Where did all these alligators come from, anyway?
"Hurricane Lane is now at Category 5, the National Weather Service said Tuesday, as the storm moved closer to Hawaii." Um, in the Pacific, aren't they Typhoons? Last I heard Lane should hit as a Cat 4 hurricane.
"On or around Sept. 1, Denmark-based Maersk plans to send its first container ship through the Arctic to explore whether the once inhospitable route could become feasible in the future. Many analysts see the test as a turning point for both the shipping industry and the Arctic."
"Eight restaurant chains have agreed to drop the use of agreements that prevent their workers from finding higher-paying jobs at other locations of the same chain, Washington state's attorney general said this week."
Remember Net Neutrality? "It’s not only consumers that are being impacted by Verizon’s throttling tactics, emergency services are being affected as well. Ars Technica reports that Verizon Wireless throttled the Santa Clara County Fire Department’s data, and is now facing a lawsuit." Basically, while Cal Fire was fighting fires (like they do) Verizon would throttle their "unlimited plans" when they hit so much bandwidth for the month (like Verizon does) which then hampered the emergency response effort. Supposedly Verizon suspends throttling during an emergency and claims it was a clerical error. Oops, sorry you lost your home, clerical error. From Verizon's response, "This situation has nothing to do with net neutrality or the current proceeding in court…" Funny how they would mention that. (Grokked from John)
"The U.S. Army has reinstated more than 30 recruits it had forcibly discharged from a program created to fill high-demand positions throughout the military in exchange for a fast track to citizenship, according to documents filed in federal court on Monday." Gee, that only took a major campaign to do what's right.
"'Not thrilled' may become a regular state of mind for U.S. President Donald Trump in the months ahead, as the Federal Reserve is likely to press on with interest rate rises to recalibrate policy for an economy boosted by the president’s own tax cuts."
"U.S. sanctions are having a strong effect on Iran’s economy and popular opinion, though regime change there is not part of Washington’s policy, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said on Wednesday." Uh huh. And I've got a nice bridge I'd like to sell you.
"California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife have been indicted on charges of diverting campaign money to pay for personal and family expenses." Rep. Hunter was the second congressman to support Trump. The first has already been indicted.
"President Donald Trump suffered twin setbacks on Tuesday with two ex-advisers facing prison sentences - and one of them saying Trump told him to commit a crime - possibly hurting his Republican Party’s election prospects and widening a criminal probe that has overshadowed his presidency."
"The first juror in Paul Manafort's trial to speak out says prosecutors almost got the 18 guilty verdicts they wanted. Paula Duncan told Fox News that one juror caused a mistrial on 10 of the charges against the president's former campaign chairman… In her interview, Duncan said she voted to convict him because the evidence was 'overwhelming.' She described a taxing and emotional deliberation process and said the discussions brought some jurors to tears." It only takes one.
So how go these revelations of Trump and company's blatant criminal behavior in Trumplandia? "An Alabama pastor asked his congregation on Sunday to pray against the witchcraft that he said is attacking President Donald Trump, and the sermon is getting a lot of attention on social media." (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)
"Trump said from the White House gardens that the market would crash if he were forced out of office… 'I think everybody would be very poor,' he said, before pointing to his head. 'Because without this thinking, you would see numbers that you wouldn’t believe.'" Are you… are you threatening me, Mr. President? Well he is right about one thing. I don't believe those numbers. (Grokked from Jim Wright, I think)
And so what are they going to try and spin this as? "'It's called flipping and it almost ought to be illegal,' Trump said in the interview, adding he's witnessed similar scenarios over his decades in public life. 'I know all about flipping, 30, 40 years I have been watching flippers. Everything is wonderful and then they get 10 years in jail and they flip on whoever the next highest one is or as high as you can go.'" See, these other people are just trying to save their hides, so they'll say anything to get a deal. It's called perjury, Mr. President. You might want to ask your lawyers about it, because I have a feeling it's going to be very important to you very soon.
And now the opinion over at Fox News. "But Trump-hating Democrats who pursue impeachment will be punished by the American voter – the more Middle America learns the facts of the Cohen case, the worse the president’s opponents will look." He proceeds from the false claim of attorney-client privilege while conveniently forgetting that 1) the president denied Cohen was his attorney, 2) when that was laughed at they waived attorney-client privilege, 3) when that was laughed at there was a judge who approved the raid and approved the vetting of the material, 4) the Trump team already had a say on what was covered under attorney-client privilege so 5) this has already been adjudicated. As to the Edwards case, the payment was handled much differently (again, "hush money" for a non-crime action is not illegal, it's how they made and who made the payments and their intent that is the crime). Oh, and "We now live in a country where pundits on the left explicitly hope that people working for President Trump will be prosecuted. In other words, they argue that the selective use of justice is a good thing if it is directed against conservatives or supporters of the president." No, progressives believe in the rule of law and this president and his cronies/employees/family clearly violated the law. Fuck you, Willis Krumholz. After decades of right-wing pissery around Clinton and Obama, go rot in Hell.
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