Second post of the day, posted late (sorry).
This just in, Fox News host thinks people tip at McDonalds. Just your ordinary folks who are in touch with Real People™. (Grokked from Laura J Mixon)
Oh, Onion. "Outlining what a shift in public consciousness regarding global ecocatastrophe might require, a study published by researchers at the University of Oregon Monday found the average American must have their life destroyed by a natural disaster every six minutes in order to finally fear climate change." Don't ever leave us. (Grokked from Robert J Bennett)
"Which is probably why (Ford) just released video of a prototype BEV F-150 towing more than a million pounds (453,592kg). Linda Zhang, chief engineer for the electric F-150, used one of the prototypes to pull 10 double-decker train cars carrying 42 2019 F-150s over a distance of more than 1,000 feet (300m). Until now, the heaviest thing pulled by a BEV for a publicity stunt was probably a Qantas Boeing 787 weighing 286,600lbs (130,000kg), which was pulled by a Tesla Model X in 2018." Electric engines are hella powerful at the low-end.
"Scientists have a new theory about the origins of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus that can strike the sickest patients in hospitals and other facilities that provide long-term care: global warming." We're boned.
Clean coal. "Dozens of coal miners are expected on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, where they'll press federal regulators and members of Congress to address the epidemic of deadly progressive massive fibrosis, the advanced stage of black lung disease."
"Malaria drugs are failing at an 'alarming' rate in Southeast Asia as drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite emerge." This is fine (not).
"House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris are introducing legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and repair 'the damage done by the war on drugs' as cannabis reform gains steam in Congress." I give it a 30% probability. I also expect to see this rehashed in dark money mailers for 2020.
How go the Trade Wars? "China said on Tuesday that U.S. officials were behind violent chaos in Hong Kong and warned against interference, following a series of protests in the city, including bloody clashes on the weekend." Ah, it's the "people are only upset because of foreign agitation" gambit.
"Relatives of the Colorado woman murdered with her two children by her husband say they have been subjected to 'horrible, cruel abuse and outright bullying on a daily basis' since the killings nearly a year ago." America.
"Warplanes from four countries faced off Tuesday in a chaotic and unprecedented confrontation above a small, disputed island off the coast of South Korea and Japan… South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a statement claiming they had fired more than 300 warning shots at a Russian A-50 command and control military aircraft early Tuesday morning after it had twice violated the country's airspace, the first such incident between the countries." You know, I don't miss the 80s Cold War that much.
SO that makes me wonder what's happening in North Korea. "North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a large newly built submarine, state news agency KCNA reported on Tuesday, potentially signalling continued development of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) programme." Ah.
"The Trump administration is set to propose a rule Tuesday that would cut about 3.1 million Americans from the food-stamp program in an effort to save taxpayers about $2.5 billion a year, reports said." I'm sure we'll find a way to give that to the rich.
"An 18-year-old Dallas-born U.S. citizen has been in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three weeks, his attorney says." Can you sue ICE for unlawful imprisonment? Abolish ICE. (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"As a veteran News of the World reporter, Stuart Collier spent much of his Fleet Street career exposing villains. But the only criminal he investigated who prompted a threat to him and his family’s safety was Boris Johnson’s close friend Darius Guppy… Guppy’s secretly recorded plot in 1990 to have Johnson – then a young Daily Telegraph Brussels correspondent – supply him with Collier’s address so he could send over heavies to beat him up came to nothing." Bullies and braggarts. (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)
"Sleepwalking Into War With Iran… Trump is drifting toward conflict and has no idea how to stop it." When the UK says to the US, "No thanks, we'll set up our own protection force" for the Straits of Hormuz, that let's you know just how far Putin's plan has progressed.
"Appearing on Hill.TV, (Rudy Giuliani) told the hosts of 'Rising' that the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case is 'obviously going to implicate a lot of people—I can’t tell you who but it’s not going to end up with just Jeffrey Epstein.'"
"President Trump on Monday insisted 'there is no racial tension' with the black community caused by his sustained attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers, which have been widely condemned as racist." All of his black friend tells him so (not a typo). (Grokked from Jim Wright)
"Former special counsel Robert Mueller is testifying before Congress on Wednesday, and lawmakers have so many questions they may not have enough time to ask them all."
"A Justice Department official told former Special Counsel Robert Mueller that his upcoming testimony to House lawmakers 'must remain within the boundaries' of the public, redacted version of his report, in a letter obtained by Fox News on Monday evening." The "redacted" version. It's almost like they're afraid of something.
"Read the letter here…"
"President Trump announced an agreement on a two-year budget deal and debt-ceiling increase… The deal would raise the debt ceiling past the 2020 elections and set $1.3 trillion for defense and domestic spending over the next two years." No real attempt to address the deficit or the debt.
No comments:
Post a Comment