How women left the GOP and became Democratic partisans: Blame the Gipper
None of the movies nominated for an Oscar deserved to win, because none of them has Luis giving exposition or an ant playing drums.
Jack Kirby’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
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I’ve been on a nostalgia kick the past couple of days. This morning, I hit YouTube and found and listened to the theme song to a kiddie TV show I adored when I was 5: Winchell Mahoney.
The good news is it drove the F Troop earworm out of my brain. Hooray, hooraw!
Person who offered $500 for lost cat gets mad when cat finder wants the reward
WTF? If you offer a $500 reward for whoever finds your lost cat you should not be surprised and offended if the person who finds your cat asks for the reward.
South Korea is a 5G pioneer but the latest financial results from its telcos demonstrate why investors are nervous about the technology. https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/south-korean-telcos-still-waiting-for-5g-benefits/d/d-id/757355?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT
Ericsson Shareholder Urges Firm to Explore Sale to US - Report
Shares in Ericsson and Nokia received a boost on Friday after an Ericsson shareholder responded positively to US comments about taking ownership of one of the companies to counter Huawei. https://www.lightreading.com/5g/ericsson-shareholder-urges-firm-to-explore-sale-to-us---report-/d/d-id/757366?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT
College essay writing services – contract cheaters –are using aggressive email marketing and on-campus parties to attract customers, many of whom are unaware of the shadiness of the business. www.edsurge.com/news/2020…
ME: I have very important financial documents I need to review today.
ALSO ME: Helllooooooo, social media!
After a vote in Iowa that reeked of third-world treachery – from monolithic TV propaganda against the challenger to rumors of foreign intrusion to, finally, a “botched” vote count that felt as legitimate as a Supreme Soviet election – the Democrats have become the reactionaries they once replaced.
The Iowa Caucus Was Waterloo for Democrats - Matt Taibbi/Rolling Stone
Climate change killed libertarianism - Jacobin
Tyler Cowen coins the phrase “state capacity libertarianism” as an evolution of libertarianism that recognizes that a big, muscular, strong state is necessary to preserve and extend markets and individual freedom.
(1) This is just plain silly. The defining characteristic of libertarianism is that governments should be tiny, ideally only providing police, military and contract enforcement. To call yourself a “state capacity libertarian” is like being a “meat eating vegetarian.”
(2) I have always considered myself a liberal or progressive but I may in fact be a “state capacity libertarian.”
Fortunately, this is perfectly compatible with being a Democrat. The Democratic Party is the natural home in the US for every political philosophy other than moron racist kleptocrats.