed that the Russian lawyer present, Natalia Veselnitskaya, vaguely discussed “something about individuals connected to Russia supporting or funding Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton or the Democratic National Committee,” but when she was pressed for details she switched the topic to the Magnitsky Act, a 2012 law that sanctioned senior Russian officials and prompted an enraged Putin to ban American adoptions of Russian children. Trump, Jr., said that the topic was completely new to him: “Until that day, I had never heard of the Magnitsky Act and had no familiarity with this issue.”

He said that he ended the meeting and doesn’t recall ever discussing it again. “As we walked out, I recall Rob coming over to me to apologize,” Trump said in his statement. “I have no recollection of any documents being offered or left for us. The meeting lasted 20-30 minutes and Rob, Emin and I never discussed the meeting again. I do not recall ever discussing it with Jared, Paul or anyone else. In short, I gave it no further thought.”


by Atrios at 08:55

Sunday Morning Thread

by ql at 05:58

Saturday, August 04, 2018

I Bet Don Jr. Is Having A Good Weekend

Hilarious.

Still, Trump has confided to friends and advisers that he is worried the Mueller probe could destroy the lives of what he calls “innocent and decent people” — namely Trump Jr., who is under scrutiny by Mueller for his role organizing a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Russians promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. As one adviser described the president’s thinking, he does not believe his son purposefully broke the law, but is fearful nonetheless that Trump Jr. inadvertently may have wandered into legal jeopardy.

hahahahahahaha
by Atrios at 18:05

How's About

a little happy. Not much, but a little.
by ql at 17:28

Afternoon Thread

by ql at 13:48

I Don't Even

White supremacists are afraid of the city for reasons you understand, but I do not think this is a courtesy metro extends to every group.


by Atrios at 08:22

Morning Thread

by ql at 05:55

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