The next step after Donald Trump’s trashing of the immigration proposal is a government shutdown. The Republicans, having been bit once by their doing that kind of thing, are, of course, trying to hang it on the Democrats. We’ll see how the media spin it if it happens, but my early readings are not good. …
Estonia Considers Its Monuments
Estonia’s Justice Minister, Urmas Reinsalu, said early in January that the government could take down the Soviet war memorial at Maarjamäe because it is falling apart and it is not on the official list of historic monuments. This led Prime Minister Jüri Ratas to suggest that the entire area, which includes a German cemetary and a …
Hawaii Missile Alert In Error
People in Hawaii got an alert over their mobile phones that turned out to be wrong. Omg pic.twitter.com/ZbDTL1rcaF — Michelle Broder Van Dyke (@michellebvd) January 13, 2018 It was also on tv, and there are reports of sirens going off. But it turns out that it seems to have been, uh, a drill. PACOM in …
Republicans Then and Now
Jess Phoenix, Democratic candidate for California House district 25, last week tweeted a series of points from the 1956 Republican platform. It’s easy to see how the two parties could, back then, come together over a number of issues. I’m going to put the tweets into something that looks more like text. The tweetstream is …
Outed: The Originator Of The “Shitty Media Men” List
In October, a Google spreadsheet entitled “Shitty Media Men” was posted. The idea was for women to be able to post their experiences of sexual harassment by media men. The list took off, but the originator became concerned about the potential trouble it could bring her and others and pulled it after a day or …
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PSA: Potassium Iodide
I see that, with Donald Trump’s threats of nuclear war, sales of potassium iodide are up. A couple of reminders. Potassium iodide protects your thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine, which is one of the fission products that would be spread around in a nuclear war. But it’s only one, and potassium iodide doesn’t protect against …
Do Not Let Me Hear Of The Wisdom Of Old Men
Donald Trump’s North Korea tweet was obvious enough that the instant responses to it included the word “dick-measuring” and the thought that he probably can’t find the button. It is becoming more and more obvious that he is indeed the WYSIWYG president. “There is no wizard behind the curtain — just an old, angry, …
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