Новости за 19.09.2016

Let's take a moment.

The bombs that went off in New York and New Jersey resulted in no fatalities. The perpetrator appears to be a lone wolf, and he has been apprehended. He shot at a police officer and hit the officer's bulletproof vest. The suspect is under arrest.

But we have wall-to-wall, non-stop cable coverage because (a) there is 'splodey video of the things 'splodey. "If it bleeds, it leads"? And if it blows up, it shows up, every ten minutes, with an ALERT chyron banner. Читать дальше...

The dopes at Fox and Friends were made to look like really small minded idiots when they tried to get St. Cloud Police Chief William Blair Anderson to smear Somali refugees in his community.

Of course Trump brags that he knew all about the explosions over the weekend in New Jersey.

Used to be circuses were fun. A place to go to get away from the cares of the world.

"Lock him up, lock him up!"

For the first time since the Bridgegate scandal began, Gov. Chris Christie has formerly been implicated in the illegal lane closings of the Washington Bridge that was punishment for those who refused to help Christie's reelection campaign.

NY Times:

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey knew that his close associates were involved in a plan to shut down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge as it was happening and that the closings were... Читать дальше...

Trump's former campaign manager and CNN analyst Corey Lewandowski tried to use the NYC bombings to flog Trump's anti-immigration policies, but was dumbfounded when he was told Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspected bomber, is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Hillary Clinton held a press conference on a New York tarmac before flying to Pennsylvania to continue campaigning for President.

In a sure sign that the 2016 Presidential Race is all but over, no really, Reince Priebus has threatened John Kasich for refusing to support Donald Trump.

Bernie Sanders is preparing to hit the campaign trail full-time for Hillary Clinton after the Senate recesses, but in the meantime he has a message for his supporters.

"We are just a small part of a long train." President Obama.

— Walter Rhett, Writer (@walterrhett) September 18, 2016

On a September night when he gave a rousing valedictory speech to the famed Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) at the dinner for its annual legislative weekend, as awareness is setting in about how adroit and blessed Barack Obama has been as our national leader, with reported numbers showing a giant drop in poverty, a rise in jobs, and growth in family income despite... Читать дальше...

Friends, just 50 days out, it’s time for some real talk.

There is a very real possibility that this country is going to elect a white supremacist, nationalist demagogue as president of the United States. Yes, it makes no sense. One would think it's impossible. But after watching the media shit show unfold daily, it’s quite obvious that it can happen here. The polls right now are very, very tight.

If it does happen here, on the morning of November 9th we will wake up to a different world. Читать дальше...

Blue in the Bluegrass - opinion v. theory;

Clarissa's Blog - the Snowden movie;

Crooked Timber - capitalism in the age of revolution;

Eclectablog - they blinded Trump with sciiii-ence!

Feministe - done with Amy Schumer and Lena Dunham?

Steve in Manhattan (@blogenfreude) blogs infrequently at stinque.com and suggests that this is the best Warner Brothers cartoon ever (although Operation: Rabbit is a close second).

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If you don't eat Kosher or vegetarian/vegan, it's National Cheeseburger Day.

The soul jazz movement of the mid to late 60's had a lot of great groovy, funky records. There's quite a few I dig a whole lot but my whole introduction to the sound was a little history lesson by a regular customer that used to come into the record store I was working at. He was picking up Reuben Wilson's Blue Mode on CD. I asked him about and he hipped to it and some other titles I should look out for. I mentioned to him that we also had a copy in the used LP bins. He was much older than me... Читать дальше...

MSNBC host Alex Witt explained on Sunday that "speculation helps get us through" breaking news events like a Saturday night explosion that injured 29 people in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood.