Month: January 2018

Athenae, So Called Liberal Media3 Comments

Pivot to JOURNALISM YOU IGNORANT NUGGETS

Allison Hantschel

YA DON’T FUCKIN SAY:  Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the New York Times that the social network will revamp its news feed to emphasize “meaningful interaction” between friends and family. As a result, the news feed will significantly decrease the number of posts you’ll see from news outlets such as Motherboard. Good. This move has been long-rumored, and has been looked at by many in the industry as an incoming algorithmic apocalypse that will have far-reaching impacts on the bottom lines and ultimate survival of outlets whose readers find them through Facebook. Which wouldn’t have been the case if they had … Continue reading Pivot to JOURNALISM YOU IGNORANT NUGGETS

Adrastos, Art, Comedy, Diary, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Sports, Television, Twitter

Saturday Odds & Sods: Eyes Of The World

Peter Adrastos Athas
Train Smoke by Edvard Munch.

It’s going to be another cold weekend in New Orleans. Yesterday’s high temperature was at midnight, and it steadily declined thereby requiring me to layer up; beats the hell out of lawyering up. I’m not sure if I looked more like a seven-layer burrito, a wedding cake, or the Michelin Man. It was a dress rehearsal for today’s den day. The Den of Muses is a warehouse and it holds the cold. Holy Raymond Brrrrrr, Batman.

The big local news is that the Saints won their first playoff game and are playing in the frozen North against the Minnesota Vikings. I’m glad it’s in a domed stadium for two reasons. First, many New Orleanians are attending the game and we’re not used to the arctic cold. Second, a domed stadium is the Saints natural habitat: Drew Brees is one of the greatest indoor athletes ever. Hmm, that sounds naughty but you know what I mean. I hope all the Packers fans out there are rooting for my guys.

I chose a lesser known painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch because it’s bloody cold and I mocked Norwegian food on Thursday. The post title is one of my better efforts so it bears repeating: Shithead Says Shithole.

Munch’s most famous painting is, of course, The Scream. When Dr. A was writing her doctoral dissertation, she had a blow up doll of The Scream dude in her office as a stress reliever. She passed it on to our friend Dr. Bonster so she could do likewise. I’m not sure what happened to the blow-up screamster. Perhaps it ended up in the office of Richard Belzer who played Detective John Munch on Homicide and Law & Order SUV. I’ve always wondered what kind of SUV it is: a Ford Exploder? Yeah, I know it’s SVU but it’s a pun I’ve been making for years and you know how I am.

January in my house means the music of the Grateful Dead. I’ve been indoctrinating young Paul Drake in the ways of the Deadhead and he seems down with it. This week’s theme song was written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter in 1974 and became a fixture on the band’s, and its spin-offs, set list. First up is the studio version from Wake of the Flood followed by an epic 1990 live version with Branford Marsalis on saxophone. I could call it When Homies Collide but I won’t. Oops, guess I just did. Never mind.

Now that we’ve awakened to discover the new day or some such shit, let’s jump to the break. We better make it snappy after that awkward paraphrase of Robert Hunter’s lyrics.

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Not Just City Cops

Allison Hantschel

Suburbs have a problem, too:  They have shot at fleeing and unarmed suspects, wounded innocent bystanders and even fellow officers caught in a crossfire. They have fired from, and at, moving vehicles during high speed chases, ramped up confrontations with the mentally ill and tampered with evidence, the investigation found. Still, in 113 police shootings in the Cook County suburbs since 2005, records show not a single case led to disciplinary action for an officer who made a mistake. Not one lost their job. Not one criminal case was filed against an officer. The attention is on city departments because … Continue reading Not Just City Cops

Athenae, Economy, Education, Elections1 Comment

We Want To Be Good

Allison Hantschel

Look how they’ve exceeded their goal:  I am Samierra Jones, a Senior at Coppin State University and a graduate of Baltimore City Public School system. Baltimore City Public Schools are currently operating with an inadequate heating system. Students are still required to attend classes that are freezing and expected wear their coats to assist in keeping them warm. How can you teach a child in these conditions? This fund raiser will  help  in purchasing space heaters and outerwear to assist in keeping these students warm. To raise $20,000 would be enough to cover the fees of Go fund Me and … Continue reading We Want To Be Good

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, The Darnold5 Comments

A Very Stable Genius or a Horse’s Ass?

Peter Adrastos Athas

That’s a rhetorical question. I think you know where I come down. I’ll skip the jokes about cleaning out the Augean Stables but it’s what the next Oval One will have to do. That’s recent American history in a nusthell: Democratic presidents cleaning up messes made by their Republican predecessors. The Insult Comedian will leave steaming piles of shit everywhere. So much for skipping the stable jokes. I was not up to the Herculean task of restraining myself. There was a parade of crazy, no make that a freak parade, last week. I’m glad that the president* raised the subject … Continue reading A Very Stable Genius or a Horse’s Ass?

Free Republic, Stupid Republican Tricks, The Darnold, Tommy T2 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – ” ’tis the treason ” edition

Tommy T

Well, that’s just great.

I’m sound asleep in a NyQuil-induced coma, and suddenly there’s a huge BANG!

Once I make sure that an airplane didn’t hit the house, I go running down to the ISO chamber, and the damned airlock door is hanging by one hinge. What the hell could have happened in Freeperville???

Oh.

Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Bannon says in explosive book
The Guardian (via MSN) ^ | 1/3/2018 | David Smith

Posted on 1/3/2018, 8:37:01 AM by Incorrigible

Trump Tower meeting with Russians ‘treasonous’, Bannon says in explosive book

Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian…

..He is particularly scathing about a June 2016 meeting involving Trump’s son Donald Jr, son-in-law Jared Kushner, then campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower in New York. A trusted intermediary had promised documents that would “incriminate” rival Hillary Clinton but instead of alerting the FBI to a potential assault on American democracy by a foreign power, Trump Jr replied in an email: “I love it.”

The meeting was revealed by the New York Times in July last year, prompting Trump Jr to say no consequential material was produced. Soon after, Wolff writes, Bannon remarked mockingly: “The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor – with no lawyers. They didn’t have any lawyers.

“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad sh- t, and I happen to think it’s all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately.”

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“You realise where this is going,” he is quoted as saying. “This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to f–ing Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.”

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I was originally thinking this was FAKE NEWS but there’s a lot of quotes from Bannon in this article and presumably, in the book which is supposed to come out next week. I knew that Bannon was feuding with Javanka in the White House but it seems like he’d rather settle scores than help move the Conservative agenda.
1 posted on 1/3/2018, 8:37:01 AM by Incorrigible
To: Be Careful

WTF!?

2 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:19:07 AM by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)

That’s easy for you to say…
To: Be Careful

Looks like Bannon has turned on Trump for whatever reason.
I’m guessing he is still licking his wounds from Alabama election.

3 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:20:12 AM by tennmountainman (“Prophet Mountainman” Predicter Of All Things RINO…for a small fee.)

I told you assholes not to ever use that disgusting metaphor again.
To: Be Careful

Good thing Bannon’s not bitter because he was thrown out after helping Trump get elected.

5 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:20:27 AM by Chewbarkah

Helping The Darnold get elected? Trump now says he never even met Bannon.
To: Be Careful
The Stupid Party just loves pissing on each other.
7 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:20:50 AM by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador’s hand. Shameful!)
And speaking of Russian hookers….

To: Be Careful

Bannon seems insane.

As compared to WHO, exactly? Trump? That’s setting the sociopath bar pretty low.

I wonder what he thinks of the fake Russian dossier.

9 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:21:08 AM by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)

And speaking of Russian hookers….
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Freepers fall into three camps on this, apparently:
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1. 13-dimensional chess:
To: Be Careful

Not sure what to make of this blow-up but if DJT doesn’t fire off some angry tweets in Bannon’s direction I bet this is some sort of agreed upon coordinated effort.

10 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:22:09 AM by JonPreston

2. The ever-popular “fake news”:
To: Be Careful
***WARNING***

Don’t believe these Lying Leftist Media outlets like THE GUARDIAN, that proved themselves to be intentional liars. They are presumed to be lying and we should presume what they publish is a lie. The presumption can only be rebutted with the outlet providing clear and convincing evidence they are not lying.

Why don’t we follow Trump’s lead here on FR? Let’s limit posting headlines from these wretched Lying Leftist outlets.

What will that leave you with? Posting articles from Dead Breitbart?  Heh. Got news for ya, Charlie…

It’s okay, like Trump, to read this stuff, so you know what they’re up to – just don’t post using these Lying Leftist outlets as the source which is a form of promoting their lies. Do like Trump – post the truth about the issue using a reasonably reliable source or yourself as the source. That’s how to EXPOSE the lies without promoting them.

11 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:22:25 AM by Jim 0216

3. And, the also ever-popular “shoot the messenger”:
To: tennmountainman

Is there some reason to think this “Michael Wolff” has any real quotes in his book?

14 posted on 1/3/2018, 10:23:06 AM by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)

Well, now that you ask :
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(from Dead Breitbart, since you guys don’t trust those “Lying Leftist Outlets”)

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It gets crazy after the jump, so…..you might as well JUMP!

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Athenae, Economy1 Comment

What If We Gave People Housing?

Allison Hantschel

If people don’t have a room, what if you … give them one?  Half of the top 100 heaviest users of the University of Illinois Hospital emergency room are homeless, according to Stephen Brown, director of Preventative Emergency Medicine at the hospital. “They come through all the time.” Brown said these initial results show the project is good for patients and cost-effective for the hospital. The hospital pays $1,000 a month for patient housing. One day in the hospital can run about $3,000, a cost generally shared by the hospital, the patient, public assistance programs, and insurance companies. According to … Continue reading What If We Gave People Housing?

Books, Current Affairs, Doc, Political Crack, Uncategorized3 Comments

A rep makes it hard to Wolff down this book

docphd

As much as I want to, I really don’t believe what Michael Wolff has written about President Donald Trump in the book “Fire and Fury.” The excerpt that has made its way around the internet is full of the kinds of things I traditionally believe about our president (or as one person referred to him “Dolt 45,” a term I’m planning to steal.) Examples include: Trump never really thought he would be president and now that he is, he has no idea on how to handle things. He has the temperament of a toddler and he is among other things, … Continue reading A rep makes it hard to Wolff down this book

Adrastos, Fog Of History

Quote Of The Day: Nehru On Nationalism

Peter Adrastos Athas

There’s a fascinating op-ed piece at the Failing New York Times about India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru’s legacy and vision of a secular society has been under attack for years by the Hindu nationalists who govern India in 2018. Anglo-Indian novelist Aatish Taseer’s piece examines his own contradictory feelings about Nehru and unearths this timeless quote from one of Nehru’s books: “Nationalism is essentially an anti-feeling, and it feeds and fattens on hatred against other national groups, and especially against the foreign rulers of a subject country.” Words to live by in an era where some ugly manifestations … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Nehru On Nationalism

Diary, Tommy T8 Comments

Why I don’t like rap

Tommy T

Athenae said this was a “post what you will” day, so here goes: I think rap stinks on ice, but for a different reason (probably) than most, and it’s not racial or cultural. I hate poetry read aloud. I can’t stand it. I thought beatniks doing it at coffee houses in the 50s sucked. I think their later incarnation of “slam poetry” sucked. Dressing it up with drum machines and other people’s sampled music doesn’t make it suck any less. I have nothing against poetry per se, but it should be read by the consumer, so that it’s a private … Continue reading Why I don’t like rap