“To each according to what he wants; from each according to his ability to pay” That could become a common corporate mantra in the United States of America. Under the increasingly pervasive personalized pricing system, corporations set prices based on what they know about for you. Need a toothb[...]
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Will Trump pardon this rioter?
Trump has called the Capitol rioters “patriots” and promised to pardon them if he’s elected again. If I were them, I wouldn’t hold my breath, because Trump lies a lot and doesn’t return loyalty. He’s loyal to no one but himself. But suppose he does. Will he pardon[...]
July 16th, 2024 - 6:00 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Prosecutor faces ethics charges over edited videos of protesters
On January 20, 2017, the day Trump was inaugurated, Washington D.C. police “kettled” 230 protesters (photo below) and hauled them off to jail. Four years later, D.C. settled related lawsuits for $1.6 million (see story here). Initially, an assistant U.S. attorney brought felony rioting c[...]
Trump picks Vance; judge nukes Mar-a-Lago case. Will this fly?
It’s hard to see what Trump’s pick brings to the ticket. Vance isn’t popular with the MAGA base, with many calling him a “RINO” (see story here), while critics at the other end of the political spectrum view him as a toady (“he’ll do what Pence wouldn’t,” see story here). The big[...]
July 16th, 2024 - 1:37 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Who is Johnathan Willis?
“Johnathan Willis” is a fictional Secret Service agent in a widely circulated internet hoax designed to feed a false narrative that the Biden administration was behind the Trump assassination attempt. On July 14, 2024, a day after the Pennsylvania rally shooting that wounded Trump, a pos[...]
July 15th, 2024 - 1:59 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Will Trump’s bloody ear change the 2024 election?
Vox asks, “What will it mean for Trump politically? Among commentators and social media posters, there have basically been two separate instinctive — and conflicting — reactions. “The first reaction: This is a political boon for Trump that makes him more likely to win in November. The s[...]
Yellow journalism
The Daily Mail, a U.K.-based tabloid, is a mixed bag. They pay for tips and photos, a disreputable practice in professional journalism circles. They’re also a rightwing propaganda soapbox and not above yellow journalism. But they often have pictures, names of suspects, and other information be[...]
July 14th, 2024 - 4:43 pm § in Donald Trump, News Media
Iconic photo?
It was taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci (bio here), and is a potential Pulitzer Prize winner. The Atlantic calls it “A legendary American photo.” The article gushes, “However you feel about the man at its center, it is undeniably one of the great compositions in U.[...]
Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks?
Not surprisingly, the 20-year-old white male who tried to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, was known as an odd duck. High school classmates remember him as a friendly but quiet loner who kept to himself, dressed oddly in hunting clothes, and was mercilessly bullied. He was intelligent and [...]
Mike Collins and J.D. Vance should resign from Congress
Mike Collins, a first-term GOP congressman from Georgia (bio here), made a splash two months ago with a sick Kennedy joke. Responding to RFK Jr.’s claim “a worm ate part of my brain” (story here), Collins joked, “You either die a Kennedy with a hole in the brain, or live long enough [...]