The Washington Post just hired Megan McArdle. Let’s review some of her greatest hits: (1) Shooter-rushing as a way to minimized casualties in mass shootings. (2) Not admitting she fucked up her estimates of the costs of the Iraq War as percentage of GDP by a factor of ten. What else? I think that, as …
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Repub Venality Open Thread: Paul Ryan Is Not A Serious Person…
Ryan pitches cutting Medicaid benefits this year by calling it “Finding Fulfillment.”https://t.co/nX2aAZ9teA pic.twitter.com/dAaLIt3pGu — Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) February 2, 2018 But he’s very much a serious threat to those of us not in the top 0.1%… They dropped this at height of the #NunesMemo. These so-called GOP leaders, who should be working across the aisle …
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Blog Chewtoy Long Read: “Does This Man Know More Than Robert Mueller?”
I care if the President of the United States has a corrupt relationship with the Russian government. https://t.co/ajT8ys9xgN pic.twitter.com/A8v89BcZe1 — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 21, 2018 What committed activist could resist the lure of a long-form profile in a glossy NYC-based magazine, nestled between full-page ads for Rolex watches and Broadway hits? Unfortunately, despite Simon van …
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Late Night Open Thread: On the Lighter Side…
Some people just make a farewell phone call to their loved ones, but… Pornhub traffic before, during, and after the Hawaiian Missile Crisis. After notification of the error, "Hawaiians collectively breathed a sigh of relief. Those seeking further relief headed back to Pornhub where pageviews surged +48% above typical levels at 9:01am." pic.twitter.com/vrwzNdMamv — Ian …
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Bitcoin: Beanie Babies for Techno-Libertarians?
Bitcoin now at $16,600.00. Those of you in the old school who believe this is a bubble simply have not understood the new mathematics of the Blockchain, or you did not cared enough to try. Bubbles are mathematically impossible in this new paradigm. So are corrections and all else pic.twitter.com/go9v0w92zk — John McAfee (@officialmcafee) December …
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Profits Uber Alles
There are so many reasons to not use Uber or Lyft, and here is another one: Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing company ousted Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, and …
Late Night Rude Speculation Open Thread: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, But Gated Communities Not So Much?
Just based on the time of year I'm betting this has to about leaf blowing — Chris Railey (@ChrisJRailey) November 6, 2017 That was also my first reaction to the “brutal” attack on Rand Paul by his gated-community neighbor. Paul was in his yard, on his riding mower, wearing ‘ear protection’… that, to me, said: …