Remember all the ooga-booga scaremongering about organized retail crime (ORC) this summer and fall? Con-media outlets ran breathless reports on an alarming rise in organized retail theft, usually accompanied by video of group smash-and-grab attacks on stores. These reports were and probably still are a staple on Fox News and its con-media imitators. The implication …
How About a Friday Night Music Thread?
How about a Friday night music thread? brendancalling made us a Metal playlist to start us off! It’s the long-promised, long-awaited, perhaps long-dreaded metal playlist! I’ve been a metal fan pretty much all my life, beginning with when I learned about AC/DC (more hard rock than metal, and not included in this playlist) and, soon …
Jake Berman – Lost Subways!
Our featured writer today is Jake Berman. Let’s give him a warm welcome! If you would like your talent featured in the Authors in Our Midst series or Artists in Our Midst series, send me an email message. Don’t be shy! I have no more Artists or Authors posts in the queue, so please get in touch if …
Cruel Boots (Open Thread)
Even at the risk of reigniting the “height supremacy” debate, I am compelled to direct your attention to this reporting at Defector by Chris Thompson: “Is Ron DeSantis Wearing Hidden Platform Heels Inside His Stupid Ugly Boots? An Investigation.” @spamellina slay queen ✨ #hiddenheel #mallgothfashion #2016fashion #y2kaesthetic #wildpairshoes #mandees #wetseal #rainbow #lifting #cute #foryou #ron …
Republican Venality Open Thread: (More) Self-Incrimation From TFG
New audio from America’s (No Longer Official) Hoarder-in-Chief, as described by Josh Marshall at TPM: CNN got a copy of the audio recording noted in the Mar-a-Lago indictment in which Trump shows off highly classified military plans for an attack on Iran to some randoms who were putting together a biography of Mark Meadows. I’m …
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Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice. Republicans coined the name Obamacare in an attempt to destroy the legislation, but that didn’t work – as we can see from the news from David Anderson about North Carolina today – and forever more the name Obamacare will make clear just which side and which president brought us the Affordable Care Act. …
War For Ukraine Day 146: Things Are Heating Up In Kherson
Here’s President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier this evening. Video below, English transcript after the jump (emphasis mine):
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